http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/topic/6839]This thread over in GenChat got me wondering about the advisability of putting actual people into Fenspace. Is it a good idea?

Yes, we've mentioned a few actual rock (and other genre) performers as having toured Fenspace, but those were just one-off mentions; we didn't actually write them into stories. Those JAXA astronauts would have a bigger role than a few musicians - after all, the astronauts work in space. So it would be reasonable to give them supporting roles in our stories.

On the flip side, we aren't asking anyone's permission to use their names. Using elements of other people's works of fiction is one thing - that's a millennia-old storytelling tradition, after all - but using actual other people is something else entirely. (Although there are all those century-old stories about Congressman Davy Crockett...)

So, should we be mentioning real people in Fenspace, or giving them roles in our stories?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ^_^ ^_^
This is just too damn cool. ^_^

Are LPs really so "retro" that people don't know what they are? Especially considering that dance DJs still use them?

http://store.bandai-ent.com/product_p/669198208935.htm]Hare Hare Yukai on vinyl - the thread's subject line is taken from the product description.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

One I posted over on the SJGames forums in response to "What's this manuscript GURPS PSIS that Dr. Kromm mentioned?"

Quote:Would you believe it's a setting where diligent, hard-working psychics assist the police in solving crime? There's PSI, PSI: Miami, and PSI: NY, all lumped together under the title PSIs.

Okay, maybe not. But I'd buy that book.

"Do you know how utterly frustrating it is finding someone who falls into the category of both worth cloning and able to be cloned? Most of the Infamous are just...right out. They're robots, or magical spirits possessing meat puppets, or evil clouds, or sentient rocks. It's really quite depressing."
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

The Rear Guard, by http://www.oldmanluedecke.ca/

"My hands are on fire,
My hands are on fire"

Because sometimes you just need to cast Burning Hands, even if you aren't a first-level magic-user any more.

(The only question now is, would Doug willingly have banjo music in his collection?)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

...But did I ever post DSKS Chapter 3 here on the forums? Or is my alter-ego being evil again by making me think I actually did/didn't do things?
[size=x-small]*Grumbles* ...swear to God some days I feel like a schizo...

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showth ... id=2564759 (most likely NSFW)

In the same vein as Shadowjack's "[Where I Watch] Sailor Moon", a blow-by-blow playthrough of the 2003 PS2 remake of the first Sakura Wars game. Spirit Armor, the guy playing this game, goes above and beyond the call of duty, not only interjecting some awesome humor into the proceedings but also translating all the text in the game himself. The guy's been trucking along for the better part of two years and hasn't yet finished the game, but he's promised that he'll be doing the entire series (which could, uh, take a while).

WITNESS
...Ichiro Ogami evolve from an incompetent ticket-taker into a HOT-BLOODED emasculated incompetent ticket-taker!
...Kanna attempt to solve all her problems with precise applications of violence!
...Iris as she turns into elder being of terrifying power!
...Maria's brutally emasculate Ogami again, and again, and again, and again...
...the terror that is the mad scientist Kohran!
...Sakura stalk display overt amounts of affection towards her commander!
...Sumire... stay the same, really.

If you liked Shadowjack's posts, you'll like this. It's quite long, and occasionally pictures are missing from posts, but it's well worth the read.

You might want to either steer clear or look at http://www.hlj.com/product/aos09164]this. Ayep, that's a die-cast Nautilus from Nadia. So how's the shelfspace?

A (very) short film, entitled "Pixels":



--The Twisted One

Edit: Fixed video embedding
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wish to converse with me, define your
terms."

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