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Archives for May 2008

Chatty’s Review: Mario Kart Weeee!

May 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Wha? What the hell am I doing here you ask? It’s quite simple really, I felt like reviewing a Video Game and this here site here actually covers that particular niche better than mine (Obligatory shameless plug? Check.) So we’re cool? Cool! Ok, here’s the thing. My lovely wife is currently gone for a few […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Video Games

Chatty’s bid for world domination!

May 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Actually not really. This is just a quick note to tell you that I wrote a guest review of Mario Kart Wii over at Critical Hits. I thought it would be more appropriate over there than here. So if Video Games are your cup of tea, head on over there and have a quick read. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Review: Incan Gold

May 3, 2008 by originalsultan

The Big Picture: Incan Gold is a light push-your-luck game with an Indiana Jones-esque theme that is suitable as a nice filler for serious gamers and as a mainstay for family gamers. Essentially, you and the other players search through ancient Incan ruins for treasure, trying to avoid all manner of traps and dangers along […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Reviews

Chatty’s Out of the Box #007: Itsy Bitsy and Horny

May 2, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As it been a month already since I posted a Comic? Good thing I never promised to deliver this on a schedule. Here it is. As usual, click on the comic to see it full size. This time I had 2 concepts in mind: start introducing the 4e miniatures to my collection Have fun with […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Chatty's Out of the Box

Free Comic Book Day is Tomorrow

May 2, 2008 by Dave

Somehow this year’s FCBD almost slipped by me- there seems to be a palpable lack of buzz around it this year, and I’ve barely seen it mentioned in any of the comic blogs. Has the event become tired and worn? Has the emphasis shifted from corporate level advertising to stores doing their own things to […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits

Review: Iron Man

May 1, 2008 by The Main Event

General: Iron Man is a faithful fun-filled adaptation of one the most flawed heroes in comicdom. Tony Stark is a womanizing, irresponsible, hard-partying, smug son of a bitch, but he’s super-cool. His ascendancy into superherodom doesn’t necessarily change that, it just gives him a sense of obligations and duty. His origins remain true in spirit, […]

Filed Under: Comics, Featured, Movies, Reviews

Pathfinder #8 Preview: Seven days to the Grave

May 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m going to be a single dad for the next few days.  My lovely wife is doing some consulting work in the great North and I hold the fort here in Montreal with my 6 year old son and 4 year old daughter.  My online presence might be somewhat limited. Yesterday’s mail brought up a […]

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

2008 Origins Awards Nominees Announced

May 1, 2008 by Dave

Found over at Gaming Report. Hit the jump for the full list. As usual, there’s some good stuff in there, along with a healthy dose of WTF? (For example, Bankruptcy is one of the worst games I have ever played, and yet, there it is…) Like last year, I intend to cover the awards ceremony […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

First Impressions: GTA IV

May 1, 2008 by Bartoneus

I had not originally planned to pick up Grand Theft Auto 4 anytime soon, but when your wife asks you to go out and buy GTA any hesitation would be a grievous offense. We got it for the 360 because we don’t own a PS3, and also because achievements are our console gaming lifeblood. Now […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: first impressions, Grand Theft Auto, GTA 4, Reviews, Video Games

10 word contest update

May 1, 2008 by The Chatty DM

As of 9h30 AM Thursday morning, we have 72 entrants who submitted 457 entries in the contest. I removed a few of the more nonsensical ones (mostly the ones that talked about me, the blog or old times…) I’m still thinking about how to go at it for judging. In the meantime, I’ve created a […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: contest, Ten Word Adventure sysnopsis

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