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Review: Costume Quest

October 30, 2010 by Vanir

If you’d like to do something this Halloween that doesn’t involve scaring the unholy crap out of yourself, I humbly suggest you download a copy of Double Fine’s new RPG – Costume Quest. Warning: this game transformed me into an 8-year old boy, and I am no longer able to legally work in the United States. IT WAS WORTH IT.

Filed Under: Humor, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: awesome, cat, costume quest, double fine, fries, halloween, knight, ninja, repugia, robot, unicorn, Vampire

Afraid Of The Dark

October 26, 2010 by Vanir

Get into the Halloween spirit with this festive post where I relive a bunch of the night terrors I had as a child. Woo! Party (while screaming bloody murder for my parents)!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: darkness, freddy krueger, night terrors, nightmare, nightmare on elm street, scary, screaming

The Lion, The Witch, and the Progressive Enhancement: CRAZY DELICIOUS

October 20, 2010 by Vanir

When I am not being angry at BioWare or working feverishly into the night coming up with Star Wars-themed sexual innuendo, I sometimes show up to my day job as a web developer. One concept that we frequently use at work to make websites usable and friendly to everyone is called progressive enhancement. Put simply, […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Video Games Tagged With: Crunch, fluff, lumbar support, progressive enhancement, Rule of Fun, web development, WoW

Don’t Do As I Do

September 30, 2010 by dixontrimline

As it turns out, I’m a pretty terrible DM, and you can become dramatically better by simply avoiding everything I do, including telling stories and pursuing reality.

Filed Under: Editorial, Humor, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: DM advice

Solving The Sith Problem

September 15, 2010 by Vanir

For hundreds of thousands of years, the Jedi and the Sith have been at war. Billions have lost their lives. I say we can stop this cycle of needless violence without firing a shot.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: darth, darth malak, darth maul, darth plagueis, darth revan, darth sidious, darth vader, emotions, george lucas, jedi, jedi sex, jedi yiffing, lightsaber sex, luke skywalker, metal bikini, padme, palpatine, repression, sex, sith, star wars, therapy

Tales of Horror: D&D for TWEENS

September 7, 2010 by Vanir

Imagine a world in which the D&D you know and love is reimagined and marketed to tweens. Now look at this duck. Now look at me. Look at this double scoop of horror. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Nothing. Now it is fear diamonds.

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Music, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Web Meme Tagged With: beholder, D&D, Halaster, hannah montana, iCarly, Jonas Brothers, justin bieber, Miranda Cosgrove, nickelodeon, omg, undermountain, wtf

Not Without My Beholder: A Mother’s Tale

August 31, 2010 by Vanir

I’ve spent the majority of my blogging career trying to figure out how to roleplay better. To get them emotionally invested in their characters. To make them feel and act as their character might. To dance into the danger zone where the dancer becomes the dance. I believe I have finally discovered the secret to doing so: The Lifetime Movie Network. All the positive karma the Gen Con Ball & Chain fiasco got me cries out for balance.

ALSO: Video of Roleplaying for the Severely Disturbed with StupidRanger.com from Gen Con!

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television Tagged With: D&D, delta burke, invisible child, lifetime, mistress, pregnant, roleplaying, warforged, wtf

In Defense of Funny

August 17, 2010 by Vanir

I hear a lot of people talk about how they don’t care for humor in their D&D campaigns. That’s my favorite part! Find out a couple ways to introduce some levity into your game without annoying the crap out of everyone else. Or just annoy the crap out of everyone else. I don’t care. It’s not MY game.

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: annoying, beholder, dante, funny, Humor, roleplaying, Rule of Fun, sochin, stupid ranger

Just A Geek (And Forty Thousand Other Geeks)

August 10, 2010 by Vanir

Wil Wheaton and I were both at Gen Con this year. Mysteriously, his deeds were somewhat more celebrated. Read on for the epic account of my dealings with the Wheaton and his eventual defeat at my hands! (Note: I defeat him with a secret technique involving my low CHA score. Also, he may not be aware of his defeat, or that we battled. But we totally did. Epically.)

Filed Under: Dire Flailings, Humor, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre, Television, Uncategorized Tagged With: gen con, wheaton, wil wheaton

Official Guide to Stalking Vanir at Gen Con, 2010 Edition

August 3, 2010 by Vanir

It’s the most wonderful time of the year once again. No, not Christmas. The Four Days of Gaming, aka RPG Chanukah, aka Nerd Kwanzaa, but known to most muggles simply as Gen Con. I’m particularly excited to make my yearly trek to Indianapolis this year, as I’ve made lots of new friends (and am ecstatic […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Dire Flailings, Humor, Roleplaying Games, Video Games Tagged With: dd&d, Drunken D&D, gen con, gen con 2010, gen con indy, so happy, so very very happy, vanir, wow tcg

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