iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Hahahah my wife has gone back to university for a career change, and is in a Discord server with other students from her classes. She has to ask our kids to translate some of the posts from GenZ-speak to English 🤣😅

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“Bad art is better than AI art! Draw something fun!” (seen at KamCon)

A bunch of white-board drawings from convention attendees

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My 9 video games. But ask me again another time and half of these games would be different!

My 9 games:
- Frontier: Elite II
- Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe
- Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
- Ultima VII: The Black Gate
- Half Life: Counter-Strike
- Lemmings
- Portal
- Day of the Tentacle
- Split Fiction

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KamCon last week-end isn’t just TTRPGs: there’s also a big chunk of board games, wargames, video games, cosplay, and other nerdy stuff. But this time there was also a pinball tournament! I didn’t enter, but I played the D&D pinball which is crazy, it has a branching storyline!

Pinball machines at KamCon: Avengers, Foo Fighters, and D&D. The D&D one off course has a dragon, but also a gelatinous cube, a kobold mine, and a bunch of fun things.

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Before KamCon started last Friday, I went on a little hike above Kamloops with Francis, writer of “Horror in the Nunnery” (for Call of Cthulhu). We got some nice views of the town!

View from the Tom Moore / Billy Miner trails. This one overlooks the Peterson Creek bridge and Kamloops behind it.

View from the Tom Moore / Billy Miner trails. These hills look like northern California or something.

View from the Tom Moore / Billy Miner trails. Francis is enjoying the fresh air.

View from the Tom Moore / Billy Miner trails. Going back down towards the bridge.

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 28/09/2026

There was a problem with some PDFs missing from my scenario “The King’s Daughters” on DriveThruRPG. It should now be fixed, sorry about that, and thanks to everyone who reported it. Stupid of me to release something and then spend the next two days gaming at a convention…

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 28/09/2026

I’m coming back online after a weekend at KamCon in Kamloops, BC, where I GM’ed Delta Green and Call of Cthulhu for 12 hours straight 😅 I’m catching up with messages and sleep now but in the meantime, enjoy some pictures from the convention!

View from the Thomson River University campus where the convention is held

The main atrium at the centre of the convention

A vendor booth for the Society of Creative Anachronism

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 25/09/2026

The first volume of the Canadian Chronicles is out on DriveThruRPG! Three scenarios of historical colonial horror for Call of Cthulhu, made and set in Canada 🇨🇦, written by Francis Acquarone, Patrick Chandler, and myself. Grab the bundle now!

Poster for Canadian Chronicles Vol 1: Nouvelle France, featuring the three covers of the scenarios included in it.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 25/09/2026

The Canadian Chronicles have been unleashed! Our three Call of Cthulhu scenarios of historical colonial horror, made and set in Canada, are now available on DriveThruRPG! Links in the article below. ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/09/25…

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And I think nobody mentioned the proton packs in ghostbusters, but maybe they’re a bit too prominent in the story to qualify?

Also maybe the cryopods in Alien? (Or similar tech in many many sci-fi stories)

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“I just chose words carefully.”: a short amazing tale about Super Metroid and monospace text justification.

An excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Super Metroid manual.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 23/09/2026

Back to the Future’s flux capacitor? We all know about it except what it actually does besides “make time travel possible”

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Just learned about the efghij programming language, which, I guess, is “literally object oriented” in that programs are “written” by stacking everyday objects on top of each other. For example, this is a factorial function:

(excerpt from the linked Wikipedia article)

This example demonstrates the BelMandel (Bigness Exactly Like Multiplying All Naturals Deemed Equal or Less than) function (otherwise known as factorial). This demonstrates a single-parameter function declaration in which the parameter is identified by sauces.

In this example, the tray and the cutting board constitute code blocks. The oblong plate, however, has a clothes peg on it, which expresses a for loop. The fork is a local variable.

The fork variable is initialized to 1 within the for loop’s initial-value expression. The sauce with the rubber band indicates that the number of iterations is equal to the function’s argument. The stuff on the cutting board is the loop body. Using a stapler, the fork is multiplied by the sauce and the result assigned to the fork using a drinking glass. A hammer decrements the sauce, which demonstrates that the function’s parameter can be used as a local variable too.

Finally, the toilet roll indicates that the return value is the final value of the fork.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 22/09/2026

Me looking at my upcoming CoC scenario cover

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 19/09/2026

A nice sunrise in the park. Good fluffy boy for scale.

The sun rise, shining through a copse of trees. Nice golden god-rays are scattered on all sides.

THE ORB TREE IS HERE

(but now the sun is too low and not quite at the tip of the tree)

A good boy golden retriever sitting by a trail in Deer Lake Park, BC. Some buildings can be seen above the hill in the background.

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 18/09/2026

The good fluffy boy has now been renamed Drooly McDrool-Face

A good boy golden retriever with a big slab of drool on his forehead

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 18/09/2026

The good fluffy boy says good morning! This is the time of year where every morning looks absolutely stunning, between the sunrise and the fog over the lake.

A good boy golden retriever in Deer Lake Park, BC
He's sitting on a wooden path above the wetlands

A good boy golden retriever in Deer Lake Park, BC
Close-up of the previous picture

A good boy golden retriever in Deer Lake Park, BC
He's sitting, overlooking the lake, shrouded in fog, with mountains and a few buildings in the background

A good boy golden retriever in Deer Lake Park, BC
He's lying down, chewing on a stick, while the sun rises in the background

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 17/09/2026

Me: (stops buying TTRPG books online because the wife says we have no room left) The Purolator lady: “hey it’s been a while since I delivered a package to this house!”

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 17/09/2026

Here are some cover reveals for the upcoming “Canadian Chronicles”, a set of three historical horror scenarios for Call of Cthulhu, made and set in Canada! 🇨🇦 We will reveal the synopsis of each scenario in the next few days!

The 3 covers for the Canadian Chronicles scenarios

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 13/09/2026

Reminds me one day I should tag those tracks I ripped from the second CD

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 13/09/2026

Another gig night! Two sets down, one to go.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 11/09/2026

The Castle Map: a map of the world’s “great castles and fortresses”. Feel free to use the “Surprise Me” button a few times!

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 11/09/2026

Here’s the nice story of ID’s “Quake Shareware” CD-ROM, which contained encrypted versions of all of ID’s games, easily unlockable with a phone call and a credit card number. Of course, a crack was available about a month later to unlock everything…

The "Quake Unlock" UI with a list of ID's games, from Doom to Heretic and Hexen and more.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 11/09/2026

THE ORB TREE WAXES AND WANES ACROSS SEASONS

THE ORB TREE AT LOW POWER

(the sun, aligned to the top of a dead tree trunk)

THE ORB TREE AT HIGH POWER

(the sun, aligned to the top of a dead tree trunk)

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 10/09/2026

Slugs and snails cross trails as part of the Sacred Ordeal of the Great Dry. Making it to the other side is a mark of heroism. Being picked by the Terror Giants and carried across is a mark of divine destiny.

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 10/09/2026

Good morning, from the fluffy good boy.

A good boy golden retriever in Deer Lake Park, BC, Canada.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 09/09/2026

Google refuses to play embedded YouTube videos because I didn’t consent to targeted advertisement cookies. Fine. But give me a link to the video, then, you fucking ghouls. This is such an obvious dark pattern it’s quite pathetic.

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(There is a "handy button" for "Updating my choices" but no link to the video)

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 08/09/2026

The UN has voted for phasing out the Mercator projection in favour of the Equal-Earth projection. The resolution passed 164 to 1 with 6 abstentions. I’ll let you guess which country voted against.

An equal-earth projection map, a vast improvement over the mercator projection.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 08/09/2026

The good fluffy boy had fun in the 30-foot pool at Lynn Canyon yesterday morning.

A good boy golden retriever swimming in the water

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 08/09/2026

My wife: <starts a movie we ripped from a DVD> Our kid: “Why is the picture quality not very good?”

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 07/09/2026

The park rangers at Lynn Canyon are desperately trying to prevent people from stupidly hurting themselves… every year the signs and fences seem to be slightly tweaked and adjusted.

"Spoiler Alert: Your viral jump ends in the hospital"

"Injured in Lynn Canyon? 100% not the vibe"

"Your friends might cheer. First responders won't."

I think the "Cliff Jumping Danger Rating" and signs showing how many people died at a given spot are being retired, probably for being taken as a challenge by drunk teenagers...

Good fluffy boy for scale.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 07/09/2026

I took the good fluffy boy to Lynn Canyon early this morning, he was very very happy.

A good boy golden retriever on a suspension bridge

A good boy golden retriever sitting on that big boulder that everybody like to climb on top of.

A good boy golden retriever cooling off in the river.

A good boy golden retriever waiting for me down some wooden stairs.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 06/09/2026

From the delightful “Old School FRP” blog, an ad from Lou Zocchi’s Gamescience announcing D10s numbered in increments of ten “to eliminate once and for all arguments over which die is read first for percentages”. I’m surprised this only appeared in 1990!

An ad for the "Deckaider" from Gamescience, with a whole bunch of text for all the different "industry firsts" that the company brought to the hobby.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 05/09/2026

The Canadian Chronicles are coming soon… three tales of horror for Call of Cthulhu, made and set in Canada 🇨🇦 and releasing at KamCon! The scenarios are written by Francis Acquarone, Patrick Chandler, and myself.

Canadian Chronicles
Vol 1: Nouvelle France

Three tales of French colonial horror for Call of Cthulhu, coming September 25th, 2026

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 04/09/2026

“The Topologist’s Map of the World”: I had seen this before but it’s always wonderful to stumble upon it again. Such a great piece of work.

“topologist’s map of the world", by reddit user xilefakamot

Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 04/09/2026

It’s amazing to still see US people think that their country is “great” because it’s got ultra-wealthy corporations, not understanding that actually it’s what contributed to their country becoming a total shit-hole. Enjoy your subscription-based fascism, I guess.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 03/09/2026

Time Without Tide Quickstart so far: - Modern-ish STAT+SKILL system! YES! Never too late, Chaosium! 😅👍 - Art is really great and fun. - Setting is meh 🤷… not bad, just nothing that particularly excites me. - Overall looks like a Free League game. THIS IS A COMPLIMENT!

Cover to the Time Without Tide Quickstart booklet.

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 02/09/2026

Okay I think the cover to “The King’s Daughters” (my Call of Cthulhu scenario set in New France) is almost finished. Ugggh, it’s such an uphill battle for me to paint anything.

A painting featuring 3 young women running in the woods, with some yellow-eyed monster/person going after them

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 02/09/2026

“Time Without Tide” looks nice but it somehow doesn’t feel to me like a Chaosium game, and I think the reason isn’t the system, but the fact that Chaosium always made “literary games”: based on mythology and history, fantasy novels, horror stories, etc. TWT isn’t any of that?

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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 01/09/2026

On my way to go on a boat fish some salmon or something.

That big chandelier under the Granville bridge