Sandboxes are popping up all over the tech space. In just a few years, they’ve moved from niche experiments to central tools in major policy initiatives, from the EU AI act to the United State’s newly released AI Action Plan. At the Datasphere Initiative, we’ve spent years exploring how sandboxes are designed, run, and evaluated. […] The post How Sandboxes Drive Innovation and Smarter Regulation appeared first on The Datasphere Initiative.| The Datasphere Initiative
There’s a big new Infinity Nikki update out today, with a cross-over you may not expect - and a big new feature.| VG247
By Sophie Tomlinson, Director of Programs, Datasphere Initiative When we first imagined the Sandbox Summer School, we weren’t sure exactly who would show up. We had a strong sense of the need. Around the world, interest in sandboxes was growing. Policymakers were experimenting. Civic technologists were asking questions. Think tanks and funders were paying attention. […] The post What building the first Sandbox Summer School taught me about the field we’re trying to build appeared first ...| The Datasphere Initiative
A new kind of learning space for a new kind of governance The first Sandbox Summer School took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 30 to July 4, 2025. Hosted with the support of Católica Global School of Law (CGSL), the Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s hub for transnational legal education, the program brought together regulators, civic […]| The Datasphere Initiative
Surprised by there being Grounded sequel so soon? Don't be - there are bigger plans than that.| Eurogamer.net
Here's something that I mentioned very briefly in my post about the AD&D DMG's section on "taxes" (including duties, excises, fees, tariffs,...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
24 July 2025 — Today, the Datasphere Initiative convened a select group of global leaders for an exclusive Global Sandboxes Forum Insights Session to unveil the Sandbox Assessment Framework (SAF),a first-of-its-kind tool designed to elevate the design, evaluation, and impact of sandboxes for data governance. This high-level virtual event brought together 62 leading voices from […] The post Global Momentum Builds Around Data Governance: Experts Converge for High-Level Sandbox Insights Sess...| The Datasphere Initiative
How long will Grounded 2 be in early access for, and will it ever come to PlayStation consoles, or Nintendo Switch 2? We ask Obsidian.| Eurogamer.net
What new things does Grounded 2 bring to the series, and are they enough to warrant this being a sequel? Is it any good?| Eurogamer.net
Obsidian's miniature garden-based sequel Grounded 2 released in early access earlier this week, and has since pulled in some impressive player numbers on Steam.| Eurogamer.net
What we think of Grounded 2 after 15 hours of play.| Eurogamer.net
The Datasphere Initiative is proud to have the Católica Global School of Law (CGSL), which serves as Universidade Catolica Portuguesa (UCP)’s hub for transnational legal education.as the hosting partner for the inaugural Sandbox Summer School in Lisbon, Portugal, from June 30 to July 4th, 2025. This collaboration enables the summer school to be led by leading experts, scholars, […] The post Católica Global School of Law, the hosting partner of Datasphere Initiative’s Sandbox Su...| The Datasphere Initiative
Ever feel like your players aren’t as deeply engaged in your game world as you’d like? Collaborate and build the setting together! In my games I want players to know the background of the setting, have a general idea of what’s going on and how things work. It gives them context to make interesting choices […]| Silverarm
Games don’t last forever. I really want them to but a perpetual game is an impossible goal by definition. So many cool things can emerge from a really long term game that strives towards that longevity but in my experience I haven’t been able to pull it off. Life happens. People move, schedules change. A […]| Silverarm
Downtime is sweet, it breaks the campaign into chunks, making time pass and allowing players to pursue personal goals that might not be interesting to the rest of the players to play out for an entire session but lead to interesting developments and more hooks into the world. Time becomes a resource as torches burn […]| Silverarm
If your players can’t touch, smell, be murdered by, manipulate, blow up, discover, or loot your history it doesn’t matter.. Since it’s my blog I can have opinions and I think that if setting history isn’t designed or revisited with the background thought, “How can this maybe lead to interesting gameplay for my players?” it’s […]| Silverarm
A hundred spells Phandaal personally had formulated — though rumor said that demons whispered at his ear when he wrought magic. Pontecilla the Pious, then ruler of Grand Motholam, put Phandaal to torment, and after a terrible night, he killed Phandaal and outlawed sorcery throughout the land. The wizards of Grand Motholam fled like beetles […]| Silverarm
Something I often struggle with when creating a sandbox is the level of detail to give to each location, and at what point in the process to do so. My sandboxes tend to be big - probably too big. The 100-hex sandbox was my attempt at codifying a procedure for creating a play area that felt big enough to contain the bare essentials that I would want for a campaign without going overboard. | Blog of Forlorn Encystment
The 8th Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA-RAPDP) Conference, held in Abuja, Nigeria, served as a key forum for NADPA-RAPDP members to deliberate on their evolving role in shaping Africa’s digital governance landscape. More than a policy gathering, the conference signaled a shift in how Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across the continent see themselves; […]| The Datasphere Initiative
The AD&D wilderness inhabitation tableshave infected my mind. They have wormed their way in, forcing me to make sandboxes I may never use. Now that they've burrowed deep beneath the surface, living (rent free!) in my brain, so too have I begun to dig beneath the surface. I'm increasingly interested in analyzing and rationalizing the implications of these tables, picking apart the little oddities that likely exist only because Gary Gygax simply wasn't thinking that much about it.| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
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Can we fix it? Well, that often depends on whether you’ll let me deliver the bits myself.| VG247
As you've probably noticed, I've been spending some timeusing the tables found in Appendix B of the AD&D 1e DMGto populate my sandboxes, which I will definitely use in a real game at some point...| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
My most recent foray into using the AD&D DMG to stock a hex map sparked some discussion about the frequency of "totally deserted" castles.| Blog of Forlorn Encystment
I wanted to do a quick demonstration of how I use reaction rolls to determine the nature of relationships between factions in a sandbox camp...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
I am back again to stock a third ring of hexes using the AD&D 1e DMG! You can find Parts 1 and 2 here and here . As with previous installm...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
I am back to do more sandbox stocking with the AD&D 1e DMG! I'm continuing from Part 1, here . I start by filling in the terrain in the nex...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
I thought it would be a fun exercise to try stocking a sandbox using the procedures presented in the appendices of the AD&D 1e DMG. I'll be ...| forlornencystment.blogspot.com
The Crow Moon is the second month of the year, according to the Neolithic farmers of the White Chalk Coast . Each month I attempt to update this pariah almanac, with the end result being a calendar for an entire year, alongside supporting encounter and foraging tables, which in turn reflect the seasonal changes.| Alone in the Labyrinth
Each full moon I intend to publish an update to the White Chalk sandbox here on this blog, describing the calendar year of a fantasy proto-Neolithic somewhat parallel to the world in which we live. At the time of writing we have already experienced 2 full moons (14th January 2025 and 12th February 2025), so I have to produce 2 further posts in prior to March's full moon.| Alone in the Labyrinth
In this case study, we learn about the impact of the InstaWP Sandbox feature on Newsletter Glue's plugin business. We have outlined the problem and the steps| InstaWP
I'm so poor at keeping up with these annual challenges, so I thought I'd run my own.| Alone in the Labyrinth
Why there will always be a Syrian problem.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
How to hear opera for free in Tel Aviv circa 1924.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
He contradicts himself. And did his 2022 memoir embolden Hamas?| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
A library from Budapest shaped Israel's view of Islam.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Werner Ende was a world of knowledge about modern Islam.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Two opposing views of the West, formed by two grievances.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Fifty years ago, Bernard Lewis came to America. That changed them both.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
A 200-year-old masterpiece evokes the brutality of October 7.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Columbia’s president has resigned. Who gets to score the point?| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
We've compiled 25 of the best co-op games to play on PC with family, friends, or strangers for both local and online multiplayer.| Rock Paper Shotgun
Multiplayer games are the best types of games because they're about humans. We've gathered the best games to play on PC against the humans in your life.| Rock Paper Shotgun
HKMA's Arthur Yuen says the Silicon Valley Bank failure holds alarming lessons about digitizing finance.| Digital Finance
I spent a few hours trying out UTM SE (which, if you’re new here, is a just-released version of the UTM front-end for QEMU that runs on iOS)...| Tao of Mac
Palestinians have yet to wrestle with the legacy of the Mufti of Jerusalem.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
In 1924, the Haganah gunned down Jacob Israël de Haan. A rebuke from within.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
If you’re going to crib from Churchill, do it right.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
1974 was a year of reckoning for Israeli leaders. 2024 must be too.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
In some places, Islam’s first battle is still being fought.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
A sandbox with a breathable cat cover isn't exactly furniture plans, but hey, it involves wood and tools, so I'll post the plans!| JRL Woodworking | Free Furniture Plans and Woodworking Tips
Here’s a little trick we’d like to share in the end-of-year rush:| Silent Signal Techblog
The father of the bomb saw the promise of Israel.| Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Baby Sandbox| Blog