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About time!

October 10, 2007 by Dave

Sonic will be a playable character in Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii. He joins Snake as a non-Nintendo IP brawler. Will we see any other surprises in the character list? Who would you like to see?

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

Comedy Gold

October 8, 2007 by DarthCthulhu

Comedy. Gold.

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits

An Excellent Music Video

October 4, 2007 by Bartoneus

I’ll just get it out there right now, I was reading Kanye West’s Blog. Please don’t have any a heartattack yet, but if you haven’t heard his new album Graduation yet you definitely should and then you might understand. The music video here isn’t one of his, though his newest one does have some awesome […]

Filed Under: Anime, Critical Bits, Music, YouTube Tuesday

Amusing Words

October 3, 2007 by DarthCthulhu

Here are some amusing made-up words about corporate life I have discovered:

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Sadly missing the Brotherhood of Dada

October 1, 2007 by Dave

Comics Should Be Good’s Top 50 DC and Top 50 Marvel characters list is up at last, the summation of over 500 entrant’s top 10 lists among each publisher. My man Green Arrow made it in at #7, and The Question made it in at #13. And as is no surprise, my #1 Marvel character […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits

Blasts From the Past: Virtual Adepts and Captioned Best Brains

September 28, 2007 by DarthCthulhu

I have two blasts from the past to share today.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Ia Ia Etc Etc

September 26, 2007 by Dave

Yeah, so, pretty much inevitable: LOLCats + Cthulhu = LOLTHULHU. My favorite so far is “I HAS A COLOR, IT FROM BEYOND SPACE.” Meanwhile, SuicideGirls News [NSFW] argues that a mysterious undersea noise coming from a gigantic undersea creature (known to scientists as the Bloop) actually already has a name.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

David Airey's Anniversary Giveaway

September 22, 2007 by Bartoneus

To celebrate his first, and astoundingly successful, year David Airey is having a humongous prize giveaway with some amazing things included.  If you’ve never been to his blog, David is an extremely gifted writer and designer and his blog continuously has some of the best design content I’ve seen around the web.  This contest ends […]

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"Nice dice you've got here… shame if something should happen to them"

September 19, 2007 by Dave

Arrr, ENWorld be reporting that invitations are going out to playtest D&D4e to any soul brave enough to have signed up for their message boards. We on the good ship Critical Hits say that if WotC knows what’s good for ’em, they’ll be sending an invitation our way. They are Wizards of the Coast, after […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games

Arrrrr! Talk like a pirate day be here again!

September 19, 2007 by Dave

Arr, tis Talk Like a Pirate Day me harties. So whether ye be sailing the seven seas or simply flying the skull and crossbones at your desk, remember to add a few extra arrrs. The scurvy dogs be currently beating the dread lord of the seas, Cthulhu. To make the victory by cannon and hook […]

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