Who knew one giant gorilla could cause so many problems? The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that primarily follows the story of Steve Wiebe, a laid-off family man who sees the world record in Donkey Kong and decides that he can beat it with the arcade machine sitting in his […]
Review: "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" DVD
Who knew one giant gorilla could cause so many problems? The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a documentary that primarily follows the story of Steve Wiebe, a laid-off family man who sees the world record in Donkey Kong and decides that he can beat it with the arcade machine sitting in his […]
Chatty’s Newly Renovated Abode!
Welcome one and all to the newest incarnation of this here blog! With the tireless help of Graham, (well, more than that really, he hacked the whole theme!) I present you the newest theme, complete with the awesome banner done by artist Veronica Pare. Late last year when I was still writing over my Blogger-based […]
Chatty's Newly Renovated Abode!
Welcome one and all to the newest incarnation of this here blog! With the tireless help of Graham, (well, more than that really, he hacked the whole theme!) I present you the newest theme, complete with the awesome banner done by artist Veronica Pare. Late last year when I was still writing over my Blogger-based […]
32.33—Repeating of Course—Percentage of Success
A World of Warcraft Collectible Miniatures Game is coming. Details are still vague on the website, but there’ll be starter packs and booster packs as you’ve come to expect from this sort of thing by now (and to go head to head for your random prepainted minis dollars with D&D Minis 2.0). Some examples of […]
Finally a manual for the rest of them!
Image Source: Stupid Ranger (did you know this pictures shows up on Google Image’s 1st page using ‘nerd’? I’m impressed!) My good friend Nicolas, an ex-player whose moved on to, shall we say, blonder pastures in Sweden sent me something while I was asleep. As a follow up to my musings on geekdom/nerdistry, here is […]
Guitar Hero for Reals?
My wife was kind enough to show me this article about Guitar Rising at Gizmodo, which looks like a great attempt at creating essentially a game based on guitar hero that can actually teach you to play the guitar. The game uses any real guitar hooked up to your sound card, featuring “actual songs” and […]
Saying goodbye to a PC: Lillee's letter to Cruguer.
Lillee, Yan’s Pixie Arcane Caster is leaving the group this week to be replaced by a new character. While our group hasn’t developed strong ties or built any spectacular interrelations, there was something building between Lillee’s concern for Cruger’s well being and Cruguer’s pained tolerance of that somewhat annoying little ball of energy. For those […]
Saying goodbye to a PC: Lillee’s letter to Cruguer.
Lillee, Yan’s Pixie Arcane Caster is leaving the group this week to be replaced by a new character. While our group hasn’t developed strong ties or built any spectacular interrelations, there was something building between Lillee’s concern for Cruger’s well being and Cruguer’s pained tolerance of that somewhat annoying little ball of energy. For those […]
Con-flagration
I’m planning on attending a number of conventions in the upcoming months. I thought I’d share my plans, and how it relates to Critical Hits. February D&D Experience: Bartoneus and I are planning on attending, and trying to interview members of the 4e design team. We also plan to try to play some 4e ourselves, […]
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