The State of the Jungle 2025

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2000 the Jungle went online; today, we commemorate this site’s 25th anniversary, and the beginning of its 26th year of posts. When I hit the upload link 25 years ago and launched the Jungle onto the Web, Continue reading The State of the Jungle 2025→

10 Things Gaming Taught Me About Real Life

SOME FOLKS like to sneer that gamers need to “get a life,” but gaming’s taught me some valuable life lessons. Such as…. 1. Potions in you are better than potions in the bottle. In D&D, magic potions are one-use items that a player-character (PC) Continue reading 10 Things Gaming Taught Me About Real Life→

the Jungle Loses One of Our Own

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE of Jungle Guide Patrick Eibel’s wife Marie (“Pippa,”) who passed away from a heart attack on January 14, 2023, at the age of 52. Pippa had been ill for some time, culminating in a stroke Continue reading the Jungle Loses One of Our Own→