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“Free comic like instant courage — only find it on Internet.”

July 30, 2008 by Dave

A few pieces of random Watchmen mania (Watchmania?) First of all, this is genius. Second, a Chip Kidd-designed Watchmen extras book is awesome. Finally, while playing around with my new video iPod, I came across a Watchmen “motion comic” on iTunes. Only the first episode is up, but it’s free, so I checked it out. […]

Filed Under: Comics, Critical Bits, News, Television Tagged With: Animation, watchmen

We be Chatty Geeks

July 30, 2008 by The Chatty DM

So  24 hours (and about 80 comments) after publication, a lot has been discussed about yesterday’s post. I don’t want to spend more time on this. I feel it’s time I put my money where my mouth is and leave discussion about the D&D edition transition behind me and start focusing on the near future […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Why You Shouldn’t Watch Firefly

July 30, 2008 by Sucilaria

Many, if not most of you, have already viewed Joss Whedon’s Firefly series and the follow-up film, Serenity. This article is not intended for you; however, let me say that I’m sorry. I now feel your pain, because some supposed “friends” convinced Bart and I to view the series. I had many reservations about it, […]

Filed Under: Anime, Editorial, Featured, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: firefly, joss whedon, sci-fi, science fiction, Television, TV, tv shows

Some Pleasant Overlap

July 30, 2008 by Dave

I’ve noticed lately that there seem to be two groups of people who really enjoy 4e, and who are coming back to it after years of not playing D&D: WoW Players Eurogamers Now, I think I’ve shied away from pointing this out because early on, these were used as derogatory statements against 4e. (I still […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Video Games

(Not)Understanding The D&D Geek

July 29, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I think everyone can agree that Wizards of the Coast has issues with 4e and it’s digital initiative. Yesterday’s announcement of the demise of the Gleemax Gamer Social Network experiment and the continued fan backlash over everything 4e is eating up at Wizards’ reputation as the trustworthy keeper of two of the world’s most popular […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e

Vote Today or Face a Red Dragon

July 29, 2008 by Dave

Ennies award voting is up, and our buddy Yax’s Dungeonmastering.com is up for “Best Fan Product.” All it takes is an internet connection and a few minutes, so go vote today! Yax is going to be our roommate at GenCon, and we don’t want him to unleash his red dragon on us if he loses. […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Roleplaying Games

YouTube of the Week: I am the niiiiiiiiight Edition

July 29, 2008 by Dave

A funny/strange video of singing along to the Batman theme. I predict you will either love this or hate this.

Filed Under: Comics, Movies, Music, YouTube Tuesday

More WotC shakeup: Novel lines canceled

July 28, 2008 by Dave

Over at ENWorld, author Ari Marmell laments another change in WotC policy: they are discontinuing their novel lines that do not relate directly to D&D or Magic. A number of posters both on Wizards own boards and on ENWorld have noticed a distinct lack of activity from WotC Staffers on the messageboards in the past […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre

Gleemax is dead?

July 28, 2008 by Dave

ChattyDM pointed this post out to me: Gleemax Farewell By Randy Buehler Wizards of the Coast has made the decision to pull down its Gleemax social networking site in order to focus on other aspects of our digital initiatives, especially Magic Online and Dungeons & Dragons Insider. We continue to believe that fostering online community […]

Filed Under: News, Roleplaying Games

Someone Broke the Brain’s Jar

July 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This blog is not about breaking news, others are better suited to do it. Regardless, I got an email a few minutes ago by a fellow reader (confirmed by Propoagandroid) that informed me that Gleemax, Wizards of the Coast’s Social Gamer network, will close down for good in September. While Propagandroid makes a good case […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

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