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Comment on Late to the party: White Wolf Layoffs by Needles

Needles — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:47:30 +0000

This is pretty much in my eyes the end of the second incarnation of White Wolf as a company. All I believe we’re going to see from them if we as fans are some video game properties. This is the first I think of the dismantling of the company. Bad times,very bad time indeed.

Comment on readline, Python, IPython, and Mac OS X by Tim

Tim — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:45:58 +0000

I had this problem as well, for me it only occured with iPython when showing help on Numpy functions. I would get something like:

In [1]: import numpy as N

In [2]: N.sort?

ESC[1;31mType: ESC[0mfunction
ESC[1;31mBase Class: ESC[0m
ESC[1;31mString Form:ESC[0m

while colour on the iPython prompt itself *did* work.

The hint about the PAGER got me thinking and it appears that using ls -R as PAGER solves the problem. Using

export PAGER="less -R"

and restarting iPython does the trick. According to the ls man page, -R does not parse the ANSI color codes:

-R or --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS
Like -r, but only ANSI "color" escape sequences are output in
"raw" form. Unlike -r, the screen appearance is maintained cor-
rectly in most cases. [...]

I don’t know why this works exactly, but it works for me. HTH for people googling on this.

Comment on Essentials and the new Character Builder by David Dorward

David Dorward — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:01:40 +0000

The choice of Silverlight is probably driven by the legacy of having the old Character Builder written in .NET. It should allow for a fair amount of code reuse.

Comment on More on the Red Box, 4e, and Essentials by Geek Gazette

Geek Gazette — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:52:35 +0000

As someone who does not like 4e, Essentials has converted me. I’m really liking the Essentials books and plan to keep playing ED&D. I know that technically they are 4e as well, but to me Essentials is 4e+1. I recommend getting them.

Comment on More on the Red Box, 4e, and Essentials by Making RPGs Cool Again « The Red Box Blog

Making RPGs Cool Again « The Red Box Blog — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:04:21 +0000

[...] RPGs Cool Again After reading this article, which was itself referencing this one, I found myself wondering how rpgs could overcome [...]

Comment on The new World of Darkness is digital by Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:15:26 +0000

Well, without even going into detail or comparison, I can see one reason why our preferences differ: I prefer horror over punk, myself. :) I could go into depth about it, but some of it is that the old World of Darkness was a form of political commentary that feels very dated to me now.

I would also borrow Chuck Wendig’s distinction between setting and the overall roleplaying game. He says that the old World of Darkness was a better setting, but the new World of Darkness was a better roleplaying game. That’s a way to express what I was trying to get across when talking about the WoD MMO.

Comment on The new World of Darkness is digital by Kensan_Oni

Kensan_Oni — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:10:39 +0000

Okay. I’ll admit the mechanics for nWOD are hands down better then the previous set. I have no problems admitting that. I’m not convinced it’s a better setting (I like Punk games, and was disappointed when they really laid heavy the horror elements), but I’d be interested in hearing why you think they are better.

Comment on Is an era ending? by Incredible Vehicle · The new World of Darkness is digital

Incredible Vehicle · The new World of Darkness is digital — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:39:00 +0000

[...] I’ve been kicking this around for some time. How do I write about this? I have no idea. My blogging’s been so spotty lately, sure. But chiefly I feel like I talked about it already, back in April. [...]

Comment on Dark Sun characters by Incredible Vehicle · More Dark Sun characters

Incredible Vehicle · More Dark Sun characters — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:06:16 +0000

[...] On the off-chance you haven’t seen them, there are many more Dark Sun characters available on top of the characters from the D&D Experience. [...]

Comment on Is an era ending? by Incredible Vehicle · Two years? Really? I’m skeptical.

Incredible Vehicle · Two years? Really? I’m skeptical. — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:08:26 +0000

[...] although to be frank it’s more to do with what’s not happening than what is. I might be repeating myself, [...]