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Baen: A Quantum of Consciousness
By John Lambshead “Every so often a new development in digital hardware or software is heralded as the beginning of artificial intelligence. And every time, I look at it and see a machine –
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War History Online: THE LOST BATTALION: HOW A PIGEON SAVED 200 LIVES IN WW1
“Major Charles Whittlesey knew the situation was desperate. Twenty-four hours earlier, on 2 October, 1918, he and his men had been ordered to advance againstheavily fortified German positions in the Argonne Forest in Northern
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Smithsonian: A Cutting-Edge Second Look at the Battle of Gettysburg
New technology has given us the chance to re-examine how the Civil War battle was won and lost By Anne Kelly Knowles; Interactive by Esri; Cartography by International Mapping “The technological limits of surveillance
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League of Gamemakers: Patients, Protections, and Boardgames – Part I
By Tom Jolly IN THE GAME INDUSTRY, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARKS, AND PATENTS DON’T WORK. WE NEED SOMETHING ELSE. “Recently, a federal court in Texas handed down a judgment that game mechanics aren’t covered by copyright
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Texas court affirms game mechanics not protected under copyright law
“United States copyright law has not been favorable to protecting game mechanics up to this point, and a recent summary judgment from a Texas judge in DaVinci Editrice S.R.L. vs. Ziko Games, LLC means this
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Chicago Tribune: Miniature war gaming is big with history buffs
By Kate Thayer “A group of men gathered around a table, discussing their next moves in the midst of an invasion. In this case, the table was also the battlefield, and the soldiers were only
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Brilliant Maps: Zone Rouge: An Area of France So Badly Damaged By WW1 That People Are Still Forbidden To Live There
“While WW1 ended nearly a century ago, its scars can still be found across Northern France and Belgium. Zone Rouge (French for Red Zone) is perhaps the ultimate example of this. At the end
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Brilliant Maps: The 28 Best Map Based Strategy Board Games You’ve Probably Never Played
“If you like board games and you like maps, you’ve almost certainly played Risk and have likely also played such classics as Diplomacy and Settlers of Catan before. While these are all great games,
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iO9: 10 Greatest Science Fiction Board Games of All Time
Katharine Trendacosta 2/25/13 12:00pm “Board games are great way to prove your intellectual superiority to your friends. But aren’t they even better when they involve a sprawling science fiction premise? It’s no fun to
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