Title: Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) Author: Christopher Paolini Year of Publication: 2004 Genre: Fantasy Length: (I sold my copy, so I don’t have anything to check. Probably at least 300 pages) Rating: 2/5 – Good practice for focusing the eyes on letters* Review: A generic tale of a boy and his dragon. I could really […]
Set Collection
Sometimes… ok, most of the time… you won’t have a complete game. You’ll have a type of game, or a theme, or a mechanic. And sometimes with that mechanic, you’ll need some other mechanics to actually make a game. This happened to a game designer friend of mine recently who had a group of crazy-good […]
Even the Diligent can be Consumed
There is a great monster in my life now, a gnawing, gnashing, biting, consuming beast that thrashes its way into every day of life. It can barely be satiated, and only with the expenditure of great resources may it be contained. You might think you have obligations, or free time, or even a bit of […]
YouTube of the Week: HALP STUCK C64 Edition
A hamster is stuck in Monty On The Run, an old videogame. Oddly hypnotizing. Found via Boingboing.
Inq. of the Week: Campouts and Early Adopters?
Inspired by this week’s Webcomic Weekend and the launch of the Wii in Japan, I ask the question: Why do you try to get/view things on the day they’re released, or why do you avoid doing so? To put it simply, do you feel the call of “IT MUST BE MINE!” or not?
All-Night Game Console Campouts (XKCD)
XKCD is another comic that doesn’t use a fancy art style (it’s all stick figures and simple line drawings) but is consistently hilarious. It makes a lot of math, programming, and video game jokes, but the punchlnes are usually unexpected. And then there are some that are downright sweet. While it wasn’t quite like that […]
Too Busy Photoshopping Boardgames (Poorly)
Sorry, too busy to write a full column this week. But here’s one of the many projects I’ve been working on lately: (source) (source) (source) This all is for the Boardgamegeek/Mattel Photoshop Contest. If you have a BGG login you can check the other entries so far and whether you have a login or not […]
For a Great Cause (and Great Justice!)
I hope that the Thanksgiving break was marvelous for all, and that everyone’s holidays are splendid and joyfilled. What I wanted to share today was that I was very touched by Gabe’s (from Penny Arcade) post today about their charity Child’s Play. Please take a moment to check out the site, it is a charity […]
A Critical Hit… of Deliciousness!
Your Thanksgiving wasn’t complete unless it featured… a d20 made of PECAN PIE! (via BoingBoing)
YouTube of the Week: Aquaros Eros Bevrage! Edition
By request, the original D&DD episode of Dexter’s Lab. Before there was the Dead Ale Wives, before the D&D movie… there was this.
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