Battlestar Galactica

Wow, Time magazine picked Battlestar Galactica as the number 1 TV show of 2005. I agree with them on that, although I don't think it's *that* close a parallel to terrorism.

Carol

Now here's a carol to go along with that.

Merry Christmas

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

IP and Online Sales

Scott Adams has something interesting to say about IP, online sales, and marketing.

Toys of Peace

This is an interesting little story. I have to say, if this is realistic, early 20th Century British kids were pretty well read.

Free Trade

Interesting results came out of Hong Kong. But I'm *very* skeptical that the west can keep its word about eliminating agricultural subsidies. The results of actually following through that policy would be interesting, but I suspect this agreement will show as much actual result as Kyoto, i.e. not much.

Old Colour Photographs

The American Library of Congress has a large collection of photos online, including a number of color photos from the Depression era to WWII. The good ones look really impressive!

For example, this one.

Nostalgia

With programs like Legacy you can play Doom on Windows XP! Legacy actually improves on Doom while still providing the old game experience - there's new features like mouse look. :) Even better, you can play online by setting up a server and everything. You need the original Doom or Doom 2 though, because the graphics and such are still copyright protected.

Towards the Republic

This is a TV series I'd like to see.

Koren sci-fi movie

This looks like an interesting film. I'll have to see if I can get a hold of a copy.

Austrian Town

Just ran across this. Interesting name - I'm not sure I believe the bit about the most stolen road sign in the world though.

Cluedo Crusade

Wow... I don't know what to make of this.
Basically it's a combination of Clue (called Cluedo in the UK) and Space Crusade, a boardgame relative of Space Hulk. As a normal game of Clue goes on, Space Marines show up, with each of the characters (Mrs. White, Col. Mustard, etc.) commanding a faction. The Space Marines shoot each other while the Clue game continues. Brain eating is also involved...

Bruce Campbell

Interesting news from Bruce Campbell's homepage: apparently he's making a movie about... himself. It's a "Galaxy Quest" type thing.

Kittens

Uhhh... yea. :)

Chess?

There are people trying to make chess more... exciting.

Mini Space Hulk

Now this is so cute... :)

He's using Games Workshop's Epic scale Space Marine and Genestealer miniatures. Epic scale is around 6 mm scale. The miniatures used in normal Space Hulk is 28 mm scale.

Medieval Injuries

This guy had a bad day.

Space Hulk SP

I've posted this before, but here it is again: a freeware computer version of the boardgame I found on the web. This is a fairly accurate depiction of the second edition rules, but is pretty much no frills. I'd like to eventually make a version with a 3D board and 3D models.

Lost Patrol

I've discovered another interesting old boardgame, or rather a mini-game. It's called Lost Patrol, and is by the makers of Space Hulk. Some people on Boardgamegeek actually describe it as "Space Hulk Lite," and indeed it seems that way from the rules. The idea is that you have a small team of five space marines in a living jungle on a distant planet, and your objective is to reach a dropship and leave the planet. The jungle, controlled by the other player, is constantly shifting, and contains alien beasts called "lurkers." These will try to ambush the space marines at every opportunity. In addition, the board, which is made up of hex shaped pieces, is changed by the jungle player as the game goes on and the space marines move. The jungle player places new hex pieces down and removes old ones, and using what he gets from the shuffled board pile, also tries to trap the space marines in the jungle. All in all it looks like an interesting game, and far less complex than Space Hulk.

These are the hex board sections, made in a similar way to the Space Hulk ones.

These are counters representing the lurkers.

These are miniatures that I've had for a long time, used to represent the space marines. They have lighter armour than the ones in Space Hulk.

Dice

Just in case someone wants a pair of heavy dice...