When is history not history? Can you write a fictional history as objective truth? Amazon’s Rings of Power is a controversial adaptation of J.R.R....
Rings of Power
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J.S. Morin
Lamplight City
A Point-and-click Sherlock-like experience, Lamplight City is a Victorian mystery game with steampunk flair and supernatural elements. Lamplight...
Bird Buddy
Do You Like Birds? I’ll Show You Birds!Or at least, this fun gadget will… Binoculars, field guide, hiking boots, there’s a standard, stereotypical...
Step Six: Escaping the Time Loop
Why are you still stuck in a time loop? By the time you’ve mastered the cello, speak Finnish, and play grandmaster level chess, this question has...
Step Five: Avoiding Boredom
You’ve been here, done that. You know your loop so well that you could paint it frame by frame in your sleep. Especially since you spent a few...
Step Four: Learning New Skills
Well, if you’ve reached this point, you know your time loop, what you can change inside it, and your hapless fellow inhabitants pretty well. Now,...
Step Three: Getting to Know the People
Ah, so you’ve discovered that you’re trapped in a time loop. You know where you can go, what you can do, and how long until it all starts over....
Step Two: Changing Things
OK, so you’ve figured out you’re in a time loop. You know about how far you can get within the time allotted and your travel limitations. You know...
Step One: Recognizing a Time Loop
You’ve got the weirdest sense of déjà vu. It’s not just one thing; it’s everything. First things first, don’t panic. There’s a good chance...
Year 12 of My 5-10 Year Overnight Success Plan
It’s that time of year again… time for me to send out a belated update on overtime Year 12 of my 5-10 Year Plan for Overnight Success. Let’s ignore...
Twelve Heists of Christmas
Water-reduced vegetables
Researchers at TAU have developed a water-conserving technology for tomatoes using one of my favorite technology platforms: CRISPR. Specifically,...
Logan’s Run
Despite the onesie vibe of silver age sci-fi and promotional artwork that looks like the box for an Atari video game, Logan’s Run is very...
Eily and Something Shiny
Eila and Something Shiny is a simply delightful board game to look at, as well as a joy to play. With artwork somewhere in the...
Disney Holodecks
In Star Trek (starting with The Next Generation) the Federation has the technology to produce realistic, immersive, fully interactive...
Stray
At its core, Stray is a platform puzzle game. You jump. You climb. You knock things over. But the twist with Stray is that you’re a cat....
Brain.fm
It’s not often that Living in the Future intersects directly with my own writing process, but here we are. I’ve been writing for… well, comfortably...
Dollhouse
Dollhouse is an early-2000s TV show starring Eliza Dushku as a programmable human known as a Doll. She is part of a program where a company...
Balder’s Gate
You’ve been kidnapped by aberrations from another dimension. They’ve implanted a parasite in your brain. Soon (and you don’t know how soon), that...
Fluora smart plants
Some people are born with a green thumb. This sounds like a medical problem, or something fixable with soap. Other people can keep house plants...
Avatar Last Airbender
Avatar: the Last Airbender is among the latest conversions from animation to live action on the major streaming services (in this case,...
Flying Cars
In the late 19th century, the automobile was invented. Early in the 20th, humanity discovered powered flight. In the century since, the quest to...
Starfarers of Catan
It’s no exaggeration to say that when Settlers of Catan came on the scene in 1995, it changed board gaming worldwide. The randomized board...
Year 11 of My 5-10 Year Overnight Success Plan
Some of you (the clever ones), may note a Curious Math Situation right in the title of this year's update. The cynics among you will further observe...