Author Archives: Pace Arko

A physics engine for table-top RPGs

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Pace Arko

I’ve ranted about this before but so far, I’ve seen nothing to fill my criteria. Maybe I should send some mail to SJG, Hero, Chaosium or even–SHUDDER—Hasbro to get them cracking on this. I’d prefer the flexibility and realism of … Continue reading →

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Urban Density

Posted on July 3, 2005 by Pace Arko

The futuristic image of huge oppressive towers of steel and concrete has always been my image of a city
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Primer

Posted on July 1, 2005 by Pace Arko

A few months ago I rented Primer on DVD. Primer is deeply elusive movie about time travel. More exactly, it’s a story about what would happen if someone really invented a time travel device. I suppose some people may find … Continue reading →

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Not finished but it is mostly stable

Posted on July 1, 2005 by Pace Arko

So I’ve got the blog script mostly tuned. There still a zillion little details I will have to correct over the coming days: Getting my old static pages, navigation to comply with the new navigation. Getting my old blog pages … Continue reading →

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The New Tool

Posted on June 26, 2005 by Pace Arko

So there are a lot things that I have to change. Luckily, I’ve figured out how to correct the MT’s URLs so that each directory terminates in an index page. But I’ve decided to move all my old Greymatter pages … Continue reading →

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Circus of the Mighty Session: 6-19-2005

Posted on June 22, 2005 by Pace Arko

A Sprawling and Less Than Coherent Summary of the Last Two Sessions of Circus of the Mighty Currently the crew is on an exploratory/trade expedition on the continent of Darth Lom*, or Nyambe tanda**. A millennia in the past, the … Continue reading →

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Refurbishing this site

Posted on May 30, 2005 by Pace Arko

Okay–anyone who’s bothered to read through the all the entries here at Farlops Industries has probably noticed several nagging doubts that have been gnawing at me for the last few years. Greymatter’s progress has fallen far behind most of the … Continue reading →

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Atheism is not for everybody

Posted on May 25, 2005 by Pace Arko

I think it takes a certain level of sophistication and maturity to be an atheist, a willingness to accept that meaning and purpose are entirely artificial, to take responsibility for the consequences of inventing meaning and purpose, a braveness to … Continue reading →

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Old clunky hardware

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Pace Arko

You know the hardware is old and broken when you can’t even get it install Linux. Yes, I have kernal boot floppies around but these old laptops either don’t have a floppy, the BIOS won’t support boot from CD or … Continue reading →

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Advertising in Software Games

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Pace Arko

I saw Episode III of Star Wars last Thursday. It was so-so, or at least the best of a bad lot but, here is the interesting thing that occurred to me: there was no way to have “prominent product placement” … Continue reading →

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