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You Tubes of the Week: Of Nerds and Hardware Stores Edition

September 26, 2006 by Dave

A double dose of Weird Al this week: His new album, Straight Outta Lynwood, is released today. Go buy it!

Filed Under: Comics, Music, News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Inquisition of the Week: Heroes

September 25, 2006 by Bartoneus

I stumbled upon a very interesting, quick article written by none other then Frank Miller, you can find it here. It stands on the border of being perfectly written as far as length and content, I feel it is a bit too brief but there is really nothing more I can think I would want […]

Filed Under: Comics, Inquisition of the Week, Television

OSU/GAMA/Wargamer Study Results

September 22, 2006 by Dave

Remember that survey I asked you all to take? They have the first “sortie” of data back. They haven’t gone indepth with the analysis yet (and they admitted it was flawed in a few ways) but what we do have back are some not so surprising results- perhaps surprising in how overwhelming they are. 93% […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats, Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games

This is How a Guild Dies (part 2)

September 22, 2006 by Bartoneus

Welcome back, I assume you enjoyed the puppies.  We left off on our story at the vicious modem refusing to bear its electronic burden, instead opting to commit ritual sepuku on a regular basis.  I was driven temporarily insane, either from the lack of constant internet or because of solar flares, it could have been […]

Filed Under: The Architect DM

The Future is Animated

September 22, 2006 by Dave

On the heels of the announcement that Futurama is coming back, there’s some more science fiction animation news. Andre 3000, whom you may know as half of Outkast, is getting his own show on cartoon network called “Class of 3000” that focuses on a class of school kids in the 2990’s, presumbly with Andrew voicing […]

Filed Under: News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television

Get Your Crowbars (and Towels) Ready!

September 21, 2006 by Bartoneus

One of the most intriguing scientific articles I’ve read in a while, and it brings up a lot of concerns.  Thanks for the link go to Broken Toys, where he very cleverly opts himself out of the ‘Gordon Freeman’ role when the very fabric of our world is folded open for malicious aliens to send […]

Filed Under: News

This is How a Guild Dies (part 1)

September 20, 2006 by Bartoneus

So here’s the story how it happened. What seems like ages ago (2 years) I somehow stumbled upon the closed beta signups for a game, which was then called World of Warcraft. It’s still called that, but it was called that then too. I’m not sure why I’m surprised that I found it, considering I […]

Filed Under: The Architect DM, Video Games

Yarrrrrrrrrr!

September 19, 2006 by Dave

Yarrr. Yarrrr. Arrr? Yarrr. Yarrrrrr?

Filed Under: News

Inquisition of the Week: Which next-gen system will you buy?

September 18, 2006 by Dave

We have nearly all the facts now: Nintendo Wii: $250. Comes with 1 full controller apparatus and one game. Backwards compatible with Gamecube, plus downloadable game library including SNES, NES, Genesis, and TG-16. Free internet service and downloadable content. No DVD or other media support. No HD support. Added functionality with a Nintendo DS. Xbox […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Video Games

Why I love Gail Simone and hate John Byrne (in one panel)

September 17, 2006 by Dave

From The All-New Atom #3

Filed Under: Comics, Editorial

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