The noble t-shirt. Ever a staple of the gamer wardrobe. If they made jeans with gamery stuff on them, I’m sure we’d buy that too. (Though gamer underwear may also begin to, no pun intended, start to take off…) So if you’d like to clothe a fellow gamer for the holidays, or you yourself are […]
Archives for November 2006
For a Great Cause (and Great Justice!)
I hope that the Thanksgiving break was marvelous for all, and that everyone’s holidays are splendid and joyfilled. What I wanted to share today was that I was very touched by Gabe’s (from Penny Arcade) post today about their charity Child’s Play. Please take a moment to check out the site, it is a charity […]
A Critical Hit… of Deliciousness!
Your Thanksgiving wasn’t complete unless it featured… a d20 made of PECAN PIE! (via BoingBoing)
YouTube of the Week: Aquaros Eros Bevrage! Edition
By request, the original D&DD episode of Dexter’s Lab. Before there was the Dead Ale Wives, before the D&D movie… there was this.
Inq. of the Week: Children-style
If you’ve watched any normal network tv channels lately, with the impending holiday season and the recent new console launches, you have also no doubt seen at least one commercial for what I call “videogame knockoffs for kids”. They’re even given elementary names, like the Leapster and the V-Smile, they’re made of brightly colored plastics […]
Review: His Dark Materials (a trilogy)
Title: His Dark Materials – Book One: The Golden Compass, Book Two: The Subtle Knife, Book Three: The Amber Spyglass Author: Philip Pullman Year of Publication: 1995 Genre: Fantasy Length: Each paperback book has between 335 and 465 pages. Rating: 4.5/5 – Worth paying full price. Review: His Dark Materials is a trilogy that should […]
Departures / Some Playtesting Principles
I just got my Wii flown in, and boy are my arms tired! No seriously, I’m sore. It’s probably due to going a bit nuts with Wii Sports Baseball, and having done a lot of lifting yesterday, but my right arm really does hurt. Still, so far, a lot of fun with the games. Apparently […]
Critical Hits Gift Guide #1: DVDs
Welcome to the first installment of the Critical Hits Gift Guide. We’ll be doing these every week until xmas, covering a different area of gaming related products scattered throughout the internet. Today, Gaming DVDs. It was only a few short years ago that gaming movies were considered things like Labyrinth and Mazes & Monsters. Sure, […]
Unused Nintendo Ad Campaign
YouTube of the Week: Super Hot Dog Eater Level 3 Edition
The best Saturday TV Funhouse I’ve seen in a long time. A parody of Dragonball Z starring the world champion hot dog eater, Kobayashi. Hilarious subbing on top of a great concept.
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