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Holy Crap: Darth Vader and Yoda in Soul Calibur IV

January 9, 2008 by Dave

Kotaku reports that Darth Vader will appear as a special character in Soul Calibur IV for PS3, and Yoda will appear in the Xbox 360 version. Soul Calibur is my favorite fighting game franchise, with a history of strange guest starring characters (Spawn and Link, anyone?) I was ready to give the fourth installment a […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: darth vader, soul calibur, star wars, yoda

What Awaits my Players…

January 9, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I finished my game prep early enough to drop by here and make another mini-post. This time it’s a preview of what awaits my players and is also a showcase of what you can do with the D&D battlemaps, tiles and miniatures. First we have our heroes leaving the Styx’ Oarsman, a newly opened inn […]

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games

Mini-Link: Iron Heroes Total Fanboi cop-out from an actual post

January 9, 2008 by The Chatty DM

That title reminds me that I still haven’t received my Pathfinder #4 yet… I need to drop Paizo a line… The US Postal Service is, shall we say, not the swiftest there is. I already mentioned there might not be a post tonight, well this one is, sort of. It’s just not as meaty as […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: mini-post

New Search feature being playtested

January 9, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Following Greywulf’s glowing review, I signed up for Lijit’s search service which offers full blog search as well as for those of my blogroll and other feeds I added to it. Fell free to play with it and comment on how it turns out. If you prefer the original WordPress one, just tell me (and […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM

Review: Freezepop "Future Future Future Perfect"

January 8, 2008 by Dave

Freezepop isn’t a household band name, but gamers have a greater chance of recognizing their brand of catchy synthpop. The band has contributed songs to a few video games (most notably for bonus tracks in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 2, and Rock Band– one of the members of the band works for Harmonix.) They also […]

Filed Under: Music, Reviews Tagged With: freezepop, guitar hero, indie music, Reviews, synthpop

(Not so)Mini-Crunch: Magic loot by any other name.

January 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m fresh back from the Gym, proud in my willpower to have resisted the pull of World of Warcraft and the Blog to take care of me first…. I’m also quite aware of the WotC announcement about the way they plan to handle the next version of the OGL and it’s associated brand license (the […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Crunch, DMing

Today's 4e Announcement and What It Means For You

January 8, 2008 by Dave

Pretty big announcement from WotC, as covered by ENWorld, about the future of the licensing agreement formerly known as the d20 License. Most of it won’t matter to the casual D&D player. But here’s some tidbits that might be important (and keep in mind, everything is subject to change, this is all interpretation): Until 2009, […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News, Roleplaying Games

YouTube of the Week: Gonna Set This Straight Edition

January 8, 2008 by Dave

Proof that great minds think alike: Conan shows off his Rock Band skills, and his favorite song to sing is the same as mine.

Filed Under: Video Games, YouTube Tuesday

Robin's Laws Revisited: Part 1, The Rule 0 of DMing

January 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

At the eve of my 25th RPG/GMing birthday, I’m actually reading something I told myself I’d read but never did up till now: The award winning Robin’s Laws of Good Game Mastering. (Copyright 2002 by Steve Jackson Games Inc). To say that it’s a good read for all DM/GM is an understatement and is well […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DMing, Robin Laws

Mini-Link: Non-RPG geekiness

January 7, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Since I actually posted today’s article yesterday morning, here’s a very short something about my non-RPG interests. Like a lot of tabletop RPG aficionados, I like geeky stuff. My favorites are about technology, vintage video games, movies, cool TV series and doing stuff with kids. So far my blog list for those is rather limited. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Gaming with Kids, mini-post

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