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9 March 2009

[Article by Mark Newheiser]

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ARTICLE: Playing Fair: A Look at Competition in Gaming, by Mark Newheiser

A game is broken or unbalanced if it becomes clear that spamming a particular move, taking over a particular location, or employing a particular tactic makes everything else in the game irrelevant.

FICTION: Diana Comet (part 2 of 2), by Sandra McDonald

Diana had held jewels and diamond crowns; she wasn't impressed by an oval of copper and scrap inscribed with a seal and three-digit number. Things men held dear never ceased to amaze her. Dutifully she said, "It's quite lovely."

POETRY: The Killer's Suicide Note, by Duane Ackerson

as if darkness, / growing thicker every moment, / were filling him.

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Two Views: Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts, reviewed by Michael Froggatt and Abigail Nussbaum
Wednesday: The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry, reviewed by Karen Meisner
Friday: The Adamantine Palace by Stephen Deas, reviewed by Nic Clarke

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