the gist, tumbld

Shorter posts, notes to self, and links to various posts across various sites. If I published it somewhere, it's mentioned here. By Will Hindmarch of wordstudio.net.

Harkening →

BAYLISS: If this was your case you’d be thorough.

PEMBLETON: [waffling] Ehh.

BAYLISS: No, you would.

A man has been found shot dead in the stairwell of his apartment building — the same…

Wed 20 Aug ∞ Permalink

The Uncounted Victims →

Let us stop and consider the sorry states of those uncounted victims of the gas crisis, such as those exposed by this headline I received unwanted via email:

Nation’s Arsonists Struggle to Adapt…

Tue 19 Aug ∞ Permalink

Shared Worlds Interview →

For those of you who like it when I act as if I know what I’m talking about, I’ve got a link for you. Jeremy Jones, of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, recently published this interview with me on…

Mon 18 Aug ∞ Permalink

Taking Fire and Taking Shots →

Instead of the cutting insight you’d get in the analysis of the Russia-Georgia conflict that I’d like to write, you’re getting quick links to video clips and a podcast, because this is the…

Sat 16 Aug ∞ Permalink

Outages →

For three days, the clocks flashed twelve. The computers shut down. The line was dead.

For a while, there, the power went out when there was lightning in the sky. Or if there was rain. Or if the…

Sat 16 Aug ∞ Permalink

Think at GenCon →

Indie Press Revolution is today joined by Adventure Retail in carrying Things We Think About Games at GenCon. If you’re at the convention, save yourself shipping and handling by picking up a copy…

Fri 15 Aug ∞ Permalink

Artful →

The art for collectible card games has always bugged me a little, but I only recently figured out why.

Most CCGs—and all of them that I’ve played—have different card classifications as a core…

Wed 13 Aug ∞ Permalink

Sharing the Shared Worlds Camp →

Jeff VanderMeer, cigar aficionado and award-winning fantasist, was kind enough to invite me to participate in Wofford College’s Shared Worlds workshop camp at the end of July, and I’m glad he…

Mon 11 Aug ∞ Permalink

Mail from Big Pharma →

Yesterday, I got mail from GlaxoSmithKline. That’s never happened before. I’m not sure where they got my address.

According to Wikipedia, GlaxoSmithKline (or GSK) is the second-biggest…

Fri 08 Aug ∞ Permalink

Skipping Generations →

I recently found myself back in a too-familiar situation: a game I was playing in was wrapping up. We all wanted to keep playing something, but no one wanted to step up to run the game. I sighed,…

Thu 07 Aug ∞ Permalink

Selfish at Thirty →

Just how much of a selfish, greedy bastard am I? This much.

My thirtieth birthday is coming up at the end of this month, and some people have hinted that I’m hard to shop for, so I’m trying to make…

Tue 05 Aug ∞ Permalink

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