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  1. I seem to be making solid progress at the moment on one of several current works, a novel that isn't exactly steampunk, isn't exactly magepunk, isn't exactly fantasy. I'm really unsure how to classify it. Its closest genre cousin might perhaps be Jack L. Chalker's Soul Rider series. Plus I have a volume of Sunlit Land short stories in progress, with three stories down, and the beginnings of a follow-on Stardock book, and an untitled mystery that might perhaps end up fitting into the Agencysphere.

    So many books, so little sleep.

    #writing #writingcommunity #stardock #fireborn

  2. I seem to be making solid progress at the moment on one of several current works, a novel that isn't exactly steampunk, isn't exactly magepunk, isn't exactly fantasy. I'm really unsure how to classify it. Its closest genre cousin might perhaps be Jack L. Chalker's Soul Rider series. Plus I have a volume of Sunlit Land short stories in progress, with three stories down, and the beginnings of a follow-on Stardock book, and an untitled mystery that might perhaps end up fitting into the Agencysphere.

    So many books, so little sleep.

    #writing #writingcommunity #stardock #fireborn

  3. I seem to be making solid progress at the moment on one of several current works, a novel that isn't exactly steampunk, isn't exactly magepunk, isn't exactly fantasy. I'm really unsure how to classify it. Its closest genre cousin might perhaps be Jack L. Chalker's Soul Rider series. Plus I have a volume of Sunlit Land short stories in progress, with three stories down, and the beginnings of a follow-on Stardock book, and an untitled mystery that might perhaps end up fitting into the Agencysphere.

    So many books, so little sleep.

    #writing #writingcommunity #stardock #fireborn

  4. I seem to be making solid progress at the moment on one of several current works, a novel that isn't exactly steampunk, isn't exactly magepunk, isn't exactly fantasy. I'm really unsure how to classify it. Its closest genre cousin might perhaps be Jack L. Chalker's Soul Rider series. Plus I have a volume of Sunlit Land short stories in progress, with three stories down, and the beginnings of a follow-on Stardock book, and an untitled mystery that might perhaps end up fitting into the Agencysphere.

    So many books, so little sleep.

    #writing #writingcommunity #stardock #fireborn

  5. I seem to be making solid progress at the moment on one of several current works, a novel that isn't exactly steampunk, isn't exactly magepunk, isn't exactly fantasy. I'm really unsure how to classify it. Its closest genre cousin might perhaps be Jack L. Chalker's Soul Rider series. Plus I have a volume of Sunlit Land short stories in progress, with three stories down, and the beginnings of a follow-on Stardock book, and an untitled mystery that might perhaps end up fitting into the Agencysphere.

    So many books, so little sleep.

    #writing #writingcommunity #stardock #fireborn

  6. #Stardock has announced today that they're taking over the management for #Ara from Microsoft stardock.com/news/535669/stard (Oxide is staying the developer). Brad Wardell has posted on Twitter an article about how Stardock was managing Ara and #OldWorld before littletinyfrogs.com/article/53 , but gave Ara away because there were some obvious conflicts with e.g. the target group.
    At the same time Stardock has posted the new roadmap for Ara, which includes 2 updates in May and June, a new DLC in June, which apparently focuses on scenarios, and a major update for everything in summer this year.
    It seems that the development will be interesting, and you can surely discuss that with us here forums.civfanatics.com/threads .

  7. #Objectdock von #Stardock

    Ich verstehe nicht, warum so ein Starter nicht nativ bei #Windows dabei ist! Kommt in den Vordergrund, wenn man mit dem #Mauszeiger an den Bildschirmrand fährt, verschwindet wieder, kann vielfach eingestellt werden und ist in der Vollversion auch nicht sonderlich teuer.

    andreas-edler.de/blog/2025/03/

    #Gimmicks #Tools #Software

  8. Just for those following along (a reminder that I #write as Sean Fenian): My transformational-fantasy #novel #Fireborn is now available for order on Amazon in softcover format (6"x9", 550 pages). The #Stardock #Trilogy will be released in softcover probably within the next week.

  9. Just for those following along (a reminder that I #write as Sean Fenian): My transformational-fantasy #novel #Fireborn is now available for order on Amazon in softcover format (6"x9", 550 pages). The #Stardock #Trilogy will be released in softcover probably within the next week.

  10. Just for those following along (a reminder that I #write as Sean Fenian): My transformational-fantasy #novel #Fireborn is now available for order on Amazon in softcover format (6"x9", 550 pages). The #Stardock #Trilogy will be released in softcover probably within the next week.

  11. Just for those following along (a reminder that I #write as Sean Fenian): My transformational-fantasy #novel #Fireborn is now available for order on Amazon in softcover format (6"x9", 550 pages). The #Stardock #Trilogy will be released in softcover probably within the next week.

  12. Just for those following along (a reminder that I #write as Sean Fenian): My transformational-fantasy #novel #Fireborn is now available for order on Amazon in softcover format (6"x9", 550 pages). The #Stardock #Trilogy will be released in softcover probably within the next week.

  13. Total Annihilation: A 2025 Return to a Retro RTS Classic

    First I was writing about TorilMUD adding new features, now I am writing about one of the big 90s RTS titles, Total Annihilation.  I feel like I need to boot Civ II up to complete the 25+ year old set... and with Civ VII coming out next month, maybe I will! [caption id="attachment_131878" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Total Annihilation - Commander's Pack at GoG.com[/caption] Total Annihilation (TA) is one of those titles that is too strange to live and too good to die.  Widely […]

    tagn.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/

  14. Total Annihilation: A 2025 Return to a Retro RTS Classic

    First I was writing about TorilMUD adding new features, now I am writing about one of the big 90s RTS titles, Total Annihilation.  I feel like I need to boot Civ II up to complete the 25+ year old set... and with Civ VII coming out next month, maybe I will! [caption id="attachment_131878" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Total Annihilation - Commander's Pack at GoG.com[/caption] Total Annihilation (TA) is one of those titles that is too strange to live and too good to die.  Widely […]

    tagn.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/

  15. Total Annihilation: A 2025 Return to a Retro RTS Classic

    First I was writing about TorilMUD adding new features, now I am writing about one of the big 90s RTS titles, Total Annihilation.  I feel like I need to boot Civ II up to complete the 25+ year old set... and with Civ VII coming out next month, maybe I will! [caption id="attachment_131878" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Total Annihilation - Commander's Pack at GoG.com[/caption] Total Annihilation (TA) is one of those titles that is too strange to live and too good to die.  Widely […]

    tagn.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/

  16. Total Annihilation: A 2025 Return to a Retro RTS Classic

    First I was writing about TorilMUD adding new features, now I am writing about one of the big 90s RTS titles, Total Annihilation.  I feel like I need to boot Civ II up to complete the 25+ year old set... and with Civ VII coming out next month, maybe I will! [caption id="attachment_131878" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Total Annihilation - Commander's Pack at GoG.com[/caption] Total Annihilation (TA) is one of those titles that is too strange to live and too good to die.  Widely […]

    tagn.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/

  17. I'd never learned the outcome of the battle between #Stardock / #BradWardell & #PaulReicheIII / #FrederickFord over the IP & trademark for one of my all-time favorite games, #StarControl.

    Until today.

    ✅ Star Control lawsuit: News, updates and more | Polygon
    polygon.com/2019/1/2/18165602/

  18. I'd never learned the outcome of the battle between #Stardock / #BradWardell & #PaulReicheIII / #FrederickFord over the IP & trademark for one of my all-time favorite games, #StarControl.

    Until today.

    ✅ Star Control lawsuit: News, updates and more | Polygon
    polygon.com/2019/1/2/18165602/

  19. I'd never learned the outcome of the battle between #Stardock / #BradWardell & #PaulReicheIII / #FrederickFord over the IP & trademark for one of my all-time favorite games, #StarControl.

    Until today.

    ✅ Star Control lawsuit: News, updates and more | Polygon
    polygon.com/2019/1/2/18165602/

  20. Refunded Sins of a Solar Empire II as I spent half my time with it staring at the uncanny "artwork" that is clearly #ai

    The #steam disclaimer made it sound like they used ai to iterate over ideas on interface layout. Nearly all "artwork" was ai generated.

    That killed any level of immersion for me, because it all felt lazy and without any direction.

    Nothing to discover, just generated slop in a full priced #game - they can afford real artists!

    #games #gaming #strategy #mastoart #stardock

  21. I never liked the changes Microsoft made to the Start menu with #Windows 10 and 11. Now they want to add advertising, which, for now, you can disable, but still...

    I've been using Start11 for years on my Windows machines to replace the start menu and task bar that comes with Windows. It's quite inexpensive, and it gives me a start menu and task bar as I like it. There are a ton of customizations.

    If you don't like the Windows start menu and task bar, this is worth a look:

    stardock.com/products/start11/

    #StarDock #Start11

  22. For my first #FF #FollowFriday (on a Sunday) on our new GamingInThe.Cloud instance I thought it'd be appropriate to pick some who's bio says: "I Make Clouds for Games".

    Please follow @layla whose resume includes #HiRezStudios, #Gearbox and #Stardock!

    ( @NinjaGuyX didn't you stream #Smite recently?) #CloudGaming #Gaming #Gameing

  23. Stardock and Star Control creators settle lawsuits—with mead and honey - Enlarge / "HELLO HUMAN, Umgah Court sentences you TEN MILLION YEARS OF HARD LABOR!... Oh, you settl... more: arstechnica.com/?p=1520849 #gaming&culture #ur-quanmasters #starcontrol2 #bradwardell #starcontrol #stardock