There’s something not quite right about this war. We see the red flag of Germany next to the stars and stripes of America. Panzers roll with Shermans in the field, and across the field, more Panzers and Shermans. You’d think they’d at least greet each other with words. Instead, they greet each other with gunfire! …
Articles by Oscar L. Schmidt
Warsaw, 1939. Let down by the lukewarm movements of their allies Britain and France, the people of Poland are surrounded on two sides by the armies of the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. The defenders of Warsaw know they cannot win, but stand firm against the Nazi menace and the Soviets who come to …
Medieval France! The Arthurian legends! 2004 Japan on fire! Ever since you and Mash wound up in 2004 Japan after the Singularity threw both of you across time and space, everything has been weird, and almost everyone and everything has been trying to kill you. After the debacle in Fuyuki, you wind up in Medieval …
“We’re being overrun! We need reinfo– OH HELL! A TIGER! AAAAGH-” The radio cuts out with the sound of an 88-millimeter cannon blast. You look over the battlefield from a relatively safe position in your HQ, but you see no good heading your way. The Germans have blown through the first defensive position, a large …
As you menacingly slap a slipper on your palm, you stalk your prey across the wide swath of bushes. There he is, punching a pot open for loot. You charge at him from stealth, ready to beat the poor guy like a cockroach you found walking all over your food. To your surprise, he grabs …
Ever deeper, the drill goes. The washers and hammers work the dirt into ore, then into bars. A tough job made simpler with modern technology, you’re glad you’re sitting in a control cabin sending a drill straight down into the ground rather than swinging a pickaxe at rocks in a dark cave, such as your …