Have some links

[yendi]

1. Pocket Tactics reminds us that Goko is the worst thing that's happened to online board gaming.

2. NPR Code Switch on what the new Ms. Marvel means for Muslims in comics (with a good cast of guests).

3. George R.R. Martin would like it if no one wrote in his world ever. I'm actually okay with that (noting that I define "ever" as "for 30 years after death," and think after that, it should all be in the public domain, because that's how literature actually evolves. But I sure as hell don't want to see another John Gregory Betancourt/Zelazny situation.

4. 14 Ways to Tick Off a Writer. Try them all!

5. Ta-Nehisi Coates on Richard Cohen. Why Cohen wasn't fired thirty years ago is still beyond me.

6. 7 Things No One Tells You About Being Homeless.

7. Seethe and Grin: My Life Going to Tech Events. As a guy, I'm privileged as hell to not get exposed to any of this. I sure as hell try not to perpetuate it, either.

8. Turner Field is dying.

9. Pittsburgh Residents Horrified To Learn Ben Roethlisberger Considers City Home.

10. SyFy is doing a new Beowulf series. The good news is, even on SyFy, it's likely to be the best Beowulf adaptation of the last ten years.

Comments

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

The worst thing? I dunno. I mean, I suppose being a year or so late with a game is bad, but if that's the worst thing that's happened to online board gaming, I guess online board gaming is doing pretty well. Or have they done something else?

[ckd]

They made the existing, working versions shut down. There was a decent base game iOS app; it's gone. There was a wonderful web-based implementation at Isotropic; it's gone. They've tied up rights to Race For the Galaxy, too....