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OSU & GAMA want YOUR nerdish opinions

May 9, 2006 by Dave

Head over to www.gamesurvey.org if you have a few minutes. It’s the first non-marketing, non-D&D is evil survey to be conducted about gamers, and they could use your input. There’s also more explanation on BGG.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

Play DuckHunt on MySpace on InterNet

April 30, 2006 by Dave

It may not be legal, but you can play a whole bunch of NES games in your browser using Java. It also gives you the code to post the games in your blog or whatnot. I could already play NES games on my cell phone but it looks like they’ve got a whole bunch of […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

A Mystery of the Universe Revealed!

April 9, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

Yes, we finally have a scientific answer to that age-old question, what is the average airspeed velocity of an unlaiden swallow? The article is actually rather old, having been created in 2003, but it is still an excellent scientific jaunt into the world of avian airspeeds. For those not wanting to read the article, swallows […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Web Meme

Chuck Norris visits Cyrodiil (Oblivion)

April 9, 2006 by joshx0rfz

Chuck Norris in Elder Scrolls IV I know we are a bit inundated with Oblivion stuff, but this is hilarious.

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

What is GATO?

March 12, 2006 by Dave

GATO is a loveable cat-like robot. Formerly a carnival attraction at the Millenium Fair, after the world was saved he lost interest in fighting with a mechanical boxing glove. Now, he processing Geeky RSS feeds from all over the internet and reposts them here. GATO is able to do this via a WordPress Blog, RSS […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News

"Bitch, get in the kitchen and bake me a pie!"

March 11, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

Check out this wonderful list of “Wifely Expectations” from a guy in Iowa who kidnapped his wife. My personal favorite bits here is the part at the end stating that “this is not a contract”, despite requiring the signature of his wife and the requirement regarding taking naughty photos of “sets no less than five”. […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Web Meme

More bitching about WoW (and other MMORPGS)

February 28, 2006 by Dave

We must be edgy. We used “bitch” in two post titles today alone. Anyway, Ralph Koster, an executive in the MMORPG industry, posted a hilarious list of things that can be learned from MMORPGs. “Intelligent beings who have civilizations and languages of their own are generally evil and should be slain.” (link via the directory […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Video Games

Real Transformer!

February 12, 2006 by DarthCthulhu

New from Japan! A robot that transforms from a four wheeled vehicle to a bipedal robot and back! All it needs now is to be increased in size by several tons and make the classic Transformer noise! More than meets the eye!

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News

Doot doot doot doot doot… doo!

February 12, 2006 by Dave

I wasn’t going to get a DS. I already have a PDA with a Nintendo emulator, why would I need another portable game system? It looks like I may have to change my mind: Super Mario for the DS A new Mario side-scroller? OMFG!

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Video Games

Hilarious Elite D&D documentary

January 28, 2006 by joshx0rfz

Link taken from /. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

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