12:54 To Asgard

A funny way to die begins this game,

And there are funny quips along the way

About a leak, one's pique -- more I'll not name,

Forgoing spoilers, but I have to say,

This game wants leaps of logic I can't make.

Each turnstile leads me to a realm where I

Must do something I can't intuit, take

An object I would never keep, or try

To pair ideas that don't match up that well.

I'm frustrated and bored, and many things

I'm told I see are suddenly not there

When I try to investigate. This brings

Me to my point: I cannot recommend

This IFComp game to a foe or friend.

In Which It Is ALIVE!

I haven't built since Nineteen Ninety-Four,

But as completion looms, I wonder why.

I really cannot think of much that's more

Rewarding than to build from base parts my

Computer! I feel silly, though; it's flash

With all those LEDs. The gaudy type

I really am not often. Do they clash,

The red and blue? The front doth bring a gripe:

I still want clear drive panel covers, so

If anyone can help me find some, please,

I'll be more grateful than you'll ever know!

The silver, well, will do at least, and ease

Is what I need right now for the next bit:

To set it up for Snow Leopard! Oh, shit!

Atomic Robo: In Which I Make A Plea For A Wish To Come True

Last week, while I enjoyed a casual chat
With Brian Clevinger (such is the pow'r
Of Twitter), he did casually mention that
Atomic Robo soon would have its hour
In gaming! Old school pen-and-paper play!
And Savage Worlds was in the running as
The system! This hath prompted me to say
"Hell yes! You must!" for all that each one has
Could but enhance the other. Both contain
Potential for high pulp, ever fulfilled.
The game frankly encourages the main
Conceit the comic offers: you can build
A weapon, but instead, why not a man
Of metal, full of humor and a plan?

Late To The Party, I Still Try To Compose A Nerdigras Anthem

March Madness leaves me cold, to say naught of

St. Patrick's Day (Ugh! Amateurs and beer!).

There's really only one reason to love

This silly month and greet it with good cheer:

'Tis Nerdigras, the season of the geek!

From Christmas's square root (that is, the fifth)

Through Pi Day, March Fourteenth, we all shall seek

To show our love for elegance and pith:

Have fractal fun, unscrew some endless screws,

Chase Zeno's tortoise, don our best Lovelace,

Turn coffee into theorems with Erdös,

Cross Konigsbergen bridges or just face

Those Cantor sets within sets. Raise a glass,

And take a Knight's Tour with me. Now that's class!