It was 43 years ago today when Star Trek was born, or at least when it aired its first episode on NBC. Since that time Star Trek has been through a lot with ups and downs along the way. Today we take a trip down memory lane, counting the ye…
It was 43 years ago today when Star Trek was born, or at least when it aired its first episode on NBC. Since that time Star Trek has been through a lot with ups and downs along the way. Today we take a trip down memory lane, counting the ye…
What a crazy few weeks! Had a big job that had to be finished last Friday, then off for 4 days to help my wife Barbe with her big wholesalers' tradeshow, the San Francisco International Gift Fair. That was a huge success (for her), but EXHA…
During the wife's tradeshow, I kept myself amused on her "insanely great" iPhone 3Gs. I'm not even a Mac or iAnything head, and I couldn't stop being amazed by what I could do with it. I may have to give in and trade in my current phone (le…
Just felt that I needed to post an update since I've been MIA for a week or so now. Just overwhelmed with Real Life™ commitments last week and for the coming week as well (pays the bills!). Wish I could say I was busy prepping for Gen Con,
As posted this week over in the TrekRPGnet Forums:10 years and still flying On August 24th 1999 did Don Mappin open the doors to this forum. Within 2 days had the number of members reached 50, some still active.TrekRPGNet itself, as an inde…
As posted this week over in the TrekRPGnet Forums:10 years and still flying On August 24th 1999 did Don Mappin open the doors to this forum. Within 2 days had the number of members reached 50, some still active.TrekRPGNet itself, as an inde…
I don't know if it's Gen Con, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower or the confluence of the two, but this sure seems to be a banner month for science fiction RPGs in general. The genre is still overshadowed by fantasy setting releases such…
I usually don't snatch and repeat news published elsewhere, but this came from out of the blue and is just too exciting not to share.As reported today at TrekMovie, Film Score Monthly and Screen Archives Entertainment have released a newly
I usually don't snatch and repeat news published elsewhere, but this came from out of the blue and is just too exciting not to share.As reported today at TrekMovie, Film Score Monthly and Screen Archives Entertainment have released a newly
A tip of the hat to the real heroes amongst us... It was a young Robert Saint John (3rd grade, a little older than in the picture above) who played a huge role in turning me onto space: both real astronomy and sci fi.It's great to see this
I had no intention whatsoever on weighing in on this week's Great RPG Industry Debate (short version: "The RPG Industry is Dying and the Enemy is Us" vs "No, You're Just Full of Shit") for two reasons. First, it seems like this comes up eve…