Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.

Oz ,'Beneath You'


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.


StuntHusband - Jul 28, 2009 6:27:06 pm PDT #3061 of 26133
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Pshaw. Lightweights. I'm running one RPG, playing in another, keeping up with both WoW and LotRO, and now this BSG game.

Lightweights. :)


omnis_audis - Jul 28, 2009 6:31:38 pm PDT #3062 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

Lord of the Rings. What's the O for??


StuntHusband - Jul 28, 2009 6:33:29 pm PDT #3063 of 26133
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Online. The MMO run by Turbine. I helped alpha/beta test it, and have a permanent lifetime account (like a good Tolkien geek does).

The official site

I and my co-workers have a guild (called a "Kinship") that's slowly working our way up to explore Moria. When we see the Balrog (actually, a shadow of the Balrog), I expect the squee to be audible the world over.


Volans - Jul 29, 2009 2:44:36 am PDT #3064 of 26133
move out and draw fire

BSG

OK, enough paralysis by analysis...if we stay, we're likely to lose population too, because at some point billytea will roll a hit.

I XO Boomer to move to FTL and jump the ship. I ask that she play a SP for the die roll, and I hope and pray we don't lose population, and get a good destination draw.


StuntHusband - Jul 29, 2009 5:46:02 am PDT #3065 of 26133
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

AHAHAHAHA (I'm still having near-hysterical laughing jags) AHAHAHAHA

So. EA is releasing (has released?) a video game "based" on Dante's Inferno. The PR stunt at ComiCon was "Sin to Win".

A member of GayGamers had a runner-up entry

Oh. Oh my.


Volans - Jul 29, 2009 5:55:56 am PDT #3066 of 26133
move out and draw fire

I'm still trying to figure out how the whole IDEA of "booth babes" isn't objectifying, so I'm a little confused as to why the promo was so extra horrible...


StuntHusband - Jul 29, 2009 5:57:54 am PDT #3067 of 26133
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

Because the whole industry collectively agreed NOT to use booth babes anymore...several years ago. EA's decision to base an entire marketing campaign around semi-dirty-pictures featuring booth babes was widely derided (in game press and by industry insiders) as backsliding of the worst sort.


omnis_audis - Jul 29, 2009 6:00:02 am PDT #3068 of 26133
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

BSG

I will play the interrupt, to help the fleet! May the Gods be with us.


Volans - Jul 29, 2009 6:11:37 am PDT #3069 of 26133
move out and draw fire

Because the whole industry collectively agreed NOT to use booth babes anymore...several years ago.

Ah! I did not know that. Then extra house points to GayGamer Guy for refusing the money (original house points were for funny entry).


StuntHusband - Jul 29, 2009 7:06:38 am PDT #3070 of 26133
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark

No. Oh, no no no.

Twilight MMO?

REALLY?

No. Oh please let this be vaporware forever.