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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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Robert Jordan, We Will Miss You

September 17, 2007 by Bartoneus

It is with a heavy heart that I report that Robert Jordan died yesterday, September 16th at 2:45 pm. He was 58 years old, and most of you should know him as the author of the very popular Wheel of Time series. I was particularly sad to see this news because my wife and I […]

Filed Under: News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Real Ultimate Showdown Round 1

September 13, 2007 by Dave

[This round is over, go vote in the FINAL ROUND] Many a rivalry is legendary. Pirates vs. Ninjas. Robots vs. Zombies. Werewolves vs. Unicorns. But which one of these groups is truly best? joshx0rfz and I were talking about how the Muse video that was posted yesterday was all kinds of awesomeness, and discussed what […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Video Games, Web Meme

Sweet Merciful Crap

September 12, 2007 by Bartoneus

What makes one damn good music video? One of the best songs in the universe, that’s what!

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Movies, Music, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

"It's like… has anyone seen that movie Tron?"

September 11, 2007 by Dave

I’m not sure what else I can say about this, other than at least it’s not a remake. Maybe they’ll get the cast of Babylon 5 in it again!

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

Launch Veritech Fighters!

September 7, 2007 by Dave

With Transformers already out and Voltron being fast-tracked, is that the end of movie remakes of 80’s tv shows about giant robots? No, of course not: not while Robotech lies untapped. In a few years, we’ll see a Hollywood version of the classic anime turned American tv show turned book series turned RPG (or whatever […]

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

Look out Drizzt…

September 7, 2007 by Dave

I predict there being a new expensive rare hitting the Dungeons & Dragons miniatures market. In the latest “Previews” column on Wizard’s site, they showcase the number one most requested mini for D&D: a Gelatinous Cube. Further clarification by one of the D&D designers, Scott Rouse, says: “I don’t think the picture does it justice. […]

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Touching is Good

September 5, 2007 by Bartoneus

Today Apple let loose a barrage of news, possibly most exciting of which for the masses is the new i-Pod Touchwhich is essentially an i-Phone – phone + more music. Not content to leave the day at that, the company also unveiled a new i-Pod Nano now as a squat device with a small screen […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Music, News

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