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Memorable Death/Moments in Comics…

August 22, 2008 by The Bored Gamer

… done with Peeps and Bunnies. Strange and quite clever. My favorite after the cut.

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits

Dungeons & Dragons: The Pen and Paper Video Game

April 24, 2008 by The Bored Gamer

In lieu of Mr. Gary Gygax’s passing, Gamasutra has an pretty interesting introspective on how D&D has influenced, perhaps even birthed, the modern video game, especially in consideration to the RPG and Simulation genres. It’s quite insightful and well worth reading. Registration MAY be required, but probably not. [Dungeons & Dragons: The Pen and Paper […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

Twas' the Night Before Tesla

December 24, 2007 by The Bored Gamer

On this fine holiday eve, I was scouring the internets and ran into this beauty. A “Tesla Tree“. A shot of a christmas tree made of discharges of Tesla Coils. This DIY project may just be a time-lapsed photo with some color filters to add some holiday cheer, but the geekiness of it just brings […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits

Independent Games Festival 2008 Award Nominees – Part 1

December 8, 2007 by The Bored Gamer

The Independent Game Festival occurs every year at the Game Developers Conference. It’s purpose is to showcase and reward the efforts of independent game developers who have produced outstanding innovative games. For those who are interested in watching last year’s Independent Game Festival(which, from this point on in the article, will be abbreviated IGF), the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Video Games Tagged With: games indie

Rumor: Matt Damon to play Green Arrow in Super Max?

April 25, 2007 by The Bored Gamer

Slashfilm has a post up about the rumor of Matt Damon playing Green Arrow in the DC’s new superhero movie Super Max. What is Super Max, you ask? According to the description on the Wizard homepage of the movie, Super Max will involve the DC Comics hero, Green Arrow. Being falsely accused of a crime […]

Filed Under: Comics, Movies

Going Critical on Final Fantasy XII

November 4, 2006 by The Bored Gamer

As some of you may know, Final Fantasy XII was released to North American audiences this past Tuesday. Although only having had barely five hours to actually play the game since then, this edition of Going Critical will be devoted to giving my initial reactions to these five hours with a full review of this […]

Filed Under: Roleplaying Games, Video Games

Going Critical on Freeware Games

October 26, 2006 by The Bored Gamer

For my inaugural posting of Going Critical here at Critical Hits, I thought I would focus on some of the best free games that exist in this wonderful land we call the internet. MMORPG Silk Road Online Description: A MMORPG about oriental mythology involving the Silk Road that stretched from Roma into the heart of […]

Filed Under: Video Games

Robocop Vs Neo

June 4, 2006 by The Bored Gamer

A very very well done movie mashup video with Robocop taking on Neo with Yoda showing up for.. well really no good reason. The scenes were spliced together nicely most of the time, with a few scenes that were obviously forced together, but overall very very entertaining. Source: xfm.net (replaced with YouTube link –Ed)

Filed Under: Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Super Mario Live!

June 4, 2006 by The Bored Gamer

Super Mario : Live Cool video of some dude and his crew performing the first level of Super Mario Bros. for a college talent show. It’s got some pretty awesome touches, especially when someone pauses the ‘game’. Source: Buzz Patrol

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Leeroy Jenkins… the CCG?

May 31, 2006 by The Bored Gamer

This one is for the the World of Warcraft-ians among us. Apparently in the upcoming World of Warcraft CCG, there will be a card immortalizing Leeroy Jenkins himself. Also, other cards are planned that use humorous/true stories from the WoW community. The Leeroy Jenkins card will be illustrated by Gabe from Penny-Arcade, which should be […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Video Games

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