Chris Salzman

  • Donut County This is my clear game of the year. My wife and I both tore through it and then our toddler got surprisingly into it. For a few months she would ask to “play the donut county one?!” and…

  • Announcing A Christmas One Shot: Marley’s Scrooge Case! A tabletop RPG retelling of A Christmas Carol where the players help save Scrooge’s soul. It’s pay-what-you-want this year! I’d love it if your gaming group gave it a shot this holiday…

  • In Michigan, the Pynchon-esque finds you. A few years ago I did illustrations and layout for an essay that Dave Nelson wrote called In Michigan”. He recently published it on his site. The essay is phenomenal. It gets at the…

  • I dislike the doors in our house. I love the knobs though. The doors, however, have faults. They’re old and hollow, the veneer is peeling, the springs in the deadlatches don’t spring as much as they used to, and the…

  • Dice are one of life’s simple pleasures. For less than the cost of many other much-worse-for-you vices you can get a set of dice in just about any color. You also always need another set of dice no matter how…

  • I tooted about this and thought it’d be worth a post too because I have opinions. The best SEO is stating what you offer and your beliefs about what you offer without being overly clever or precious about it. Start…

  • Here is what I’ve been learning about tools: Become enamored with taking care of your tools not buying new ones. Buy the cheapest tool you need for a job. If it breaks or fails its intended purpose then buy a…

  • Detroit Urban Craft Fair is this weekend! If you’re looking for a unique gift for your friends/family/yourself this is THE place to get it. Major bonus is that it’s in the Masonic Temple downtown: Friday: 6-9pmSaturday: 10am-8pm Sunday: 11am-6pm My…

  • Polygon published an article about the crunch and emotional labor that goes into most big budget videogames these days. It’s partly a reaction to someone at Rockstar mentioning multiple 100-hour weeks as part of the development process for Red Dead…

  • Walk safe, everyone. Follow these important tips: (Based on this set of actually good ideas that would also not be necessary if we didn’t cede so much control of our public spaces to cars.) (Thanks to Scott for triggering the…

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