POSTING: Pandemonicum Symphony: Third Movement - Chapter 1

In Today's Episode... Pandemonicum Symphony: Third Movement begins, as Rhagaan, and a rather unconventional ally, act on the information they've received. Meanwhile, Mystalorn prepares for the inevitable, gathering the might of its strongest...

Release Notes... Nine chapters to go, and counting...

Development News... This just in: TDD-612 REIGNFALL, Chapter 2 is finished, as of this morning. Chapter 3 is in initial development, with elements taking shape in "wetware" format (i.e. in my head!).

Elsewhat... A trip to the movies has been postponed, and not just 'cause the choice of screen isn't so good. Right now, it's raining, to be followed by snow, then more rain. I do want to see Battle: Los Angeles, so I'm gravitating towards a weekday early evening slot, possibly even Monday - a longer than usual work-day, a little shopping, a movie - mmmmm, sounds not bad at all.

Meanwhile, the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake continues - and I intentionally didn't use the word "fallout", as one of the Fukushima nuclear reactors continues to be in difficulty, with an explosion confirmed by news footage, and some leakage of radioactive material. Cue all kinds of knee-jerk "Chernobyl II" bullsh8, and the Greenies bleating on about the "inherent dangers of nuclear power" - even though Sky News has had several experts in the fields of nuclear power and civil engineering to call upon, and put the scare stories in a more sensible light. This is not Chernobyl, boys and girls, and nuclear reactors don't "just go bang".

In the mean-time, Gaddafi rubs his hands with glee as the world's attention is drawn away from Libya. That's the problem with the immediacy of "new media" - it's far too easy to get distracted, and forget. That is going to claim more lives than Fukushima I, and probably the whole earthquake/tsunami combination as a whole...