I only have one Mii, which I tried to get to look like me.
My Mii parades are very sad.
I hope you don't think that I just come over for the spells and everything. I mean, I really like just talking and hanging out with you and stuff.
Willow ,'First Date'
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.
Tom Scola - Feb 23, 2009 8:40:38 am PST #1667 of 26133
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Volans - Feb 23, 2009 11:06:37 am PST #1668 of 26133
move out and draw fire
I have historically had difficulty gender-bending with avs (including tabletop RPG characters). My current Rock Band av is one notable exception.
I maintain that it's easier to have an avatar that doesn't look like me when I am a) not "inhabiting" the avatar but "observing" it (like Rock Band) or b) need it to do things that are more correctly done by a not-me (like if I'm playing a soldier in WWII I'll use a male avatar).
Where do the skeeved place non-human avatars? You know I'm occasionally a moth or a griffin in Second Life; is that more or less acceptable than if I were a bald black guy?
Laga - Feb 23, 2009 1:13:59 pm PST #1669 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
My Rock Band avatar doesn't look like me at all but that's mostly because I found the controls that change her appearance to be too confusing to mess with for very long.
Laga - Feb 25, 2009 10:34:36 am PST #1670 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I love that the wii has ranked me as an amateur at "Penguin Slide". This implies that somewhere there is a professional league of people who dress up in penguin costumes and slide on ice floes to catch fish in their mouths for the amusement of an all-penguin audience.
Pix - Feb 25, 2009 11:12:51 am PST #1671 of 26133
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I don't know, Laga, I'm ranked a professional penguin slider, and that troubles me even more.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Feb 25, 2009 11:43:43 am PST #1672 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
As it should.
Laga - Feb 25, 2009 12:44:28 pm PST #1673 of 26133
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Just stay away from those avian growth hormones.
Polter-Cow - Feb 25, 2009 2:06:41 pm PST #1674 of 26133
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BackGames = Videogame plots in reverse:
Doom: A space marine brings demons to life, locking colour-coded doors behind him before falling asleep, as his colleagues close a portal to hell.
Katamari Damacy: A prince must hide the stars, by rolling them across the earth’s surface, until they break into small everyday objects.
Lemmings: The player drags Lemmings out of their home, makes them forget their abilities & sends them back to the previous level.
Tetris: The player must break apart a giant rectangle, sending the pieces into space.
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2009 3:32:25 am PST #1675 of 26133
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Volans - Mar 02, 2009 3:32:51 pm PST #1676 of 26133
move out and draw fire
Gillette markets a razor...for gamers [link]
Since I'm linking, we just got these awesome black cards [link] as well as this deck that looks like it's a hundred years old. [link]
I personally hate card games, but we've been dinking with using cards as randomizers in lieu of dice in some RPG systems. This is something Deadlands started, and it's been pretty decent depending on the system and what you are going for. The way the deck looks can help the whole flavor of the game.