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Mighty Anthropomorphin’ Power Rangers

April 13, 2010 by Vanir

As the father of a 2 year old, it’s interesting for me having my son approach the age where I started remembering stuff. I remember bits and pieces of the tail end of being 2. I had my first stuffed animal friend, a bear named Fluffy. My son hasn’t latched on to any toy in particular as a buddy yet, nor really given any of his toys any anthropomorphic qualities. I’m curious to see when he starts, and what personalities he starts assigning. I used to name almost every toy I owned, and I can remember sleeping with my bed filled to capacity with little plastic toys so that they didn’t feel left out. I can definitely appreciate caring for the feelings of others, but in retrospect I think perhaps feeling empathy toward a Grimace comb obtained from a Happy Meal might have been a bit much.

Filed Under: Columns, Dire Flailings, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: anthropomorphism, bob the builder, c3p0, childhood, imagination, r2d2, scoop, thomas the tank engine, voltron

The Power Of The Music Of The Nerd

April 6, 2010 by Vanir

Geeks have become more “mainstream” in recent years, and carved their own niche into several facets of our culture. To this writer, music seems strangely absent from this trend – or is it? Does our culture sing as one? Will we ever play the piano again?

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Music Tagged With: code monkey, country, demoscene, indie, industrial, jonathan coulton, laibach, modest mouse, Music, purple motion ftw, rap, rock, still alive, symphony x, taylor swift is an alien

PLAY D&D NOW, MY LORD

April 1, 2010 by Vanir

One of the hottest new games out on the web today is Evony. I need not go into how it is amazing. It pretty much speaks volumes about itself. Truthfully, I’m not really sure why anyone would play anything but Evony. Just in case you have not ascended to the next level of gaming, I bring to you several ways you can bring a little of the light and goodness that is Evony to your D&D game until you decide to catch up with the rest of humanity.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: april, bitches, boobs, d&d tips, evony, fools, my lord

Cheeseburger, Plain

March 30, 2010 by Vanir

Back in my day, you had to turn in government stamps just to play a game of pong! We used to have to steal ram chips just to remember where we lived! My daddy worked on the parallel port, and worked 256 shifts manufacturing computer metaphors! And all you damn kids want is more explosions. I’ll have none of it!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: belmont family album, castlevania, explosions, getting old, glow effects, heavy rain, kotor, kotor 2, lightsabers, neon, oldcore, soul calibur, when i was your age

Review: SmallWorld

March 26, 2010 by Vanir

SmallWorld – strategy game or prophetic doom-simulator for the day Flying Goblins take over the Earth? Find out why you need to play this game immediately OR RISK EVERYTHING.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: board games, days of wonder, dragon masters, ghouls, giants, psycho ex-girlfriends, risk, smallworld, sorcerers

Night’s The Only Time Of Day

March 23, 2010 by Vanir

What goes on in a geek’s mind as it slumbers? Vanir offers a peek into the abyss. Read on, if you dare – and share with the hive-mind.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: ascii, diarrhea, dream, gygax, jet li, sandman, spiderman

Six Months To Four Days

March 16, 2010 by Vanir

Gen Con is six months away, but event registration draws near. Read on to discover almost no information of value whatsoever about Gen Con 2010. But be warned! That one tiny info-morsel could save your life.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Axis & Allies, D&D, gen con, gen con 2010, hotels, nerdwhiff, registration, shenanigans, true dungeon

Review: Heavy Rain

March 11, 2010 by Vanir

The Origami Killer has struck again, and the clock is ticking! Read on to find out if Heavy Rain lives up to the hype, how it almost gave me a panic attack, and why you definitely should give this game a look.

Filed Under: Humor, Reviews, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: boobs, butt physics, dragon's lair, heavy rain, jacqui ainsley, playstation 3, ps3, qte, shenmue

The Passion Of The Jesus Phone

March 9, 2010 by Vanir

In which Apple’s capricious and callous handling of their app store finally makes one programmer hulk out and smash. I’m the ever-lovin brown-eyed Vanir-thing. My skin is comprised not of rocks, but of Chicken McNuggets.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Editorial, Video Games Tagged With: adobe air, android, app store, droid, flash, game development, iphone, jesus phone, starving programmers

Olympic Confessions

March 2, 2010 by Vanir

For me, the Olympics have always had a different kind of special significance. For whatever reason, the Olympics get me to give a crap about sports, if only for a couple weeks.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings Tagged With: beaver, bullies, chicago cubs, curling, humans, karate, michael phelps, olympics, orcs, ron cey, swimming, warcraft

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    Vanir is the sort of man who has openly wondered aloud about his own armor class in front of his own grandmother. Despite this, he has still managed to somehow become both married and a father. By day, he develops web applications. By night, web applications develop him.

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