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A to Z Gaming, Reviews Posted onJanuary 29, 2022January 27, 2022

A to Z Gaming: Planetarium

We pushed around fledging planets to shape a planetary system to our whims in Planetarium, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through. Basic […] Read More

Cosmic Game Connections Posted onSeptember 28, 2020August 25, 2021

Cosmic Game Connections: Habitability and Planetarium

Earlier this year, NASA’s TESS mission announced its first discovery of an Earth-sized world in the planet’s habitable zone. TESS, which is short for Transiting […] Read More

Science in Games Posted onAugust 6, 2019July 30, 2019

Should space-themed games get the science right?

A little while ago I wrote about space as a theme in games, and how one compelling reason to use it as a them is […] Read More

Science in Games Posted onMay 4, 2019January 6, 2023

Space as a theme in games

Space is used as a theme in a wide variety of games across the entire spectrum of mechanics, length, weight, and player-count. But why is it such a compelling theme for games?

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I’ve been a lifelong gamer and an astronomer — I see the universe in everything I do.

Here I’ll be posting a collection of reviews, game night re-caps, and anything gaming I feel like writing about. I also create content for a YouTube channel, including videos where I connect astronomy and board games.

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