Category Archives: Science Fiction

Characters from and reviews of games which self-classify as “science fiction” meaning generally all the k00l p0w3rz are explained by technology no matter how unbelievable implausible poorly developed or self-contradictory. For reasons unknown to me “psionics” is classed as “science fiction” while “magic” is classed as fantasy. I obey this convention here.

Metascape, Part IV

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Lizard

Metascape, Part IV The Final Chapter I Hope Yeah, it’s been a while. I have had birthdays, family issues, and a strange desire to learn the Unity game development environment. And I’ve had in my head that first, I would … Continue reading →

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Metascape, Part III

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Lizard

Metascape, Part III Wait, There’s Swashbuckling Cat Girls In Here? Shut Up And Take My Money! (Also, Kung-Fu Vulcans) In the first part… we opened a box! In the second part… we puzzled out dice notation! But nothing you’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Metascape, Part II

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Lizard

Metascape, Part II No Cure For Trademark Pox I Wrote 2000 Words On Dice Mechanics My Eyes Are Bleeding OK, first off, whenever you see MetaScape(tm) or Guild Space(tm) imagine that there’s a little “(tm)” next to them, because I’m … Continue reading →

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Metascape, Part I

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Lizard

Metascape, Part I No Idea What I’m In For But Damn, It’s A Big Box So, this box has been sitting on my shelf since at least 2012, because it’s listed in the oldest copy of my game database I … Continue reading →

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Starchildren Part II

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Lizard

Starchildren, Part II Sex, Drugs, And Rock & Rolling Dice Except… I Think You Use Cards In This? Wow, There Goes That Headline Right Down The Pipes OK. As we saw in our previous episode, aliens who though the 1970s … Continue reading →

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Starchildren

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Lizard

Starchildren : Velvet Generation In The Grim Darkness Of The Third Millennium There Is Only Rock! And/Or Roll! And Judging From A Random Illustration, Jobs At McDonalds. Grim, Tyrannical, Oppressive, McDonalds. So, Nothing New, Then? I Dunno. Maybe The Burgers … Continue reading →

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Road Rebels Part II

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Lizard

Road Rebels Part II Revenge Of The Moltov(sic) Cocktail Well, here we are again. For Part I of this, please look here. I am not responsible for any loss of sanity that may result. Just remember this: You only have … Continue reading →

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Road Rebels

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Lizard

Road Rebels Things The Marines Teach You: Courage, Duty, Honor, Service, Loyalty, And, I Presume, How To Kill A Man 26 Different Ways Using Only A Paperclip Things The Marines Do Not Teach You: How To Spell “Rifle”   Let … Continue reading →

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Chi-Chian

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Lizard

Chi-Chian, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Roll Up A Communist Cockroach Or Maybe Not, I Don’t Know Yet What I’m Going To Roll. Or Even If I Roll. I don’t want to just do older games or … Continue reading →

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The World Of Synnibarr

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Lizard

The World Of Synnibarr OK, first off, let me note I have a few weird psychological issues with the World of Synnibarr, because I bought my copy (the first edition of the game, with the lion man cover) at an … Continue reading →

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