Jan ’26 Links
Five Ideas You Can’t Unsee — I don’t know, I’ve forgotten most of them several times.
SETI @ Home has now finished its analysis after 27 years. (Video from Anton).
Zoning does more harm than good.
A quick video showing a game (that I’ve never heard of, probably educational) being assembled at the factory.
International Go is struggling for the usual reasons, but also because China, Japan and Korea can’t agree on the rules (and ended up agreeing to use the U.S. rules as a compromise).
Works in Progresses Top 10 Articles of last year — Includes an article on the Hanseatic Shipping League, which I’ve played three or four games revolving around.
52 Things I Learned in 2025 Lists (Kent Hendricks)
Jorbs makes a humorous PSA — Do Not Play Slay The Spire.
Hasbro is being sued for printing too many Magic cards.
The RPG industry is like a water pipe. (I’m linking this to a post that simply quotes a facebook post, because I don’t use facebook).
Feral Historian — Is the Matrix a Right-Wing story?
Veritaserum on The Expert Myth — This contains a lot of stuff I’ve encountered, but is well done.1
- In fact I hadn’t seen the Red/Green Button example, although I described something very similar in DMPOR.
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