dionysus1999: (tick)
2013-02-18 09:07 am
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GURPS rulebooks obtained, amusement at future date predicted

I am planning a GURPS campaign set in David Brin's Uplift universe.  System is simple, as advertised, and books are well indexed.  I generated a random character that will be one of the villians already.  He's making a guess appearance from Snowcrash, but fits in since he's a water kinda guy.
dionysus1999: (brain)
2010-09-23 12:29 pm
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As seen in Science News and elsewhere - play games for science!

Foldit is a game where the player attempts to solve a three dimensional puzzle that is a protein.   While scientists can make short work of the chemicals that make up a particular protein, trying to figure out how these proteins are configured in three dimensions is a difficult task.  That's where you come in.

Go ahead, try it.  It's for science!