This week’s Random Encounter comes to you solely because it snowed a half an inch in about 1 hour’s time this afternoon in Maryland. Trapped in such weather, be sure to arm yourself with delicious meats, so as to fling them at other survivors in hopes that the Ninjar…Polinja…Polar Bearinjas forsake you for a more protein […]
Review: To Say Nothing of the Dog
Title: To Say Nothing of the Dog Year of Publication: 1998 Genre: Science-Fiction/Humour Length: 493 pages Rating: 4.5/5 – Worth paying full price Review: To Say Nothing of the Dog starts off in the 1940s, in a rather unsafe version of the 21st century’s Coventry Cathedral. There, a bunch of historians, one of which is […]
What is a Good Game Anyway?
This past week, aside from dealing with massive web-related headaches, I managed to re-read Raph Koster’s excellent presentation from the 2005 Game Developer’s Conference. Any serious student of games owes it to themselves to take a look through. It’s witty, it’s fairly accesible, and it avoids being dry like many academic studies on the subject. […]
Spoils to the Traveler
I speak to you now on a laptop, in front of a dormant desktop monitor, that is currently piggybacking off of a generous (read: ignorant) neighbor’s wireless. There is a mug of milk laden with oreo residue to my left, and a distraught/disorganized mid-unpacking catastrophe desk beneath it all. Our internet evolves sometime at the […]
Do Push Your Luck
The aptly named Can’t Stop is the defining game of the “Push Your Luck” genre. These type of games tend to be typified by one decision: go on, or crash? The absolute simplest push your luck game I have heard called Pig. You take a 6 sided die. Roll it. If it is a 1-5, […]
The Flagellation of the Artist
Really the end of a series here, recounting my New Years Resolutions, there was actually a discussion with Abekkus (Abe for short, though that’s not his name…) about precisely how self-referential this should get. I decided to keep it on the mild side and go with a tastey quote for your taste buds. Bonus points to […]
The Cardinal Sin of Multiplayer Videogames (as demonstrated by Rayman's Raving Rabbids)
I’m probably using “cardinal sin” wrong here, but it’s certainly the highest issue on my list. I mainly buy videogames for multiplayer, which is one of the main reasons that I love the Wii so much. I’m sure the PS3 and Xbox 360 will have some good multiplayer titles, but I know I’m not going […]
How Does This Darn Thing Work?
I noticed that on my last comic there somehow appeared a #1 after New Years Resolution, which could have been my subconcious zombie-mind giving subtle (and sexy) hints. Thus we have my second New Years Resolution, the second of a series, one that I only assume I should not attempt to carry out much further […]
Review: Feet of Clay
Title: Feet of Clay Author: Terry Pratchett Year of Publication: 1996 Genre: Fantasy Length: 288 pages (hardcover version) Rating: 4/5 – Worth paying full price Review: Feet of Clay takes place on Discworld, a world in which Pratchett has written at least 35 novels. This particular book is part of the City Watch group (there […]
My Favorite Published Adventure
A little break from my boardgame design tribulations, as I take a look at tabletop rpgs… Publishing adventures is a tough business nowadays. While the Open Gaming License meant that there is a wealth of adventures to choose from, it also means that anyone can put out an adventure. While review sites like ENWorld have […]
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