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GLEEMAX

June 13, 2007 by Dave

Wizards of the Coast announced that they are working on a new online portal called Gleemax, both from an inside joke among the staff and (I assume) something that sounds vaguely like Google. Icv2 has the big interview with VP of Digital Games Randy Buehler, which explains what Gleemax will one day be. The site…will […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Editorial, News, Roleplaying Games, Video Games, Web Meme

YouTube of the Week: Playing With Your Lightsaber Edition

June 12, 2007 by Dave

Presented for your approval: Two Star Wars fan videos. The first a short film called Jedi Breakfast, the second called “Three in the Afternoon.” Both will make you think about where you put your lightsaber. Or something. Be sure to check out Robot Chicken’s Star Wars Special this Sunday, and keep an eye out for […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Gamer Types?

June 11, 2007 by Bartoneus

Last week you all cast your votes in the quest to determine which TV show’s season finale was truly the best.  Heroes came up with a whopping 55% of the votes, with Lost in second place at 24%.  I didn’t actually see any of the season enders other than Lost’s, and I imagine this is […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week

Why Do We Play Games Anyway?

June 8, 2007 by Bartoneus

Dave’s out of town this week, doing whatever it is that those “gamey” types of people do, and so I’m posting a (late) Critical Threat to keep the trend.  Every week he discusses a new idea or concept that comes up to him about game design, playing board games, and living in the world of […]

Filed Under: Critical Threats, Video Games

Fallout 3 Teaser Trailer

June 6, 2007 by Bartoneus

I forgot to mention in my post earlier, but Bethsoft released the first teaser trailer for Fallout 3 yesterday.  Check it out or download it at the official Fallout 3 site.  While a lot of diehard fans of the series are really digging into this game without even seeing anything until now, I think this […]

Filed Under: News, Video Games

Mighty Adventures of Text

June 6, 2007 by Bartoneus

This started quite simply with the question, “What would Candyland look like as a text adventure?”  Clearly it went a bit further than that, but as a game we’ve previously discussed as having no decisions what-so-ever and therefore not being a game, the concept is tantilizing.  Is there a sole decision in Candyland, and is […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, The Architect DM

YouTube of the Week: Sith Lords with Candy Edition

June 5, 2007 by Dave

Star Wars Public Service Announcements. Found via ExtraLife. Five more after the jump.

Filed Under: Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, YouTube Tuesday

Inq. of the Week: Finales!

June 4, 2007 by Dave

Oh so long ago, we asked if the recently announced Starcraft 2 should increase the number of races in the game, and if so, what they should be. Most of you said that you’d rather keep it simple and maintain the balance in the game by having the original three races and nobody else. Coming […]

Filed Under: Inquisition of the Week, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television

Balticon Panel Recap / Crappy First Prototypes

June 1, 2007 by Dave

First, thanks to everyone who came out and attended the panel I was on at Balticon. The guys with me on the panel are geniuses who I always like comparing ideas too, and I’m glad we had a good discussion with an audience that seemed genuinely interested. Some random points that I remember from the […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Threats

We're back!

June 1, 2007 by Dave

Sorry for the downtime everyone- we became too popular! We’ll be sure this month to make sure we have plenty of bandwidth to last us, especially to accomodate all the new stuff we want to do… (mysterious!) We’ll try to fill in a few days worth of posts for the last week. The Inquisition of […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, News

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