Ynetnews – News – Army frowns on Dungeons and Dragons: “Thousands of youth and teens in Israel play D&D, fighting dragons and demons using their rich imaginations. The game has also increased in popularity due to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. However the IDF does not approve of this unusual hobby and prevents D&D…

chiarina Chiarina’s website. Full of songs, quotes and pictures from the delightful lady. (Yes, she threatened me unless I stuck it up.)

UK Resistance SP: “‘New Games Journalism’ is a way of writing about games centred around how GREAT the writer is, how long he can write for in one go and how many books he knows about and films he’s seen. It is also a big, stinking, cesspile of used condoms and nonsense. Here’s why.” and…

Guardian Unlimited | Arts Friday Review | Wired for sound: “Robert Moog, pioneer of the modern synthesiser, sounds a little bemused by the film that has been made about him. ‘I wouldn’t make a documentary about myself at all. I don’t think it’s that interesting. I do feel a bit embarrassed at times.’ He does…

Fantastic Metropolis ? Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read “This is not a list of the “best” fantasy or SF. There are huge numbers of superb works not on the list. Those below are chosen not just because of their quality—which though mostly good, is variable—but because the politics they embed…