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The D&D Essentials DM Kit: An Editorial Review

October 14, 2010 by The Chatty DM

In which Phil writes a review that veers into murky editorial waters when he realizes that the D&D Essentials Dungeon Master’s kit is not exactly what he expected. Follow is arguments and his interesting conspiracy theories… is Chatty due for a medication adjustment? Have a look!

Filed Under: Editorial, Musings of the Chatty DM, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, d&d 4e, D&D essentials, Dungeon Master's Kit, Rant

From Talking Heads to Downloadable Endings: Modern Console RPG Trends

February 11, 2010 by guest

Video games have been found to be such a tappable market for moneymaking that EA having a bad fiscal quarter affects the entire Dow Jones. It’s not a few guys in a basement anymore, its a CEO and boardroom environment now. The “suits” making the decisions on the games you play aren’t pushing the limitations of anyone’s imagination, instead they only care about how a game affects an earnings report. Because of this sad fact, there are too many questionable trends happening in gaming, and this year doesn’t forecast to be much different

Filed Under: Editorial, Video Games Tagged With: borderlands, chrono trigger, earthbound, fallout 3, final fantasy, final fantasy tactics, mass effect, mass effect 2, Rant, spore, sports games

The Tyranny of Fun…is a Load of Pure Unbridled BS!

July 15, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I’m starting to get annoyed at all the hate being spewed about the Tyranny of Fun, whatever the fuck that expression means. I won’t link to any of them as I find that a rational discourse on this is nigh impossible seeing how emotionnaly charged the atmosphere around that screwed up concept is. Google it […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Player Psychology, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: Rant

Open Letter to Wizards of the Coast

July 8, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is a rantish post to expose, in my usual style, my misgivings about my favorite games and the company that manages them Dear Wizards of the Coast, This is a letter to share with you my worries and disappointment at the way you have (or are) handling the game brands that I care about […]

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

You Put That in Your Car?

April 28, 2008 by The Chatty DM

Is it just me? Like your average working parent, I can’t look at the media’s alarmist take on the world food crisis (re: increasing prices of basic foodstuff ) and stay unfazed. Like many upper middle class North American, I probably don’t spend more than 10-15% of our household earnings on food. That’s why I […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Rant

Mobile Phones in Cars

April 3, 2008 by The Chatty DM

I only have one blog and I need to rant about something totally unrelated to RPGs… but somewhat geeky… so feel free to move on or add some oil on the fire. On April 1st, a new law (for real, not as an April Fool’s) passed in Quebec that strictly forbids the use of hand-held […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Rant

Pathfinder #4 preview: Wolfgang Baur must really hate me

February 4, 2008 by The Chatty DM

This is a continuing series of short posts on Paizo’s Pathfinder adventure path magazine. The image is Copyright 2007 Paizo Publishings. Yeah I haven’t done one of those in quite some time (Dec 7 to be more precise) for a very good reason, I never got my #4 issue of Pathfinder (written by none other […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: fluff, pathfinder, Rant

Holy Green Giant Clay Golem!

December 29, 2007 by The Chatty DM

This is a short mini-post just to showcase my latest D&D Miniature acquisitions. As I usually do, I buy 2 boosters of each and every D&D mini series they make. The latest one, Desert of Desolation is full of goodies for my future game sessions. Look a Bone Devil, a Spined Devil, a Fire elemental, […]

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

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