This week’s recommendations come by way of intrepid commenter Heptapod. He sent an email saying: I wanted to evangelize about Savage Worlds as a system. It’s simple and generic. Plus the core ruleset is just $9.99. $9.99! It requires… Continue Reading
Combat is one of the tough things to deal with in video games. There’s pretty much only threeish ways that I’ve seen it handled. 1) With something akin to a d20 system. Tell the computer what you want to hit,… Continue Reading
I went into my little comic book shoppe yesterday to pick up Irredeemable #6 and I walked up to the shelf and saw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I did, however, see Incorruptible Vol. 1 on the… Continue Reading
I have 310 out of 440 Riddler trophies, riddles, accomplishments, etc in Batman: Arkham City. I will endeavor to get 320 and then I will put the game aside for a while. Then I will *FINALLY* get to play Elder… Continue Reading
This week’s Free Thursday is late again. Sorry about that. This week’s offering is Stanford’s CS101 class online. You curious about how computers work on the inside, but can’t afford Stanford’s whopping tuition? That’s okay, you can take it online. … Continue Reading
I’ve given this a lot of thought and I think that this post works better on Thursday Night/Friday Morning than on Friday Night. (Let me know if I got that wrong.) This is the *LAST* weekend before “the holidays” start… Continue Reading
No, not the television show. The daydream. When I was a kid and I daydreamed about winning the lottery, I daydreamed about all the stuff I’d buy. As I got a little older, I daydreamed about the trips I’d take.… Continue Reading
To continue the theme of amazing female vocalists, I’m drawn to Annie Lennox who is absolutely otherworldly. I had fallen in love with Neil Young’s song “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” from his 1970 album After the Gold Rush… Continue Reading
In the comments to yesterday’s post, one of the things I talked about was the difference between the culture of the US and the culture of Japan when it comes to the philosophy of role playing games… specifically, Japan (sweeping… Continue Reading
Ta-Nehisi wrote a post recently that asked: Skyrim comes out today and like most people I’m excited. That said, I have a question–Is the CRPG where you create your own party done? Are there any in the pipeline? Or was… Continue Reading