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Academia, Peace and Heresy, RPG Review
Mar. 28th, 2011 03:27 pmAs reported illness during the exams would result in poorer marks in my two MBA courses last semester (i.e., Managing Innovation and Organisational Best Practise). Indeed, it turns out that I received Credit grades for both (narrowly missing out on a Distinction for the latter). Whilst these are the worst marks received in an academic endeavour in over twenty years I am not overly concerned. On a different - but related - academic tangent I have just submitted a paper for the New Zealand eResearch Symposium on 'Issues and Solutions in Teaching Researchers The Value and Use of High Performance Computing'.
Gave an address at the Unitarians on Sunday on Radical Peace: The Spiritual Basis of Non-Violent Direct Action, arguing that non-violent protest is a more mature form of politics, noting its existence in various religious traditions, but also acknowledging that exceptions do exist. Next Sunday is All Heretics Day, a tradition started by the Christchurch New Zealand Unitarian-Universalists some thirty years ago; the Melbourne Church is debating the issue of attempted changes to the Equal Opportunity Act which gives further exemptions to religious organisations. Also on Sunday will be a Philosophy Forum meeting on "Leadership and Charisma".
The next issue of RPG Review, themed around "different worlds" (yes, an old title) is nearing completion. I have an interview with Johnathan Tweet, designer of Everway, Over The Edge, and Talislanta (3rd edition) and co-designer of Ars Magica and Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition). There's a world design article, and reviews of several favourite FPRG locales, including Middle-Earth, Talislanta, Skyrealms of Jorune, Athas (Dark Sun) among others. Last Sunday ran a session of Champions Young Gods, this time based with a crossover of the epic flood story of Yu the Great from Chinese mythology and an attempt by Sedna from Inuit mythology to reintroduce a new glacial age. The challenge to one of the PCs is that one, if not two, really liked the idea of such an ice age coming back.
Gave an address at the Unitarians on Sunday on Radical Peace: The Spiritual Basis of Non-Violent Direct Action, arguing that non-violent protest is a more mature form of politics, noting its existence in various religious traditions, but also acknowledging that exceptions do exist. Next Sunday is All Heretics Day, a tradition started by the Christchurch New Zealand Unitarian-Universalists some thirty years ago; the Melbourne Church is debating the issue of attempted changes to the Equal Opportunity Act which gives further exemptions to religious organisations. Also on Sunday will be a Philosophy Forum meeting on "Leadership and Charisma".
The next issue of RPG Review, themed around "different worlds" (yes, an old title) is nearing completion. I have an interview with Johnathan Tweet, designer of Everway, Over The Edge, and Talislanta (3rd edition) and co-designer of Ars Magica and Dungeons & Dragons (3rd edition). There's a world design article, and reviews of several favourite FPRG locales, including Middle-Earth, Talislanta, Skyrealms of Jorune, Athas (Dark Sun) among others. Last Sunday ran a session of Champions Young Gods, this time based with a crossover of the epic flood story of Yu the Great from Chinese mythology and an attempt by Sedna from Inuit mythology to reintroduce a new glacial age. The challenge to one of the PCs is that one, if not two, really liked the idea of such an ice age coming back.