Too Many Things To Write About

Work and home have conspired against me, and I haven't found time to blog about a few things that have cropped up.

The first is an interview with one of the people involved with FATAL, James Hausler, with a lively discussion posted on RPG.Net. I haven't had a chance to listen yet (apparently it's four hours worth) and some of the commenters on RPG.Net have been delving into the specific details of the interview. What's interesting to me is the guy's apparent off-loading of the "bad" parts of FATAL (not the parts you'd think) while taking credit for the "good" parts (also, not the parts that you think).

While digging around for some things (like a mention of a "secret" page on the former FATAL website that allegedly demeaned various either sexual conquests or people who had rejected sexual advances) I stumbled across this thread about what looks like a roleplaying forum for something called "Hot Wet Planet". I was pretty awestruck by the responses of the author to the criticism. I have some parallels to draw between Hausler, Arisama from the Hot Wet Planet thread, and Mykal Lakim from Dark Phoenix Publishing but haven't had a chance to fully gestate those thoughts.

Add Raven S. McCracken and we'll have a complete set!

Hopefully in the next few days I'll get a chance to play some catch-up and get some other gaming-related stuff done.

RPG Person Profile

Since I've been so busy at work and at home I've been trouncing that little jerk Napoleon Alexander in Civilization V, I haven't written a proper blog post. Luckily +Zak Smith came up with something that seems like a fun idea so I'm going with that for now.

I'm currently running (at home): Nothing currently. After the holidays and the arrival of my physical Fate Core books I'm going to get something running.

Tabletop RPGs I'm currently playing (at home) include: Ditto. 

I'm currently running (online): Ditto.

Tabletop RPGs I'm currently playing (online) include: Ditto.

I would especially like to play/run: Fate Core/FAE, Blue Planet, Mekton Zero, Exalted

...but would also try: The Laundry, Fractured Kingdoms, Spark, Nova Praxis, Eclipse Phase. But I'll try most nearly anything.

I live in: Orange County, CA

2 or 3 well-known RPG products other people made that I like: Exalted, Cyberpunk 2020, Call of Cthulhu

2 or 3 novels I like: Blindsight by Peter Watts, Game of Thrones, Starship Troopers

2 or 3 movies I like: Pacific Rim, The Fifth Element, Get Him To The Greek

Best place to find me on-line: Google+

I will read almost anything on tabletop RPGs if it's: Post-apocalypse, urban fantasy, mecha

I really do not want to hear about: Your immersion.

I think dead orc babies are ( circle one: funny / problematic / ....well, ok, it's complicated because....) That's definitely a complicated question...dead babies are problematic period. I think the deeper question is are alignment systems problematic?

Game I'm in are like (link to something):

Free RPG Content I made for Tribe 8 is available here.

Free RPG Content I made for Fate Core is available here.

I talk about RPGs on RPG.Net under the name Wil