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Batman: My Parents Are Dead (PVP Online)

October 15, 2006 by Dave

Our newest feature is something I call Webcomic Weekened. Every week we pick one Webcomic, and pick a particularly good comic or series from its archives. So we’ll showcase the best webcomics the internet has to offer by showing you the best its done (with a preference towards Critical Hits related topics.) Enjoy! We’ll start […]

Filed Under: Comics, Webcomic Weekend

Let's talk about Elegance, baby (Part 1)

October 13, 2006 by Dave

All games should strive to be elegant. All games should strive to be elegant. ALL GAMES SHOULD STRIVE TO BE ELEGANT. OK, so then what’s elegant, and why should games strive to be it? It’s a little complicated…

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats

How White and Nerdy Are You?

October 12, 2006 by Dave

How White and Nerdy Are You? And can anyone beat my 56% (without cheating) ? (and if you need a refresher, check out Weird Al’s video)

Filed Under: Music, Web Meme

YouTube of the Week: Holy Heisenberg Compensator, Batman Edition

October 10, 2006 by Dave

A two-parter (so far): Make sure to watch after the credits for a preview of the next part.

Filed Under: Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, YouTube Tuesday

Yo mama's so fiddly…

October 6, 2006 by Dave

This past week, I’ve come across two pages that have got me thinking about “fiddliness.” The first was a post on Boardgamegeek entitled “American style games vs. German style games: fiddly is good.” The second was about Magic: The Gathering’s new set entitled “Time Spiral.” Both got me thinking about how there’s good fiddly and […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats

Google Video of the Week: This is a SERIOUS game Edition

October 5, 2006 by Dave

(ok, not actually a new feature, but I had to post this one. It’s French with English subtitles, but totally worth it. Like an even more Indie “The Gamers.”)

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, YouTube Tuesday

YouTube of the Week: Shortened Saga Edition

October 3, 2006 by Dave

Filed Under: Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Inquisition of the Week: One Year Later

October 2, 2006 by Dave

Critical-hits.com is one year old! We started in August of 2005 under the name “Great Justice” as a temporary site to get WordPress up to speed. Our staff then started exchanging emails about what to call the site. There were a number of names that I liked but were centered around “Nerd Pride” which not […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, News Tagged With: anniversary

Review: Straight Outta Lynwood

September 28, 2006 by Dave

After last Sunday’s premier of a Robot Chicken episode that featured a Weird Al video, the Adult Swim bump said something to the effect of: “If you took a time machine back to 1986 and said, in 20 years, Micheal Jackson = flamed out, Weird Al = still relevant, we’d have laughed our asses off.” […]

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Music, Reviews

You Tubes of the Week: Of Nerds and Hardware Stores Edition

September 26, 2006 by Dave

A double dose of Weird Al this week: His new album, Straight Outta Lynwood, is released today. Go buy it!

Filed Under: Comics, Music, News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

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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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