Mundane Humans | Advantage on Arcana
What is it, to be human? From a biological standpoi...| Advantage on Arcana
In a previous Lakelands post, I discuss a central tension that animates the setting, one which rejects both hope and cynicism. To a significant extent that tension is just a question of realism...| Advantage on Arcana
A Lakelands setting post| Advantage on Arcana
Not many years after the Arrival, an Unbound named the Hallowed Instar gathered a small team of scientists in an Illinois university laboratory and...| Advantage on Arcana
My intention is for two central tensions to animate the Lakelands setting. This post will lay out the first of these tensions, which I think of as...| Advantage on Arcana
Much of the wildlife in the Lakelands has not changed since the Arrival: beavers still industriously dam rivers, ducks migrate seasonally, and bumblebees sleep in flowers. However, the substantial decrease in human development has had a number of effects. Feral populations of once-domestic animals have established themselves here and there: colonies of cats, packs of dogs, sounders of pigs, flocks of chickens and goats, gaggles of geese, and herds of cattle, horses, and llamas have all found ...| Advantage on Arcana
Prismatic Wasteland, perhaps on behalf of Marcia B. of Traverse Fantasy, has announced an Appendix N (or other letter) blog bandwagon. An Appendix N, I only recently learned, is a list of works that a TTRPG takes inspiration from, so named for the Appendix N in an early edition of Dungeons & Dragons. As it happens, I already have a list of non-fiction works that influence my playing and writing; it makes enough sense to make a list of fiction influences, too.| Advantage on Arcana
What is it, to be human? From a biological standpoi...| Advantage on Arcana
Today is the actual anniversary of the launch of Zenless Zone Zero, and we're getting a big update - though we're gonna have to wait for that.| VG247
Players logging in during the birthday celebrations can receive a free S-Rank Agent and W-Engine, as well as plenty of other gifts.| VG247
I’m happy to have contributed a new essay to the “No Future Lexicon” series commissioned over at Public Books, “a magazine of ideas, art, and scholarship,” with Matthe…| Ekostories by Isaac Yuen
An extensive list of Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian TV series that you might have missed but are still worth watching!| Science Fiction is Real
It is impossible to predict with certainty when or if a post apocalyptic world will occur. While there are many potential causes of such an event, such as| Science Fiction is Real
No full reviews, because I just haven’t had time. But here are a few quick plugs for neat books.| Errant Dreams
A mother and her young daughter fight to survive in a world ravaged an ongoing world war between megacorporations.| The Dread Machine
