by podblack on December 3, 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
by podblack on October 2, 2008
Domestic Father blog wants to let everyone know that he’s setting up a new blog carnival for skeptical parenting blogs. As he writes himself: ‘Hopefully, it’s not just the skeptical parenting bloggers who will contribute, but some of the less parent focused, and more skep/secular/humanist generalists.‘ I think that’s wonderful and very inclusive. So, without [...]
by podblack on September 29, 2008
Great article and something I saw being encouraged at Dragon*Con! From Wired: It is one of the key ways in which children learn. Ok, so it isn’t all dice, paper and miniatures, but children have been creating their own RPGs forever. They don’t even use dice. All the early childhood development professionals know this only [...]
