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A Game of Epic Numbers

May 15, 2008 by Bartoneus

There’s a lot of buzz going around about the soon-to-be-released 4th Edition D&D Adventure Keep on the Shadowfell, some people even did a ridiculously thorough read through of it, though Phil does provide a great review / preview there for it. One thing that he mentions is the hit points of monsters at such low […]

Filed Under: Critical Bits, Editorial, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, epic destinies, Musings of the Chatty DM

Inq. of the Week: Play to the DM

May 12, 2008 by Bartoneus

Last monday, to wrap up our Unofficial Review Weekend, Dave’s poll asked which Nick Fury was the better Nick Fury, Sammy J or David Hasselhoff.  An overwhelming majority of 76% thought that Samuel L. Jackson made a  better Nick Fury, while 15% thought the Hoff was best (and more true to the original comic Fury), […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: D&D, DM, Dungeons and Dragons, GM, nick fury, roleplaying

D&D 4e: A Whole New World

May 7, 2008 by Bartoneus

Within the core books for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, a base world is being set up which is intended to give new players and especially new Dungeon Masters a much easier time getting into their first game. The setting is called “Points of Light” and is summed up on their site as: […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy, world building

First Impressions: GTA IV

May 1, 2008 by Bartoneus

I had not originally planned to pick up Grand Theft Auto 4 anytime soon, but when your wife asks you to go out and buy GTA any hesitation would be a grievous offense. We got it for the 360 because we don’t own a PS3, and also because achievements are our console gaming lifeblood. Now […]

Filed Under: Featured, Reviews, Video Games Tagged With: first impressions, Grand Theft Auto, GTA 4, Reviews, Video Games

Inq. of the Week: Multi-Classing

April 28, 2008 by Bartoneus

I thought that Dave’s musically inclined poll last week was great, because it’s one of those general questions that I probably would have never thought to ask.  It looks like the most people prefer the alternative/indie/college rock genre (69%), which I find interesting when you consider that our age poll surprised us with more people […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Featured, Inquisition of the Week Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, gandalf, multi-classing, Music

Behind the Wave

April 23, 2008 by Bartoneus

I received quite a shock last night when I opened an e-mail newsletter that I somehow started getting from EB Games. You see, I haven’t been up to date with current gaming since the Gamecube was around and kicking. I noticed that it happened when I went through a lot of effort to reserve and […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Video Games

Inq. of the Week: So Full of Class?

April 14, 2008 by Bartoneus

Okay so Dave managed to prove me wrong when I said it felt like a lot of people were getting tired of April Fool’s on the internet. The most people voted that some of the pranks are fun, but some are getting tired, while almost as many people said that they love how creative some […]

Filed Under: Featured, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, classes, D&D, Dungeons and Dragons

Disney Announces New Projects

April 9, 2008 by Bartoneus

Yesterday in New York City Disney / Pixar Animation announced a handful of new projects that are in the works over the next 4 years, as well as screening 30 minutes of footage from the soon-to-be-released Pixar film Wall-E. Here’s a list of the projects that Disney announced: Up will follow WALL-E for Pixar, featuring […]

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, News Tagged With: Animation, Disney, Movies, Phillip K Dick, Pixar, Wall-E

Some Quick Stuffs

April 4, 2008 by Bartoneus

I can’t believe it was a year ago today that I posted my mocking comic of Dave being a french-blob game designer, but today he left again for his “secret con” that maybe he’ll find some sneaky internet lurking around out there to update us all on how it’s going. Keith Baker posted a great […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Critical Bits, Movies, Video Games Tagged With: 4th Edition, D&D, hellboy, MMORPG, rob heinsoo, shadowbane

The Castration of the LAN

April 3, 2008 by Bartoneus

Two weeks ago a bunch of us gathered to share in some X-Box LAN goodness, we managed to get about 12-14 people together with 3 tv’s, 4 x-box 360’s, one sweet-ass projector with sound system, and play a bunch of rounds of Halo 3.  There was also some Rockband on the large projector, as well […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Video Games

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  • Bartoneus

    Danny works professionally as an architectural designer and serves as managing editor here at CH, which means he shares many of the duties of being an editor but without the fame and recognition. He also writes about RPGs, videogames, movies, and TV. He is married to Sucilaria, and has a personal blog at Incorrect Blitz Input. (Email Danny or follow him on Twitter).

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