Books Almost in the USA and FnordCon5 Con Report
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Books Almost in the USA and FnordCon5 Con Report

Bygamingballistic

Just a few more miles… Of course, the ship has been “almost there” for something like two days now, but The official update says 5pm today, but we’ll see. I suspect that it both updates and slips late in real time. Even so: It’s right there! FnordCon 5 This last weekend, I went down to…

Ballistic’s Report for Week Ending Apr 29, 2022
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Ballistic’s Report for Week Ending Apr 29, 2022

Bygamingballistic

I’m headed off to Fnordcon 5 tomorrow early in the morning (my flight departs for Austin at 7:30am), so I’m going to get this out on Thursday instead, as the odds of me doing this tomorrow are pretty low. This past week was mostly involved with making forward progress on several development efforts, and more…

Sig Sauer Wins NGSW (XM5): They Understood the Assignment
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Sig Sauer Wins NGSW (XM5): They Understood the Assignment

Bygamingballistic

Get ready for some serious armchair quarterbacking. The US Army has made it’s choice on the Next Gen Weapon System (NGSW), and that choice was the Sig Sauer entry, which shall be designated the XM5 until it hits operational status. It’s a modification of their MCX-SPEAR platform, chambered in something that is either exactly or…