Monthly Archives: March 2008

Godlike propaganda

Posted on March 10, 2008 by matt

Funtasticus has a long list of WW2 propaganda posters.

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You run a gaming blog?

Posted on March 10, 2008 by matt

Chances are, I don’t know about it. I’m looking for some good gaming blogs to add to my reading lists (which is heavily slanted in technology and business startups). Anyone want to send me some link love?

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The usual fare

Posted on March 10, 2008 by matt

I don’t remember where I got this but it always made me think about the perfect stag do. It’s originally from the first edition Dungeon Master’s Guide and really proves that, to a degree, roleplayers of the day were ugly … Continue reading →

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I am Legend, alternative ending

Posted on March 6, 2008 by matt

The alternative ending to “I am Legend” was posted on FirstShowing.net. Ironically, it restores the meaning of I Am Legend though Neville’s ending is different. It would have made a better movie ending for sure.

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‘Culture Games’

Posted on March 5, 2008 by matt

Back last year we wrote a ‘popular’ post about the top 10 roleplaying games of all time. In the post, I did explain my preference for culture games but also lacked to really talk about the concept. In thinking about … Continue reading →

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E. Gary Gygax is dead.

Posted on March 4, 2008 by matt

I just heard and checked it out on the recently edited wikipedia page (kinda morbid no?) He died aged 69. He said he had an inoperable abdominal aortic aneurysm. A lot of people are very shocked. I never met the … Continue reading →

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Prepping for a game

Posted on March 4, 2008 by matt

I’m a little intimidated by running a new game. I’d like to run (and by all accounts the guys would like me to run) Godlike. Something about giving it to the Boche really motivates them and it’s be nice to … Continue reading →

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RQ: Black Rock Epilogue

Posted on March 3, 2008 by matt

For two days they plodded in silence, each lost in their own reverie, as they considered the days which had gone before. For most it had been their first encounter with Chaos, their previous duties being the maintenance of law … Continue reading →

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Creative Laryngitis?

Posted on March 3, 2008 by matt

PeeJ posted this link to Jim Lavery’s weblog Neato.

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Twits

Posted on March 3, 2008 by matt

When you send an update to Twitter, it’s called a Tweet. Does this make us Twitterers or Tweeters or just Twits? I like Twits. [Yes, you can follow the utter mundane happenings in my life now on Twitter]

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Jesus appears to dog owner

Posted on March 3, 2008 by matt

via JohnBraine++ The Lord moves in mysterious ways. And it’d look kinda funny when the dog poops moves in a less mysterious way.

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I Am Legend

Posted on March 2, 2008 by matt

I’ve read the book and watched both Omega Man and the recent Will Smith adaptation. I am looking forward to the March 18th release of the DVD, if only for the alternative ending. Both deviate from the novel wildly but … Continue reading →

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Link for myself

Posted on March 1, 2008 by matt

Twenty Science Fiction Novels that will change your life.

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