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Inq. of the Week: Blub Blub Blub?

January 28, 2008 by Dave

Though they may not be able to survive in-game, Bards received the most votes for being able to survive into the next edition. I voted for them, but I have to say I’m quite surprised. Druids and Monks were right there too, which probably means that all three of these classes have a unique flavor […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Movies, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: sea monster

Inq. of the Week: An Issue of Class

January 21, 2008 by Bartoneus

Apparently the thing most people want for Rock Band is to be able to have a Jam Mode where you can create, play, and share your own songs. “More Cowbell!” came in second, so I have no doubts there will be a cowbell mod for the microphone very soon (if there isn’t one already). We […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, classes, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

Movie Review: Cloverfield

January 19, 2008 by Bartoneus

Possibly the best way to start this review is to say: go see this movie. Cloverfield is produced by J.J. Abrams of Lost and Alias fame, and also the director of the upcoming new Star Trek movie. The inspiration for Cloverfield is that America has never really had an equivalent to a Godzilla-style story; Abrams […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: Cloverfield, JJ Abrams, Lost, movie, Reviews

D&D: Typically Misaligned

January 17, 2008 by Bartoneus

Whenever you discuss alignment in Dungeons & Dragons, the conversation inevitably veers towards focusing on Chaotic Neutral. Alignment is a tool used to generalize a character’s personality, feelings, and outlook on life that is divided into two portions. The first ranges from Lawful to Neutral to Chaotic, while the second part goes from Good to […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: alignment, Chaotic Neutral, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

Inq. of the Week: Are you Ready to Rock?

January 14, 2008 by Dave

Good triumphant! That’s what last week’s poll about your favorite alignment determined, with a surprising 74 people thus far weighing in. Neutral Good was the top flavor of good, since most of you hero types believe that Good should not care about Law or Chaos. Second up was the champion of individuality and freedom, Chaotic […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Music, Video Games Tagged With: more cowbell, rock band

Assassin's Creed: Video Let-Down

January 11, 2008 by guest

You hear about them, you see commercials and advertisements about them for months, their release dates are marked on calendars across the globe, and the keywords are getting thousands of hits daily on search engines everywhere…. Maybe you’re first in line on release day, maybe you wait it out and hear good things so you […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: assassin's creed, xbox 360

Inq. of the Week: Are You Not Entertained?

January 7, 2008 by Bartoneus

We had a gathering last night for the premiere of the new breed of American Gladiators (on NBC), and it was definitely two of the most entertaining hours of television I’ve ever experienced. Tonight there is at least one more episode on at 8pm, and we will definitely be posting a review / recap later […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Television Tagged With: alignment, American Gladiators, D&D, games, guitar hero, malibu, rock band

Game Review: Covert Action

January 2, 2008 by Bartoneus

If you’ve never played the party game Werewolf (read Dave’s account of a Werewolf game) or Mafia, then the card game Covert Action will be something entirely new to you.  This may not be a good thing, because it is clearly inspired by these classics and players benefit from an understand of how this type of game […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Reviews Tagged With: card game, covert action, games, gaming, mafia, mole, Reviews, sniper, werewolf

Inquisition of the Week: Best Game of 2007

December 31, 2007 by Dave

We’re going to run the poll for another week to see if more people will come forward to defend the honor of 2007. Reverend Mike makes a great point that it might not be as good as we hoped with the Writer’s Strike messing up the movie and tv schedules. I should also point out […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: game of the year, games, gaming, movie, rock band

Review: I Am Legend

December 28, 2007 by Bartoneus

Even though I Am Legend came out in theaters two weeks ago on December 14th, many people have not seen it yet possibly because of the mixed reviews it has recieved.  Ever since we saw the first teaser that gave no indication of anything other than Will Smith being alone in the city, my wife […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: I Am Legend, movie, Reviews, sci-fi, Will Smith

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