Chris Prather
@chrisprather.bsky.social
Frankly, I'm just trying to match up to my dog's expectations.
Mod brain just tells me 'Looks like a good 1632 alt hist map...'
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Mod brain just tells me 'Looks like a good 1632 alt hist map...'
Have you heard of Terra Invicta?
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Have you heard of Terra Invicta?
I wonder if it's related to the sort of feedback the authors are getting from beta readers. Fanfic access has really exploded over the last few decades, and that must have impacted the sorts of feedback that authors receive.
October 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I wonder if it's related to the sort of feedback the authors are getting from beta readers. Fanfic access has really exploded over the last few decades, and that must have impacted the sorts of feedback that authors receive.
I guess the one difference would be the exploration mechanic as a necessary way to work around the established conflict zones to get into rear areas.
Most space 4x's I've played don't really include the same limits in exploration, unless you run into another empire's territory.
Most space 4x's I've played don't really include the same limits in exploration, unless you run into another empire's territory.
October 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I guess the one difference would be the exploration mechanic as a necessary way to work around the established conflict zones to get into rear areas.
Most space 4x's I've played don't really include the same limits in exploration, unless you run into another empire's territory.
Most space 4x's I've played don't really include the same limits in exploration, unless you run into another empire's territory.
Right. Anything more complex would probably be a nightmare to try and depict in a book as combat heavy as this series is.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Right. Anything more complex would probably be a nightmare to try and depict in a book as combat heavy as this series is.
Good point. The starfire system as depicted in the books seems simplistic in comparison to those games mechanics though.
It makes sense sense given the necessary limitations of an old school wargame.
It makes sense sense given the necessary limitations of an old school wargame.
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Good point. The starfire system as depicted in the books seems simplistic in comparison to those games mechanics though.
It makes sense sense given the necessary limitations of an old school wargame.
It makes sense sense given the necessary limitations of an old school wargame.
It seems like something that could be the good basis for a Stellaris mod, at a minimum
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It seems like something that could be the good basis for a Stellaris mod, at a minimum
The change in scale of the bug threat between in death ground and the shiva option was a real disappointment when I read them as they came out. It kind of felt like they got hit with the nerf bat in between stories in the service of making them beatable in the span of a single, very long, book.
October 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The change in scale of the bug threat between in death ground and the shiva option was a real disappointment when I read them as they came out. It kind of felt like they got hit with the nerf bat in between stories in the service of making them beatable in the span of a single, very long, book.
Stewart sticks the landing on closing out this series really well. I've been kind of disappointed with how they close out some of the other space opera series they've written, but this one is solid. The spin off series is pretty good also.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Stewart sticks the landing on closing out this series really well. I've been kind of disappointed with how they close out some of the other space opera series they've written, but this one is solid. The spin off series is pretty good also.
Indiana version of the Emu War.
August 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Indiana version of the Emu War.
The amount I'm listening to www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOP... isn't healthy
Wasteland 3 - Battle Hymn of the Republic (Lyrics in Description)
YouTube video by Podunk
www.youtube.com
August 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The amount I'm listening to www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOP... isn't healthy
Maybe videos of bradleys lighting up russian tanks, maybe videos of ice dudes getting wrecked. YMMV
June 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Maybe videos of bradleys lighting up russian tanks, maybe videos of ice dudes getting wrecked. YMMV
There are mods for warno.
Find a game that doesn't put money in russian pockets
Find a game that doesn't put money in russian pockets
June 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
There are mods for warno.
Find a game that doesn't put money in russian pockets
Find a game that doesn't put money in russian pockets
That last line...damn. I feel like so much of what people are missing is that they do not live in an environment where they know others as others and have to accept them as brothers.
June 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
That last line...damn. I feel like so much of what people are missing is that they do not live in an environment where they know others as others and have to accept them as brothers.
I'm just very tired.
This time as farce
This time as farce
June 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I'm just very tired.
This time as farce
This time as farce
'Failure to Launch' might be too close to your other interests to be interesting.
'Lions Led by Donkeys' is often dark but entertaining.
'Lions Led by Donkeys' is often dark but entertaining.
June 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
'Failure to Launch' might be too close to your other interests to be interesting.
'Lions Led by Donkeys' is often dark but entertaining.
'Lions Led by Donkeys' is often dark but entertaining.
FFS...of course it's fake
June 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
FFS...of course it's fake
Meh. The Force Awakens was such a complete invalidation of the original trilogy that it killed my enthusiasm for the ST as a whole. What's the point of watching something that lacks meaning or even competent plot execution?
May 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Meh. The Force Awakens was such a complete invalidation of the original trilogy that it killed my enthusiasm for the ST as a whole. What's the point of watching something that lacks meaning or even competent plot execution?
Might be a bug, but I installed it and suddenly my pop growth is negative...
May 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Might be a bug, but I installed it and suddenly my pop growth is negative...
In the limitations of altered carbon, sure. Because they all work under the same rules.
I could see easy ways for a merchant house with enforced retirement or corp to outmaneuver meths. They'll always be ahead of the tech curve in comparison to people centuries old.
I could see easy ways for a merchant house with enforced retirement or corp to outmaneuver meths. They'll always be ahead of the tech curve in comparison to people centuries old.
May 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
In the limitations of altered carbon, sure. Because they all work under the same rules.
I could see easy ways for a merchant house with enforced retirement or corp to outmaneuver meths. They'll always be ahead of the tech curve in comparison to people centuries old.
I could see easy ways for a merchant house with enforced retirement or corp to outmaneuver meths. They'll always be ahead of the tech curve in comparison to people centuries old.
Is becoming tyrants dependent on the reality of multi-century life, or the belief that it is achievable?
May 5, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Is becoming tyrants dependent on the reality of multi-century life, or the belief that it is achievable?
lots of people never shut up
May 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
lots of people never shut up
You have good taste in sci fi
May 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You have good taste in sci fi