tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post6844112895102506150..comments2024-03-25T19:47:36.154-07:00Comments on Goblin Punch: Taming the MouseArnold Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-29844330792108878092013-11-23T00:55:41.734-08:002013-11-23T00:55:41.734-08:00Wonderful, amazing stuff! Thank you, as always, fo...Wonderful, amazing stuff! Thank you, as always, for posting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357429973097914141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-6525117874996355582013-11-13T12:51:32.341-08:002013-11-13T12:51:32.341-08:00Thanks! That's an excellent essay. I wish I w...Thanks! That's an excellent essay. I wish I was related to Asimov. He'd be a great grandfather or something.<br /><br />You know, one of my favorite things to do with my giant brain is to use it as an ignorance simulator. It's a luxury. Smart can imitate stupid but not vice versa. All of the old superstitions and ignorances of the past are cartridges to be plugged in, and another pair of glasses to see the world through.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-79322056336056462562013-11-13T12:46:23.642-08:002013-11-13T12:46:23.642-08:00"Aaaah! John Jelly's done broke ma head..."Aaaah! John Jelly's done broke ma head! Git the constable!"<br /><br />Good! Truly scary stuff is best served ambiguously.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-90589853828171081622013-11-13T12:44:52.557-08:002013-11-13T12:44:52.557-08:00No, but you've mentioned it twice and so I jus...No, but you've mentioned it twice and so I just ordered it off of Amazon.<br /><br />Spontaneous generation is so good at explaining things at first blush. I'm surprised it didn't stick around longer, really.<br /><br />And holy crap that post is full of awesome (building something that is threatening for 12,000 years!). I have mixed feelings about semi-sentient dungeons, or ecology-of-dungeons, but awesome nonetheless.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-21229006450676918092013-11-13T12:37:32.564-08:002013-11-13T12:37:32.564-08:00I posted on your blog! It's good stuff. One ...I posted on your blog! It's good stuff. One of us should probably tackle Lamarkian evolution or homunculus theory next.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-3933232336034221762013-11-13T04:55:16.846-08:002013-11-13T04:55:16.846-08:00http://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityo...http://chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.htm<br /><br />Asimov argues that we're actually mostly right on science.<br /><br />Your blog is a new one for me -- I like it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759499976909882483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-15797076815183904282013-11-13T00:59:06.310-08:002013-11-13T00:59:06.310-08:00You fucker, you got me all worked up with the bone...You fucker, you got me all worked up with the bone needle man description and then didn't do a picture to make me less spooked! <br />Really though, this is sick awesome. I want to use those eels so bad, and I love the idea of a kid running to his mother saying 'ma git th' chuckin' post! Billy's gone an' ate John Jelly!'James Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728054107958411289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-84609586919773900552013-11-13T00:44:56.799-08:002013-11-13T00:44:56.799-08:00you've read _The Cheese and the Worms,_ I take...you've read _The Cheese and the Worms,_ I take it?<br /><br />Theories of spontaneous generation still exist and affect public policy: did you know that broken windows generate crime? And courtyard gardens generate communities? And (repeated more and more these days) privacy generates illegality?<br /><br />Did I ever tell you about the spontaneous generation of monsters through the interaction of our world and the dungeon dimensions? Gold is the solidified monster-seed. <br />http://lurkerablog.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/how-megadungeons-interact-with-the-campaign-universe/richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754170279177021419.post-53445860602303944702013-11-12T23:08:50.531-08:002013-11-12T23:08:50.531-08:00Great minds think alike? I had a similar idea a wh...Great minds think alike? I <a href="http://landofnu.com/2013/05/25/setting-idea-animism-spontaneous-generation/" rel="nofollow">had a similar idea</a> a while back, although I referred explicitly to "spontaneous generation," my go-to myth was flies rather than mice, and I didn't go so far as to invent and stat up a bunch of monsters to go with it.Confanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361443460498670841noreply@blogger.com