Colossus of the Crux

This is me recommending Collossus of the Crux, an actual play podcast released this week by some of the guys I’ve had the pleasure of gaming with these last few years.

I’m obviously biased, but I think they did a fantastic job. The story has colorful characters, a grungy used-future sci-fi setting, laugh out loud humor, and fun set pieces. They wrapped it all up in a well-produced package that speaks to the amount of work they’ve put into this project.

I had the priviledge of doing a game-mechanic development sessions with them when they were working on ship combat. I’m excited to see how that plays out in future episodes!

Anyways, since I don’t seem to post to my blog about things I’ve done, I might as well post about cool things other people have done! So check it out: I think you’ll enjoy it unless you’re one of those people who, ya’ know, doesn’t enjoy things ;)

Intro to Rugby

During the global pandemic shutdown there were basically two live sports in the whole world: Formula 1 and New Zealand Rugby in the form of Super Rugby Aotearoa. I adopted both sports. Since then keeping up with F1 has gotten easier in the US, but Rugby mostly dissappeared from our sports media. So this year I picked up a subscription to Florugby and am back at it; however, it’s a little lonely since none of my friends are rugby fans. To help with that, I decided to collect some links for the uninitiated to help serve as a jumping in point for rugby and just in time for the 2023 Rugby World Cup! So here goes:

Old Matches:

Other ways to watch:

  • World Rugby just launched RugbyPass TV which is currently free and includes archive matches, rugby shows, and apparently some live matches too!
  • As mentioned above, in the US Florugby carries tons of matches at many levels from all over the world

Things I like about rubgy:

  • I mostly watch rugby union, but the little bit of rugby league I’ve watched was fun too!
  • During that 2020 NZ Rugby season I adopted the Chiefs as my home team.
  • In international rugby I pull for NZ and Wales
  • The women’s game is at least as much fun as the men’s game.
  • The mic’d-up referee- it helps with insight during penalties and other deliberations.
  • Since most of what I watch is international in the Pacific or Europe, I enjoy weekend mornings with coffee and a contest.

Lemmy explorer

I’ve joined the u.fail Lemmy instance, and one immediate challenge, especially on a small instance, is finding communities on remote instances. I came across Lemmy Explorer, which has been great for helping find communities.

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