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    On game length and content

    I caught myself writing a post-in-a-comment over at Ludus Novus, and figured it’d be best to respond here instead. *stretch* Ah, elbow room. As a quick recap (although you should listen to the podcast–it’s short), WO is addressing the relationship between game length and depth and quality of content. His conclusion seems to be that there really isn’t much correlation between length and game depth (although there’s certainly potential); in addition, games don’t easily fall into the novel vs. short story genres in terms of characterization styles. This is me just shooting off some shit, but here’s a thought: I wonder whether a lengthy game (leaving aside series) really can…

  • On Life and Love

    Jesus Camp: interesting.

    See, now I went to a Christian camp when I was a kid. I learned a few catchy songs about Moses and got to ride a horse for the only time in my life. The camp wasn’t anything like the “[tag]Jesus Camp[/tag]” making waves right now. Better yet, here’s a bit of video footage for you (courtesy of Andrea). I’ve heard that children can’t possibly make “valid” decisions regarding religion at that age. I think that children can make religious/spiritual choices, even at so young an age. Those choices are perfectly valid, even if they later change as they grow. I also don’t invalidate everyone’s spiritual choices just because they…

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    Trekkies, unite!

    There’s a Star Trek fan convention in Indy during Thanksgiving weekend. I’m torn. Do I visit WO’s family, visit my family (or some branch of it), or go to the Trek/sci-fi convention and rest at home for the week (or go hiking nearby)? I really am torn. Christopher Judge will be there!