Them Scapegoats!
It’s a pretty easy thing to blame your problems on some one else. After all, who wants to think that they’re responsible for all their…
Author: profmag
Zoning In and Zoning Out
We’re working on creating a real estate and property system for New City in SparkQuest on the E-land SparkQuest STF map in Minecraft right now.…
Brain Hacking: Procrastination
We’ve had a lot of talk about procrastination: the problem of low-energy and putting things off. It seems to show up as at least two…
Insurrection by The Usual Suspects
[Summary / Abstract] Type: Thread Position: STF | 8 Setting: time | location Teaching Points [idea] [Subject]: [topic]. Proposed Gameplay [gameplay] Related Builds [link] Related…
Where Are The Standard Deviants?
For the next couple of Science Tuesdays, I’d like to explore standard deviation — an important concept in statistics, and therefore an important idea for…
Searching For a Good World Map
I’m working on a map-building project for the Western Hemisphere. I’d like a good base map with political boundaries. to use that we’ll then add…
A Tax On The Brain
Salty or tough characters like to quote the adage: “There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes.” Notice that these two inevitable…
When There’s No Synthesis
I had a conversation with my Dad about politics. Although in actuality we agree on more than we disagree, the topic has been a hard…
Talking to “Them”: The Dialectic
What if I was wearing a MAGA hat right now? You know, those red hats worn by the supporters of Donald Trump as part of…
Prologue (Welcome to New City)
New residents get introduced to New City and the “official story” of what’s going on and what they need to do. This will be the…