"Yeah, he was bad, but at least he didn't leave Washington DC in a steaming pile of radioactive mutant-filled ruins!"
I don't know. If I got the right mutations....
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.
Fred Pete - Nov 07, 2008 6:26:47 am PST #1354 of 26132
Ann, that's a ferret.
amych - Nov 07, 2008 6:32:38 am PST #1355 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Some of the mutations are right handy, let me tell you.
(Seriously, the DC aspect of the game freaks me out more than a little, which is a testament to how well done it is -- and probably even more so because I grew up there and haven't been back often enough since; I don't have daily reality to check the game against, so instead I keep looking at my map and saying, "waitaminnit this is approximately MY NEIGHBORHOOD")
CaBil - Nov 10, 2008 10:59:23 am PST #1356 of 26132
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Topps announced today that they are killing WizKids. I suspect it has more to do with protecting their core business than that WizKids was losing money. Not that WK was doing gangbusters, but I don't think it was doing so bad that the whole thing needed to be folded up...
Volans - Nov 12, 2008 9:23:34 am PST #1357 of 26132
move out and draw fire
Proving that Sox and I share a brain, I was just looking at Left 4 Dead. It came up after I checked out the (fairly aweseome) trailer for CoD's zombie bonus level (Nacht der Untoten). Nazis + zombies = two great tastes that taste great together.
In Rock Band news, in addition to the geek music of Jonathan Coulton, RB2 comes with this song:
Speck -- Conventional Lover
Rock Band 2
Who left you hanging on that peg all alone
You look near mint to me babe and I wanna make you my own
I wanna be your captain, my Pon Farr is a-risin'
So step on over here girl, my love is enterprisin'
Let me be your conventional lover
Let me show you some conventional love
I don't mean to boast, I don't mean to brag (ooh love long and prosper)
But I'm a man whose only issues all come in mylar bags
Let me be your conventional lover
Let me give you my conventional love
I'll give you my heart, I'll treat you nice (ooh love long and prosper)
And the games that I play only have twenty-sided dice
They're polyhedral!
Let's hit the dealer's room and you something fine
That collectors bust of Cthulhu reminds me of how you blow my mind
Now let me take you dancing in my best Starfleet dress uniform
You'll want to tap my mana once you've seen me perform
REPEAT CHORUS
Uh oh... SAVING THROW!
hippocampus - Nov 12, 2008 9:26:40 am PST #1358 of 26132
not your mom's socks.
in addition to the geek music of Jonathan Coulton
which it is not wise to sing unless you've at least read the lyrics through once.
there's a semi-spoiler video out for L4D, if anyone wants.
amych - Nov 12, 2008 10:32:30 am PST #1359 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
COULTON IN RB2!!!!!
Kevin - Nov 12, 2008 11:04:30 am PST #1360 of 26132
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I read about Coulton here whilst I was on the radio just now, I ended up telling everybody as I was so excited.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2008 8:18:22 am PST #1361 of 26132
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
LOVE today's Dork Tower: [link]
Connie Neil - Nov 14, 2008 8:23:33 am PST #1362 of 26132
brillig
LOVE today's Dork Tower:
The Snotling pump wagon rules! I love Gobbos!
Gudanov - Nov 14, 2008 9:09:16 am PST #1363 of 26132
Coding and Sleeping
This new site Good Old Games Gog.com look interesting once they have more titles. Old games on the cheap with DRM and disk checks removed and rigged to run on XP and Vista.
I'm tempted to pick up Freespace 2, I have it, but one of my disks is scratched preventing reinstalling. I bought FS 2 out of a bargin bin originally, so another $6 doesn't seem to bad for the convenience.