“What a beauty! Did you see? A fair and buxom maid indeed.”
“Do they all have to be buxom maids? Every time we pass a cart off you go about buxom maids.”
“Well, I like buxom maids. Don’t you?”
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This story was inspired by real-life research into decision-making during life-or-death situations. If, while driving you’re forced to hit one person, or swerve and hit another, which of the two people do you choose? If you have to choose between hitting a person or a brick wall, which do you choose?
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Companions, friends, sidekicks, call them what you will, these guys and gals stand beside their heroes with almost, and in some cases, actual, fanaticism. Here’s a top ten list of some of my favourites.
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As you might have guessed by the title, I’d like to talk about Fantasy in all its splendorous variety. This might be a broad definition but let’s say if it’s got magic in it, it’s fantasy, if it hasn’t, it ain’t.
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Which one is best, technology or magic? Technology is a product of science. Magic is produced by the manipulation of esoteric power. If it’s got batteries, it’s technology, if you put a finger in your ear while fondling a hamster, it’s magic.
Today I’m putting two states of reality against each other; the real world we live in, and the game world we imagine we live in. I’ll be comparing the relative merits of each, and then deciding which I prefer. I’ll let you decide the exact meaning of ‘real’.
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Our screen heroes often meet non-human beings on their travels, most of which don’t speak any Earth languages, of course. So how do scriptwriters deal with the problem of portraying language as spoken by beings such as elves and aliens? Sit back, relax, and I will explain.
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Stories do not always require overly complicated ideas. I let the idea be simple for this one—a dream of the old ways, if you insist on knowing. It still needs characters to bring it to life. Hence, a story.
about an occasion of a queen receiving gifts on her birthday. What gift would you give to someone who almost literally has everything? Well, that would very much depend on your motives, as we find out in this little tale.
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Robots are one of my favourite things to write about! This one is inspired by a couple of articles in my news feed. One was about robotic police officers, the other about human population growth.
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