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2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon

August 9, 2008 by Dave

Not that I normally cover them, but I’m receiving word (via text message from my mother at WorldCon) that the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) went to Stardust, and Best Novel went to The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon. EDIT: A Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) went to the Doctor Who episode […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

WotC finally convinces me to buy Forgotten Realms

August 7, 2008 by Dave

I’ve never been much of a Realms fan. Well, I take it back, I’ve never really been a fan of PLAYING in the Forgotten Realms. When I was younger, I read every FR book that my two local libraries had, and still own quite a few paperbacks of Realms stories. I especially enjoyed the Avatar […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, News, Roleplaying Games

D&DI Updates: Charging Before Ready

August 6, 2008 by Dave

WotC has posted some updates to how D&D Insider is developing. Some of it is encouraging, some of it… not so much. There’s a rundown of the different services that are included, which also drops this in there (that I hadn’t heard about before): A suite of small “bonus tools” that live on the web […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Critical Hits Prepares for GenCon

August 5, 2008 by Dave

Expect posting to be light for the next week or so as Bartoneus and myself prepare for the oncoming train game con that is GenCon. We’ve purposely left a lot of our schedule open so that we can cover the con and get into pick-up games that look interesting. We have scheduled just a few […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games

YouTube of the Week: Get Your Higgs Boson Edition

August 5, 2008 by Dave

By popular demand (from joshx0rfz), it’s the Large Hadron Collider Rap. You can sing this as it consumes the universe (or not.)

Filed Under: Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Web Meme, YouTube Tuesday

RPG Bloggers Down (And Back Up)

August 5, 2008 by Dave

Just a quick note… we’re not sure if it’s due to the incredible response yesterday, a rogue post, or something else, but RPG Bloggers Network is currently down. We are doing our best to restore it ASAP. Well, not sure how or why, but it’s back up. Go forth and enjoy, and here’s hoping that […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News

Announcing: The RPG Bloggers Network

August 3, 2008 by Dave

I’ve been working hard the past week or so on a brand new project, but one that has been formulating for a long, long time. It’s the RPG Bloggers Network, located at rpgbloggers.com! A bunch of us (especially those located in the Featured Site section) wanted a way to network together closer, so that members […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Roleplaying Games

3rd Party D&D GSL/OGL Publishers

July 31, 2008 by Dave

Since there have been two major updates in the past day, here’s the list of companies that I know of (and let me know if there’s any I’ve missed, I’ll try to add them) that have or specifically have not signed the GSL. I’ve also tried to source them in some way. Necromancer Games: Staying […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

Rage, Song, and Shapeshift are all coming back

July 31, 2008 by Dave

ENWorld is reporting, via the WotC 2009 catalog sent to retailers, that you’ll see the return of some familiar faces in PHB2: the Players Handbook 2 will include Druid, Barbarian, Sorcerer, Bard, and Swordmage classes (eight in all). New races will include the gnome, the half-orc, and the goliath. Cynics can now engage their “only […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

“Free comic like instant courage — only find it on Internet.”

July 30, 2008 by Dave

A few pieces of random Watchmen mania (Watchmania?) First of all, this is genius. Second, a Chip Kidd-designed Watchmen extras book is awesome. Finally, while playing around with my new video iPod, I came across a Watchmen “motion comic” on iTunes. Only the first episode is up, but it’s free, so I checked it out. […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits, News, Television Tagged With: Animation, watchmen

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    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.

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