Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Aztecnologist (Dredmor mod)

Been on an old-school Dungeons of Dredmor kick lately. Tonight I published an entirely new Mod for Dredmor. 

Link: Dungeons of Dredmor mod: Aztecnologist 

Your degree in Applied Temple Trap Engineering from Mayincatecnical College will make those pesky Archaeologists feel appropriately unwelcome!

Archaeologists the world over plunder mighty tombs and temples, braving all manner of horrific traps to bring the power of scholarly tools like bullwhips and dynamite to bear to rescue the misty past from its rightful owners. Who maintains those ageless death-traps, and keeps them functioning generations after their installation? You do! You went to college for it.



This skill provides damage and resist boosts for Piercing and Toxic damage, and several levels of Trap Sight and Trap Affinity, but the main draw is the crazy activated abilities.

Monday, July 1, 2024

A Rare Political Post

 (Honestly, all my posts here are pretty rare these days, but...) 

I feel like what happened today in the US is dire enough to warrant political discourse everywhere, even an apolitical forum like this.

The Supreme Court just handed down a decision that will likely be then end of Democracy in our lifetimes. The next time an election cycle is won by any presidential candidate of low moral character, will likely be the last election ever. The six conservative justices have effectively said yes to the dangerous nonsensical argument that the US President has the right to order the military to assassinate his rivals. POTUS could order the DOJ to arrest every member of the opposition party, and while it's not guaranteed the DOJ would follow this command, there could not be any consequences to the President for giving the order. This is stupid, dangerous, toxic, and likely terminal to our way of life. If Trump wins, you know he's mean enough to use these new powers.  Honestly, it would be foolish to trust anyone with that much power. Today's decision was precursor to an all-but-inevitable coup within a few election cycles. I fear the only way forward that doesn't result in fascism and villainy would have to involve ratifying a Constitutional Amendment within months. 

Republicans should also be terrified of this ruling: if you think Biden is as bad Fox News claims -- I'm confident he's not -- then you should be quaking in fear at what he might do before he leaves office. This was a monumental disaster for everyone.