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Critical Bits for the week ending 2009-09-26

September 26, 2009 by Gato the News Robot

  • Primal Power Spoilers at RPG.net
  • Check out the Wired.com GeekDad interview about Going Cardboard!
  • A D&D monster in the making if I’ve ever seen one, the Bearsharktopus!
  • Design: Kory Heath (Uptown) explains how he developed Blockhouse for the iPhone (via BoardgameNews)
  • A review of Blockhouse
  • Fascinating blog about the intersection of videogames, RPGs, Classics, and teaching (via Mike Mearls)
  • DMG2 Cartoon, featuring a “Skill Challenge” and the Lady of Pain
  • What if True Blood were a sitcom?
  • DriveThruRPG implementing Print On Demand
  • Red Eye of Azathoth needs you!
  • Follow @NeedForSpeed on Twitter for chances to win Need for Speed: Shift, gift bags, and even a car.
  • Game Research, Ghost Stories, Alan Moore, and Academia: The Far Reaches of Edutainment (via @offworld)
  • Justin Hall’s postmortem of his PMOG/Nethernet game: “We should have thought about a business model” (via @AllenVarney)
  • Finally solved the roleplaying issue in D&D 4/e
  • NORTHLANDERS versus LORD OF THE RINGS in a D&D campaign
  • The Hobbit as phishing scheme (via BoingBoing)
  • Looney Labs announces “Fully Baked Ideas” adult game imprint (announcement , website)
  • Don’t trust anyone you meet online… it could be Cthulhu.
  • Support EN World! Please consider your favorite site a candidate for your valuable gaming budget!

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