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Why Dragon*Con?

by podblack on August 21, 2009

I’m heading out to a conference early next month, a special gathering of Australian skeptics. The agenda looks fascinating, the feedback should be great… it’s bound to be a valuable experience. I’m already starting to pull together notes and talk to people and read, read, read and research so I am able to contribute. I [...]

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From GayGamer.net – a total legend. In response to the situation also detailed in ‘EA puts sexual bounty on the heads of its own booth babes‘ at Ars Technica. …While I’m grateful for the team ‘randomly’ choosing me as one of the runners-up for your #Lust contest, it seems as though the internet has once [...]

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From Wikipedia: Michael A. Stackpole (born 1957) is a science fiction and fantasy author best known for his Star Wars and Battletech books… From 1977 on, he worked as a designer of role-playing games for various gaming companies, and wrote dozens of magazine articles for the industry. During this time, in response to the accusations [...]

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Are U(FO) Dreaming Of A Paranormal Christmas?

by podblack on December 1, 2008

“Although it is hard to estimate just how many people have conscious memories of apparently being abducted by aliens (French, 2001), it is likely that the figure runs into at least several thousand worldwide.” (French, Santomauro, Hamilton, Fox & Thalbourne, 2008). In a study of hypnotic-like experiences, Spanos and Barber (1968) gave the following instructions [...]

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The following post is for On The Shoulders of Giants — if you’re interested, my earlier entry is here! Traditional board games (such as chess, checkers, Scrabble, Parcheesi) have involved no role-playing on the part of the players, and some have involved a very minimum amount of role-playing within a board setting (such as Monopoly, [...]

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Little Kitten – The Spoony Experiment

by podblack on January 6, 2008

Here’s a ‘Little Kitten’ for you – one of those non-post ‘hit and runs’ that I do where I don’t have much comment, because it’s clearly such a joy. The Spoony Experiment. You must sign on, ye gamers and Science Fiction fans (which you probably have already, since my partner is always online for this [...]

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