Today’s Thinking About is focused on some of the TV shows I’ve dived into this past year. I picked up Netflix late last year, and have been slowly working my way through some series, old and new. There are some shows that have caught my eye and I’m trying to main line them as I get time. I’ve been familiar with Red Dwarf for the past twenty years; first learning about it in the early 90’s first from episodes on PBS, then later...

I’m running two games now, each one played every three weeks, with one empty weekend between. Both of these games, Red Dwarf and Call of Cthulhu, allow for fun long term story lines. I admit I’m rather fond of one shots and the long term campaigns are not a normal method for me to embrace. Keeping that in mind, I’ve decided to approach the challenge of these games by running them as ‘Seasons.’ What do I mean by this? Well, if you...

Summer is starting to rear its head and like any good nerd I’m heading indoors to do more gaming. From the look of things, it’s going to be a good season for role playing, and I have a few different games lining up. I’m resurrecting a campaign of Call of Cthulhu, I’m experimenting with the Red Dwarf RPG, and I’ve been invited to join in a Savage Worlds game. Mid August 2010, I gathered together five players to...