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Part 3: An Apt Conclusion

September 6, 2006 by Bartoneus

Again, as always, this is based entirely upon real events. The preceedings, however, did not happen while in our current house as shown. Instead they took place in the dank cesspits of scum and villainy known as a Dorm room, which to this day remains the den of untold evils I dare not disclose (most […]

Filed Under: The Architect DM

Emerald Archer Comes to Smallville

September 6, 2006 by Dave

Even though I’m a huge DC comics geek, I don’t watch Smallville. I watched it during its early years, and got turned off by the “freak of the week” phoenomenon, and over the top use of Superman’s mythos (it doesn’t seem like they’ll leave anything for him to do when he actually grows up!) This […]

Filed Under: Comics, Television

YouTube of the Week: Super Black Mamba Bros. Edition

September 5, 2006 by Dave

Filed Under: Movies, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Inquisition of the Week: Summer Movies

September 4, 2006 by Dave

It’s September, and in many ways, summer is over. People are going back to school, the big holiday weekend is winding down (I spent most of it gaming), but now that we’ve seen it all and distanced it from the hype… What was your favorite summer movie? Nothing blew me away this summer, which is […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Movies

Hard Truths About Game Design

September 1, 2006 by Dave

It sounds like a riddle: “What job pays less than minimum wage, but everyone wants?” Sadly, the answer I’m looking for is Game Designer. You might eventually be able to find a high paying job as a game designer for a video game company, but if you want to design for any other field, you […]

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

Part 2: The Confrontation

August 30, 2006 by Bartoneus

Okay so it isn’t exactly a dungeon, more of an insanely huge cathedral, it is not entirely ludicrous to concieve of them having dark passageways and shall I say almost dank accomodations. Now we finally see that the thing which our hero was curious about in the first one is none other than the cuddly, […]

Filed Under: The Architect DM

YouTube of the Week: 'Nuff Said Edition

August 29, 2006 by Dave

(It’s a full pilot, around 20 minutes, so beware before you start watching. And it’s a shame this isn’t way better, since it features my three favorite comedians.)

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

Inquisition of the Week: Bosses!

August 28, 2006 by Bartoneus

This week’s question pertains mostly to videogames, but if your brain works in abstract ways yet unknown to mankind, you can most likely relate it to boardgames, tabletop RPG’s, or even a day at work in the office. The question is purposefully left very general, so that you can take it however you like. What […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

The Digital World of Analog Play

August 25, 2006 by Dave

One of the stories posted in nearly all the news sites I read is that Microsoft is going to make three Spiel Des Jahres winning boardgames available as downloadable content from Xbox Live. Turning boardgames into videogames has been going on for a long, long time: my parents used to play Backgammon and Bridge on […]

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

Finally Some Intelligence

August 25, 2006 by Bartoneus

After yesterday’s post which was later announced to be full of fraudulent material, I felt it necessary to bring everyone up to speed on the ESRB discussions. From the comments on my last post, The Game helpfully pointed out the good Dr. Thompson’s rebuttal which you can see here. It is a very well spoken/written […]

Filed Under: Editorial, News, Video Games

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