Auteur/autrice : Cyril Pasteau

  • The end of virtual worlds

    Edward Castronova has officially put an end to his MMO blog, Terra Nova. I remember reading his 2007 book, Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality, and being fascinated by the idea that there were so many interactions between « the real world » and « the virtual worlds« , with people « migrating » to virtual…

  • Scurmune

    It is not. I repeat, it is not okay. « Scurmune » is not a fucking name. It just doesn’t fucking mean anything. I’ll have you give me something different or else, well… I have something against the villains who take nicknames. They believe they live in comic books. Comic books with stupid cover pictures they hope…

  • Lockstep

    Category: Novel Page count: 351 Language: English Author: Karl Schroeder Publisher: Tor Year of publication: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7653-3726-9 Toby McGonigal wakes up from hibernation and apparently a whole lot of time has passed by and there are whole civilizations based upon hibernation technologies first pioneered by his family. These societies live in lockstep, harvesting resources…

  • Outsourcing Paradise to the cold poisonous clouds of Planb

    Dear newborn comrade, It is considered appropriate to deliver important news, such as your recent birth, by means of a direct address. As a fellow proto-citizen and a graduate of the Baron Bodissey School of Life, it is my duty and honor to introduce you to this underground world where you have been born. I…

  • The Ruin of Fomoria 12

    year 7, late spring, 50 provinces; 2775 gold; 740 rp, 100 gems and 29 slaves war lobsters in the province of kunal, 324 gold trapped behind a fourth attempt scheduled next month; actually no defender left, the last one died of poison after chasing off my 48-strong army with his two buddies Ur is busy…