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Animals, RPG Review #3, Political Involvement
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greenglowgrrl's suggestion, Mac Lir. As can be suspected at this age he's a complete nutcase. He's made friends with the rabbits, but the rats still aren't too sure which isn't much of a surprise really. Whilst on rodent topics, I have recently picked up a copy of the Mouse Guard roleplaying game; great presentation, good writing and a simplified system based on Burning Wheel. Quite impressed so far and hope to play soon. It will feature in the next edition of RPG Review which should be out within the week. Apart from Mouse Guard, it will also feature GURPS Bunnies & Burrows (special Easter theme), an interview with Steve Long (Star Trek, LoTR, Champions), designer's notes for Summerland and Fire & Sword, a Champions-Spelljammer-Planescape mash-up, classic D&D modules for a Middle-Earth campaign, a review of Watchmen and much more!
I suspect I am not going to see much daylight this coming week; I have to finish the first draft of a book for Iron Crown Enterprises, finish off RPG Review, run two games (D&D Fantasy Australia and RQ Rhythm of the Heat), plus I'm putting together some material for Isocracy on involvement in politics (inspiried byairiefairie's post on talk_politics. Expect a fair dose of Hannah Arendt and Noam Chomsky in the mix.
Queensland had an election, which saw a fourth-term return for the Labor Party against a united opposition and the election of Australia's first female premier (we've had female premiers in the past; they've just lost when it was taken to the polls). Wikileaks strikes a blow by publishing the ACMA list of prohibited content, which included both distateful material but some utterly inoffensive material as well (a dentist?!). Guy Rundle claims that no other issue is more important, and I am certainly sympthethic to that view. The political question is how do we get rid of Conroy?
greenglowgrrl's suggestion, Mac Lir. As can be suspected at this age he's a complete nutcase. He's made friends with the rabbits, but the rats still aren't too sure which isn't much of a surprise really. Whilst on rodent topics, I have recently picked up a copy of the Mouse Guard roleplaying game; great presentation, good writing and a simplified system based on Burning Wheel. Quite impressed so far and hope to play soon. It will feature in the next edition of RPG Review which should be out within the week. Apart from Mouse Guard, it will also feature GURPS Bunnies & Burrows (special Easter theme), an interview with Steve Long (Star Trek, LoTR, Champions), designer's notes for Summerland and Fire & Sword, a Champions-Spelljammer-Planescape mash-up, classic D&D modules for a Middle-Earth campaign, a review of Watchmen and much more!I suspect I am not going to see much daylight this coming week; I have to finish the first draft of a book for Iron Crown Enterprises, finish off RPG Review, run two games (D&D Fantasy Australia and RQ Rhythm of the Heat), plus I'm putting together some material for Isocracy on involvement in politics (inspiried by
airiefairie's post on talk_politics. Expect a fair dose of Hannah Arendt and Noam Chomsky in the mix.Queensland had an election, which saw a fourth-term return for the Labor Party against a united opposition and the election of Australia's first female premier (we've had female premiers in the past; they've just lost when it was taken to the polls). Wikileaks strikes a blow by publishing the ACMA list of prohibited content, which included both distateful material but some utterly inoffensive material as well (a dentist?!). Guy Rundle claims that no other issue is more important, and I am certainly sympthethic to that view. The political question is how do we get rid of Conroy?
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Have any questions for Lord Orcus to answer?
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"Dear Lord Orcus,
I am a governing Senator in a mineral-rich country with sluggish Internet connectivity. Recently I have discovered that there is material that I consider unsuitable being passed around the information superhighway. I have decided that to protect the moral fibre of the country I need to block such material, although I will not specify what these sites are. The first rule of censorship is that you cannot talk about censorship, Haw! Haw!
Some people have told me to "Go to hell!" over this, but I personally feel divinely inspired, indeed fulfilling "Opus Dei" or, "the work of God". What do you think Mr. Orcus? Do I belong in heaven or in hell?
Your sincerely,
Senator Steven Conroy"
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