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1d1000 Posts

September 10, 2008 by Dave

The day has finally arrived. This is officially our 1,000th post. (Or as joshx0rfz put it, l,ooo in reverse 1337. DID THAT JUST BLOW YOUR MIND?)

While we’ll reserve much of the celebration for our third anniversary coming up in October (which may involve me spending a good deal of money to give the place a much needed overhaul), I thought I’d showcase some of our favorite posts, in no particular order:

  • Blizzard’s Big Announcement of Cowboycraft, when both Bartoneus and myself were online the eve before the real announcement, and started talking about how hilarious it would be to not be Starcraft 2.
  • What is a Good Game Anyway? Like most of my Critical Threats series on game design, I definitely see room for improvement, but I was really elated to have Raph Koster actually respond to me!
  • Fallout 3: An Outsider’s Inside View, Bartoneus’s excellent writeup, and our very first brush with being real journalists.
  • Pain of Campaigning III: The Plot Thickens, TheMainEvent’s series on DMing is all around solid, but this is my particular favorite of the series from early on.
  • Critical Hits Gift Guide #1: DVDs (2006), possibly my favorite post that I’ve ever written, just because of how much work and research I put into it. And how many times do I get to write articles about Lord of the G-Strings? (That’s a post I should consider re-doing this holiday season.)
  • Real Ultimate Showdown Round 1: See where it all began! (Spoiler alert: Dragons won.)
  • They Call me Monsieur Blob: A behind the scenes look at what it’s really like being a game designer.
  • So what IS D&D anyway? I kicked off a firestorm of comments with my rant about those who decide what D&D is and isn’t. (Including ranting at myself.)
  • Inq. of the Week: Classic Game Trilogies, possibly the most evil poll… EVER!
  • Sweet Merciful Crap: By popular demand, we must once again point you to the Knights of Cydonia music video for your daily dose of awesome.
  • Any random post is good!

Thanks for reading, and hopefully see you in another 1000!

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About Dave

Dave "The Game" Chalker is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Critical Hits. Since 2005, he has been bringing readers game news and advice, as well as editing nearly everything published here. He is the designer of the Origins Award-winning Get Bit!, a freelance designer and developer, son of a science fiction author, and a Master of Arts. He lives in MD with e and at least three dogs.

Comments

  1. Reverend Mike says

    September 11, 2008 at 12:55 am

    a) That DVD gift guide…8 pingbacks, no comments…wow…

    b) Jedi should’ve won… :'[

    c) Oh, yea…congrats and stuff…

    Reverend Mike’s last post: Happy Large Hadron Collider Day!

  2. ChattyDM says

    September 11, 2008 at 4:11 am

    That’s great work guys! Going through your archives was fun!

    Here’s to 1000 more!

    And they call me Chatty! Pfa!

    ChattyDM’s last post: Epic Laundry Basket: Buried. Happy, but buried.

  3. Vanir says

    September 11, 2008 at 11:23 am

    CONGLATURATION !!!

    YOU HAVE COMPLETED A GREAT GAME.

    AND PROOVED THE JUSTICE OF OUR CULTURE.

    NOW GO AND REST OUR HEROES !

  4. count_crackula says

    September 11, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Thank you for existing and for entertaining me.

  5. Bartoneus says

    September 11, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Wow, not sure if I’ve ever been thanked for existing before. 😀

    The more staggering part of this being the 1,000th post is how many of those Dave posted! I’m sure all of those delicious stats will show up in a month for our anniversary post (as usual).

  6. joshx0rfz says

    September 11, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Yeah, Dave should get staff who actually write articles instead of just leaving comments…

    joshx0rfz’s last post: 1d1000 Posts

  7. Reverend Mike says

    September 11, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    BAH!…without us comment-bloggers, there’d be no satisfaction for said blogger other than getting his ideas out there to anonymous nobodies…validation is essential for the blogger to reach the 5th Maslow-nian level…

    Reverend Mike’s last post: The LHC Was Built By Mad Supergeniuses!

  8. The Chatty DM says

    September 11, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Once again the Rev drankth from the fountain of truth and spewth the wisdom of ages.

    I <3 badly spelled old English!

    The Chatty DM’s last post: Epic Laundry Basket: Buried. Happy, but buried.

  9. joshx0rfz says

    September 11, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    That’s olde English to you buddy!

    joshx0rfz’s last post: 1d1000 Posts

  10. Reverend Mike says

    September 11, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    I am majoring in Philosophy, Religion and Physics!…

    Reverend Mike’s last post: The LHC Was Built By Mad Supergeniuses!

  11. Reverend Mike says

    September 12, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    …and Motion Pictures with a minor in Psychology…

    What am I doing?!…

    Reverend Mike’s last post: Flash Friday: Our Beloved Master (WE LOVE YOU!) Has Decided To Honor You!

  12. The Game says

    September 12, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Looks to me like you’re majoring in commenting! Ho ho ho.

  13. Darvin says

    September 15, 2008 at 9:51 am

    The congratulations keep comming from me! Keep on postin!

  14. Bartoneus says

    September 15, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Dave: Nice burn!

    Rev/Vanir/Count/Darvin: Thanks!

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