Easter Linking

If you came over to read stuff, you’re going to be disappointed. Even I have something better to do on Easter then to write for you.

But fear not: Others wrote stuff worthy of your attention:

  1. Wired shows you how to create your own combat bot. Ground, aerial and submerged bots for you to build – for just some 100s or 100s of $. It’s a wiki, so you can help. I wonder when homeland security takes down that site. Terrorists might use the cheap combat bots… :) (Am I the only one who thinks that “Homeland security” sounds deliciously fascist?
  2. Contact lenses that can do some stuff we thought cybereyes would needed for, esp. a HUD (head up display, showing you images superimposed over your view – today used by fighter pilots)
  3. A Cyberpunk documentary from 1993. Look how William Gibson looked like 14 years ago:
The young William Gibson, ca 1993
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The Armys robot mule: Amazing Robot Tech

Nils sandte mir aber dieses Video zu:

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Danke, Nils!

@Nils: Wäre nett, wenn du und ich bald mal wieder zusammen zocken könnten. Und: Sag mal, hast du noch die buildnotes zu unserem Hovercraft? Und das Bild? Bald ist ja Nordcon

Killer Robots

I guess the next time my PCs are going to infiltrate some corp compound, they will meet this little enemy:

Killer Robots will kill you

I’m at a loss to stat this thing. Speed maybe 20 km/h? Would that gun be a 7.62? Looks like it carries at least a 100 rounds. I would give it a 10+d10 to attack and 7+d10 for Initiative. Remotely controlled it would gain the skill of the operator. A netrunner could hijack it, if the right controller program is available.

Gary is dead

The “cool uncle every gamer had” (as Mike Mearls put it) died. Gary Gygax died at the age of 69, way to early. He co-invented the first rpg Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 and thus was the grandfather of all rpgs – even Cyberpunk 2020. Its a sad day for every gamer.

Roll a dice in remberance today. And check out what OOTS made of it. I bet he would have liked it.

Update: NordCON

Der NordCON hat seine Website renoviert und die neue Location bekannt gegeben. Genaueres findet auf der www.nordcon.de Seite.

Das wichtigste in Kürze

  • Die neue Location für den NORDCON ist die Pachthofschule in Hamburg-Horn.
  • Termin: 13.-15.06.2008 – Drei Tage lang! non-stop!
  • So wie es jetzt aussieht, ist der NORDCON nicht nur 24h non-stop geöffnet
  • Übernachtungsaktion für die Schlafwilligen auf dem Gelände des NORDCONS in den beiden (!) Turnhallen und natürlich ohne Aufpreis statt. Alternative: Die nahe Jugendherberge (10 Minuten Fußweg).

Und einen Banner haben sie jetzt auch:

Dieser Artikel ist ein Update zu der Schnellmeldung vom 25.02.2008