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Forget OD&D and AD&D: Play DD&D

July 11, 2008 by Dave

For Drinking Dungeons & Dragons. As the planning for Gen Con goes ahead (mostly involving me panicking about not having signed up for anything), I continue my quest to trick some of the RPG bloggers into entertaining me at the convention by running games for my benefit. Well, I think I’ve finally tricked the Chatty […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

Random Thoughts: Atomic Pod Treasure Trove Reveal Stolen Pixels

July 11, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Before I forget! Only 2 more days to send an entry in the One Sentence NPC contest! Soooo, Gen Con prep is slowly nearing completion, it’s taking longer than expected but I believe that the GM-Fu Workshop book we’re doing is going to be awesome. So awesome in fact that we plan on making it […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Link Love

Gaming Now on the iPhone

July 10, 2008 by Bartoneus

It’s a good thing I was randomly floating around a few sites on the internet today, otherwise I might have easily missed the launch of Apple’s oh so appropriately named (haha!) App Store for the iPhone which allows you to download games for the glorious piece of sexy technology.  I bought one back in september […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Video Games Tagged With: app store, cellphone games, cellphone gaming, gaming, iphone, iphone games, Video Games, videogames

The 2008 Ennies: Chatty Walks Away, Disappointed.

July 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Well Yax made it and I didn’t. See here for nominations. Congrats Yax, you created and developed quite an accessible, and interesting quality RPG site! I’m disappointed, for sure, but not bitter. I gave it the good old college try and will likely enter again next year. By submitting the site so early in it’s […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Musings on Musings of the Chatty DM

July 10, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Hey there. I know no one believes me when I say I stop/slow down my posts.  I won’t say it anymore.  Suffice it to say that I’ve stopped writing posts that take me more than 45 minutes to write since the last 2 weeks (including the Open Letter) as I’m preparing my Gen Con presentation. […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM

I can’t hold off any longer: Rock Band 2 is coming

July 9, 2008 by Dave

I wanted to wait for some more concrete information to come out of E3 next week, but I can’t hold back any longer: Rock Band 2 is coming this September. (Well, Xbox 360 and PS2 is September, PS3 and Wii later in the year.) Presumably, this is to try and head off Guitar Hero 4‘s […]

Filed Under: Music, News, Video Games

Open Letter to Wizards of the Coast

July 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is a rantish post to expose, in my usual style, my misgivings about my favorite games and the company that manages them Dear Wizards of the Coast, This is a letter to share with you my worries and disappointment at the way you have (or are) handling the game brands that I care about […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Rant

Fanboy is now a real word, OK to call people it

July 8, 2008 by Dave

“Fanboy” is just one of over 100 words to be added to the Miriam-Webster Dictionary this year. They specifically have it defined as “boy who is an enthusiastic devotee, such as of comics or movies.” Thankfully, the more derogatory “fanboi” is nowhere to be seen. Other words added this year that I use on a […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits

YouTube of the Week: F Yeah!

July 8, 2008 by Dave

In honor of the 4th of July last Friday here in the states, I present the above (whose existence I was reminded of by BoingBoing.) NSFW audio.

Filed Under: Comics, Movies, Television, YouTube Tuesday

Inquisition of the Week: Podcasting?

July 7, 2008 by Dave

Last week, we thought we’d update our records on what type of games everyone out there likes to play. Perhaps unsurprisingly, RPGs came out on top with 71% of those voting saying they play those. However, I was surprised that computer video games were next at 46%, beating out consoles at 35%. I anticipated more […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week

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