Month: December 2004

  • Round 2 Completed

    Round 2 of Shoot the Moon just ended with two shooting deaths and two autokills, bringing the number of players left to 14. Congratulations to Mr Purple for his dramatic demise. He was shot four times this round.Mr Purple was killed. Mr Crimson said, “Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?” and then…

  • Odd Man In Suggestions

    Ok, now that the game is pretty stable I might want to tweak the rules again. I need feedback from people who have played. I want to strike a balance between rewarding alliances and rewarding backstabbers. The fun of the game is outsmarting people, but it still feels a little too random. A game where…

  • We Might Live to be 1000

    I’ve always said this was about how long I wanted to live.”Life expectancy is increasing in the developed world. But Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes it will soon extend dramatically to 1,000…the first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already:”

  • Round 1 Completed

    Round 1 of Shoot the Moon finished last night and 8 players bit the dust. Once again I was pleasantly surprised that only 1 out of 25 people forgot to make their move. I made it through the first round, despite the fact that I accidently revealed my identity in the game again. Why do…

  • Geography Quiz

    I took this quiz four times and I really stunk it up. My scores were 50%, 50%, 30%, and 20%. All you have to do is identify 10 random countries around the world. The average score for US citizens is around 53%, so I definitely brought us down. Maybe you’ll do better.