With Smash Bros. for the Wii being delayed even longer, many of us are drooling with anticipation for the newest entry in Nintendo’s mashed-up fighter franchise. Well, Kotaku has a full set of screen shots that reveal a lot of the missing details, namely a full mostly full character select screen (posted after the jump) […]
A Sword of Truth done Xena Style?
So, news is floating around that Sam Raimi is going to a fantasy syndication of Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series. I have decidedly ambivalent feelings about this. The first book was really great, but it included… mature… themes such as man-boy rape, sado-masochistic torture-magic-sex, and satanic summoning (no joke). That being said, the series […]
D&D Miniatures 2.0 Rules Released
Wizards posted them yesterday. Many were hoping that this would preview a lot of 4E combat changes, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Nonetheless, there were a few changes that stood out to me from the previous version of the DDM rules: No more morale! Previously, a big part of the game was […]
"A Band of Orcs" Wants to Encounter You
Everybody’s favorite Orcish-themed death/thrash metal band, A Band of Orcs, is holding a contest to see who can write the most brutal encounter involving a band of orcs for D&D. Check it out because the deadline is soon- January 21st. Players in my current D&D game will find that this nicely coincides with an encounter […]
Holy Crap: Darth Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur IV
Kotaku reports that Darth Vader will appear as a special character in Soul Calibur IV for PS3, and Yoda will appear in the Xbox 360 version. Soul Calibur is my favorite fighting game franchise, with a history of strange guest starring characters (Spawn and Link, anyone?) I was ready to give the fourth installment a […]
Today's 4e Announcement and What It Means For You
Pretty big announcement from WotC, as covered by ENWorld, about the future of the licensing agreement formerly known as the d20 License. Most of it won’t matter to the casual D&D player. But here’s some tidbits that might be important (and keep in mind, everything is subject to change, this is all interpretation): Until 2009, […]
Critical Hits: Now Easier and More Fun
The latest Design & Development article from Wizards tells us most of what we need to know about a subject near and dear to our hearts: Critical Hits. In fourth edition, a natural 20 equals a critical hit, and a critical hit does maximum damage. This fixes the syndrome that I always hated: Roll a […]
Congratulations, Original Sultan!
A hearty round of congratulations from everyone at Critical Hits to guest reviewer and frequent commenter Original Sultan who was married this past weekend. We wish him the best in his life to come (aided by his new magic ring that has many powers and bonuses, I’m sure). As an added bonus, here’s an embarrassing […]
Want an Avatar by your Comments?
I’ve decided to switch over to Gravatars, since the SexyComments plugin that I use makes it easy. I initially used it with MyBlogLog avatars, but ever since they were bought out, it seems to have gone totally fubar. I know a couple of you have signed up for accounts with MBL to use avatars, and […]
Twas' the Night Before Tesla
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 […]
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