I'm the creator of Otakuworld.com, Jenniverse.com, the computer game Boppin', numerous online comics, novels, and tons of other wonderful things. I really love MLP:FiM.
Well, my last novel is up and running. I have a lot of mixed feelings about it - it was always intended to be the final work, tying everything up in a neat little zero-magic science fiction bow - but it is still... the end of an era.
I was recently interviewed for the Polish MLP magazine, 'Equestria Times'.
I was given permission to reprint it here. Maybe somepony might like to see... so, here it is:
Petal's Corollary To The Bostrom Simulation Argument
By Petal Chatoyance
1. Unless avoiding pain and seeking pleasure and satisfaction becomes irrelevant, post-human civilizations will primarily create fantastic and heavenly simulations of reality in which to reside in, where all needs are met, and all desires are fulfilled.
VR: Virtual Reality
Followup: Playstation VR
A few days ago, I got to try the Playstation VR system. I'd like to tell you about that experience.
VR: Virtual Reality
I currently have both the Vive and the Oculus. I've been saving up for VR for many years.
My initial impressions are thus:
Today is my birthday. I am fifty-six years old.
And, in one way, I am thirty-one, and in another way, I am probably somewhere around thirteen, and will likely always be so. And from another angle, I have always been six.
Have you ever had a moment of magical thinking? A brief span where your mind enjoyed a happy bit of the suspension of disbelief normally used for fantastic stories, only applied to the real world? It's fun!
And I just recently had one, that I would like to share. It came courtesy of an article from Ars Technica, a semi-regular web destination of mine. To wit -
I want to make it clear that I did not delete my last blog post, which featured fifty questions answered about headcanon. It was deleted by the mods, and it was done unthinkingly and, I believe, maliciously. The reason given was:
Reminder that social-network style blog posts that encourage you to repost them are not allowed.
