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Star Wars: The Old Republic Officially Announced! - (USA)
Just moments ago, the guys over at BioWare officially revealed the game thats been rumored about for years, Star Wars: The Old Republic. IGN and GameSpot both got early looks at the game and 1UP and Massively are both attending the press conference. Details, early screens and an interview with the heads of BioWare after the jump! The game will be set 300 years after the events of Knights of the Old Republilc Players will be put on either side of a massive war between the Repubic and the New S
http://www.digitalsomething.com/news/1431.html
It’s time to tell the truth about Dungeons & Dragons - (USA)
Geek hobbies take a lot of heat these days, but it’s hard to think of a hobby that has been maligned as thoroughly as Dungeons and Dragons. The largest gaming convention in the world is GenCon, originally held in Lake Geneva, Wis. - the birthplace of D&D. Lake Geneva was home to the game’s creator, Gary Gygax. This year GenCon decided to honor Gary by collecting money for his favorite charity, specifically the Christian Children’s Fund. CCF didn’t explicitly turn down the money, but they re
http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/geek/2008/11/21/its-time-to-tell-the-truth-about-dungeons-dragons/
[Caught in the Net] Geek Lovely - (USA)
It should surprise no one that I have many geekish tendencies; indeed, as a science fiction writer, I’m right at the top of at least some geek hierarchies. I was reminded of my geekishness this week as I happily started playing the Wrath of the Lich King expansion to online roleplaying game World of Warcraft. (Here’s a gratuitous shot of some sexy women dressed as blood elves from last year’s Blizzcon.) I decided to take to the net in search of sexy geeky things, and found more than I could h
http://blog.blowfish.com/caught-in-the-net/caught-in-the-net-geek-lovely/911
Monster Camp: Attack of the Living Nerds - (USA)
"Oh boy, sleep! that's where I'm a Viking!" --Ralph Wiggum If you want to jump around in the woods with a toy sword and whack people dressed up as lizard men, have I got the film for you. Or if you want to laugh at the people who spend weekends doing this, you will also be entertained beyond belief. The true story of that Cheeto-encrusted World of Warcraft player from South Park and his descend into madness, and the life-affirming tale of a young girl who escapes the event horizon of a life of
http://www.pluckyoutoo.com/2008/11/monster-camp-attack-of-living-nerds.html
Vacation time - (USA)
I just wanted to let you all know that I am having two weeks off from work and that usually leads to me being lazy beyond belief, sleeping until midday and sitting on the couch playing some video game. It is likely that I won’t update my blog on a daily basis, because of that. While I am wasting my free time playing “Final Fantasy XII” (pretty cool game, highly recommended!) why don’t you check some of my older posts? Roleplaying music – Five essential soundtracks The Horror of Leathe
http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/08/03/vacation-time/
Daspion's Word: Do you have a WoW addiction? - (USA)
http://www.daspion.com/2008/06/do-you-have-wow-addiction.html
The Secret To Good Writing. Seriously. - (USA)
If you are reading this, you are most likely someone who reads extensively about writing. You have no doubt read or heard a great many bits of advice, suggestions and recommendations as to how to make your writing better. You have almost certainly been told multiple times what the secret/key/Maguffin to good writing is, often in ways that contradict each other with jagged and relentless ferocity. You have been told to do everything except dip yourself in lemon herb butter and conjure the spirits
http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/the-secret-to-good-writing-seriously
EA and Dark Horse Comics Blast off with Mass Effect Comic Series - (USA)
I’ve never finished Mass effect…. I have it on PC, but just don’t have the time… now Mass Effect2 will be out soon… but till then we’ve got a comic book to check outBioWare™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Dark Horse Comics today announced a new comic book series based on Mass Effect™, the blockbuster sci-fi action videogame that IGN.com rated the #1 Xbox 360™ game of all time. In Mass Effect: Redemption, the story takes readers through the treacherous events leading up to Ma
http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/press-releases/ea-and-dark-horse-comics-blast-off-with-mass-effect-comic-series/
Games - Forbes.com - (USA)
Dating, negotiating, fragging and making money. Play and its consequences.
http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/11/games-play-competition-tech-cx_de_mn_games06_1212_land.html
Inq. of the Week: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - (USA)
Last Week’s Poll Last week, we asked about what non-RPG content you’d like to see here . A strong pluarality of you want to see more about board games , which is fine with me, since I go off and play board games every week (and occasionally design them). Video games were second, which thanks to MDoggie , we have been trying to get more of here. Overall, you wanted more games, which makes sense, except there was no love for poker, so consider it gone! The mysterious “Other” option somehow
http://www.critical-hits.com/2009/08/10/inq-of-the-week-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year/
Inspiring the Game - (USA)
I know when I get the urge to start GMing again it is usually because I have seen something so awesome, so incredible and so inspiring that I immediately think: “Wow. I need to run a game that gets at that feeling!” Sometimes this inspiring moment comes from reading a book, sometimes from becoming engrossed in the story or the mechanic of a video game and sometimes from an exquisite movie or T.V. show, or a board game I played, or a card, or a picture that I saw on a website . . . Ok. So I get
http://www.gnomestew.com/gming-advice/inspiring-the-game
Assessing the Relevance of Reviews on Tabletop RPG's - (USA)
In any medium where developers are offering creative intellectual property for money there are reviewers, reviewers are necessary and helpful, they tread ground before the average consumer and they let people know if there money is well spent there. Reviewers are usually entertaining in their own right, and they have to be these days because the internet is full of them all clamoring for attention. In Tabletop RPG's Reviewers are especially important, but nearly every one is balanced towards o
http://www.thecoremechanic.com/2009/06/assessing-relevance-of-reviews-on.html
Vampire Challenge - (USA)
Today on ArtOrder The Vampire Challenge Upcoming Challenges - Challenge #1 - Earthquake Dragon - Challenge #2 - Drow vs Mind Flayer Better late than never... This challenge was a challenge for me. This was quite a bit of management, and the scope of it got away from me a bit. So, thanks for the patience while I sorted through all of the notes, and entries, and technological hurdles that a post of this size introduces. Welcome to the B&W Vampire line-up I'm sure you remember the
http://artorder.blogspot.com/2009/07/vampire-challenge.html
Interview: Kevin Hendryx (Part II) - (USA)
4. Do you recall why this reorganization occurred? Was this part of TSR's phenomenal growth in the early 80s or was it the result of other internal pressures within the company? ?? We were not privy to TSR's executive management decisions, except what we were told or what was rumored, so in a way I can't answer this except from my own perspective, and according to what we believed at the time or might have learned later. ??Tensions and tempers ran hot during that period. Product Development
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/06/interview-kevin-hendryx-part-ii.html
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http://blog.us.wazap.com/index.php/2007/09/05/wazaps-visual-journey-through-dragoncon-07
Learn Japanese for Video Games - (USA)
http://ljvg.blogspot.com/
Mindjammer is first Starblazer Adventures game add-on - (USA)
Rebellion-owned role-playing adventure games and card and board game publisher Cubicle 7 Entertainment has just announced Mindjammer , a self-contained campaign setting designed to bring the transhuman space theme to its new Starblazer Adventures role playing game, just released in the UK. The UK release of Starblazer Adventures caught even Cubicle by surprize after their UK distributor unexpectedly brought the release date forward, but early response to the game has been positive, with
http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2009/06/mindjammer-is-first-starblazer.html
You have the right to be unique! - (USA)
I have recently arrived in my new office environment here in Colorado, and there have been more than a few introductions and "getting to know you" type of moments. I am constantly amazed at the number of people that charactarize themselves as being "kind've a nerd" in a given hobby or interest, and the associated sheepishness or shame that comes along with having interests. You have the right to be unique! This statement can apply to so many different areas... but you have the right to be uniq
http://www.stupidranger.com/2008/11/you-have-right-to-be-unique.php
Gaming Day at the library - (USA)
Yes, that’s right, the first ever interactive, online National Gaming Day at the Library will be this Saturday. And it’s more than just video games — it’s intended to encourage literacy and a love of libraries as where fun happens. It seems that in our region, Haverstraw, Kent and Mt. Vernon public libraries are participating. During National Gaming Day, public, school, and academic libraries will participate in two national events. The first is an attempt to establish a record for the most n
http://books.lohudblogs.com/2008/11/13/gaming-day-at-the-library/
Fear of Girls©: Episode 1 - (USA)
Watch the Fear of Girls: Episode 2 here: www.youtube.com/fearofgirls True Love is but a +2 Broadsword away.. Jan 17, 2006.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7521044027821122670
Not So Grand Experiments: the Battle of Chuck E. Cheese - (USA)
Not So Grand Experiments: the Battle of Chuck E. Cheese November 20th, 2008 in game design / grand experiments | 2 Comments » I’ve said it before: bad games are often more educational than successful games, and if that’s the case it stands to reason that catastrophic failures can be downright enlightening. Games like the Battle of Chuck E. Cheese. I wasn’t the GM this time just a player, and not even a regular player, just a one-time visitor from out of state. Except for another gu
http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/110/not-so-grand-experiments-the-battle-of-chuck-e-cheese/
EA Mythic | Warhammer Online - (USA)
War is everywhere in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), the new MMORPG from the creators of Dark Age of Camelot. Based on Games Workshop's popular Warhammer fantasy war game, WAR features next generation Realm vs. Realm game play that will immerse players in a world of perpetual conflict.
http://www.warhammeronline.com/english/home/
Harry Potter Fandom in Action - (USA)
« Wizardry at its Best: AZKATRAZ 2009 | Main If you set foot in the Parc55 Hotel last week looking for a bunch of geeks participating in a mobile event, you would have been surprised to see a lobby full of young women and girls and hundreds of others dressed to the nines in whatever Harry Potter character they most resonated with. The Harry Potter annual gathering, know as the AZKATRAZ convention drew people in from New Zealand, Canada, Germany, England and our Orlando, Washington, New Yo
http://www.downtheavenue.com/2009/07/harry-potter-fandom-in-action.html
You are watching The Role Play Tournament Another Funny Video from Brad Neely on Super Deluxe - (USA)
In a perfect world, this jam would stay perched on top of the Billboard charts longer than "Dark Side Of The Moon." Mic in hand, Baby Cakes spits some mad lyrics about D&D role-playing and his two-word philosophy: be aggressive. <a href="http://www.superdeluxe.com/static/profile/artist/brad_neely/mp3/Be_Aggressive.mp3" title="Download the MP3">Download the MP3 here!</a>
http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/contentDetail.do?id=D81F2344BF5AC7BBA696F269B9D88D70629D940E51E3A2C6
Comic Book Legends Revealed #212 - (USA)
Welcome to the two-hundred and twelfth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and eleven. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of entertainment and sports , which you can check out here , at legendsrevealed.com. Let’s begin! COMIC LEGEND : Mike Grell tried to introduce a black character into th
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/18/comic-book-legends-revealed-212/
Summoner Geeks - SPIKE - (USA)
An animated look at the worst way to spend your high school days.<br><br>Remember back in the day when your mother told you not to play Dungeons and Dragons? She told you it would make you satanic...so you played anyway. That's when you discovered D&D turns you into something much worse: a gigantic nerd.<br><br>Relive the glory through the ears of writer Dan Harmon and the eyes of animator Tim Borrelli.<br><br><i>Summoner Geeks</i> was created using real-time characters from "<a href="http://www.summoner.com">Summoner</a>", and "<a href="http://www.redfaction.com">Red Faction</a>", two games currently out on the PS2 and soon on the PC, both by Volition, Inc., and published by THQ, Inc.The voice actors and producers of the original audio recording are the <a href="http://www.deadalewives.com">Dead Alewives</a>, a Wisconsin-based comedy troupe.<br><br>We've got hundreds of Fan Films. <a href="http://www.spike.com/?sctn=fanfilms&pg=fanfilms">Click here to see them all!</a>
http://origin.www.spike.com/video/220487
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