Yay CaBil! Nicely done!
Dana, thanks for posting that. I'd been trying to go to the conference where he presented. His experience is something I use when I talk about games and online communities both as rites of intensification.
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Volans - Jul 06, 2009 2:44:02 pm PDT #2638 of 26133
move out and draw fire
omnis_audis - Jul 06, 2009 3:32:04 pm PDT #2639 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
BSG
President Roslin has played an Investigative Committee, so all cards are face up, starting with DestinyNIIIIiiice! I like that! That's a nifty trick.
I still play none.
Kalshane - Jul 06, 2009 7:09:50 pm PDT #2640 of 26133
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Nathan Fillion talks about Halo 3: ODST [link]
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 06, 2009 9:36:15 pm PDT #2641 of 26133
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
omnis_audis - Jul 06, 2009 10:53:50 pm PDT #2642 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Taking on a bear? No problem when you have "Cry of the Damned"Cheater. Of course it only works if your brute is smart enough to remember to use it, right?
omnis_audis - Jul 06, 2009 10:58:57 pm PDT #2643 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Nathan Fillion talks about Halo 3: ODST [link]Oh no. Looks like I'm going to have to buy another game for Pete to laugh over my dead body in. I have until September to save up for it, huh?
Funny video. "Dude, I'm talking to Nathan Fillion!"
billytea - Jul 07, 2009 7:16:23 am PDT #2644 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
BSG
Adama is next to play.
Brigging Baltar (7 GP)
Destiny:
Y1 B3 (Tally: -4)
Boomer:
No cards (Tally: -4)
Adama:
Roslin:
Baltar:
Apollo:
Volans - Jul 07, 2009 8:46:51 am PDT #2645 of 26133
move out and draw fire
BSG
I'll play in a moment, as soon as I find my card list.
NOT BSG
As the latest in his Game Design Essentials series for Gamasutra, writer John Harris examines 10 games from the Western computer RPG (CRPG) tradition and 10 from the Japanese console RPG (JRPG) tradition, to figure out what exactly makes them tick. From the entry on Nethack: 'Gaining experience is supposed to carry the risk of harm and failure. Without that risk, gaining power becomes a foregone conclusion. It has reached the point where the mere act of spending time playing [most RPGs] appears to give players the right to have their characters become more powerful. The obstacles that provide experience become simply an arbitrary wall to scale before more power is granted; this, in a nutshell, is the type of play that has brought us grind, where the journey is simple and boring and the destination is something to be raced to. Nethack and many other roguelikes do feature experience gain, but it doesn't feel like grind. It doesn't because much of the time the player is gaining experience, he is in danger of sudden, catastrophic failure. When you're frequently a heartbeat away from death, it's difficult to become bored.' Harris' Game Design series has previously spanned subjects from mysterious games to open world games, unusual control schemes and difficult games." >[link]
Volans - Jul 07, 2009 8:53:40 am PDT #2646 of 26133
move out and draw fire
BSG
Since we're playing our cards face-up, I'll just go ahead and post my play rather than sending it to bt.
Adama plays two G3 cards.
billytea - Jul 07, 2009 8:57:35 am PDT #2647 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
BSG
I have COs from both Roslin and Baltar: Play no cards. That leaves Apollo to finish the check.
Brigging Baltar (7 GP)
Destiny:
Y1 B3
Boomer:
No cards
Adama:
G3 G3
Roslin:
No cards
Baltar:
No cards (Tally: 2)
Apollo: