With Socialist Germany destroyed and parceled up into Allied hands, Russia was the only remaining great nation where socialist principles held sway. But it was a broken nation and would take generations to rebuild into anything approaching the remaining power[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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My parents enrolled me in every music class they could in school. Choir. Orchestra. Marching band. I learned how to play the violin for orchestra. I learned guitar for marching band, which was fun, and then got to march behind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many of you will be dressing up in costumes today. Cheerleaders. Long dead politicians. Brain dead zombies. Why do I keep repeating myself? I’m sure some of you will be sexy nurses or demigods with padded swords. Bug-eyed aliens, ghosts,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the aftermath of World War II, the Global War as the Europeans call it, they sought to divest themselves of their Colonial holdings in Africa and Asia. Many thought that if they granted the Colonies freedom newer and better[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My parents pushed me to start singing at church when I got old enough. Like three or something. Churches like to start the kids out early you know. So at first I was signing out of tune and cringing adults[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The creation of virtual worlds started as a small business with very little money in it. Those who worked in the field did it because they loved it. They went to the same parties, virtual or physical, and their children[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forge of Wars: Tactics is designed to be a fast paced game of miniature-style infantry combat. I’ve played games for years and I’ve always wanted a way to play quick and dirty battles. Yes I love involved systems with rules[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
History is the roadmap we all must study if we are to find a better route to where we wish to go. Roads are built by improving the landscape they are on, and so one must understand the faults of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My parents played music all the time when I was growing up. I don’t think the speakers in our home were ever silent. We listened to a lot of the classics of course. Elvis. Cash. Sinatra. Add in rock and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The introduction of truly portable computer systems, what was once known as the “tablet” before modern three-dimensional interfaces, made the fourth generation virtual worlds a final possibility. The tablets revolutionized society in a matter of years. Everyone carried a computer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…