The Christmas RPG Gift Guide
RPG enthusiasts are a hard group to buy for. Our games are intimate things that exist more in the bonds between each other than in Continue Reading
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Don’t (Do) Read This Book
The genesis of Don’t Read This Book is in Don’t Rest Your Head, a tabletop game from Evil Hat Productions. The premise: a surreal metropolis Continue Reading
Rekindling the Geoscape: XCOM Enemy Unknown Review
You’d be hard pressed to find a motivator in nerd cultures stronger than nostalgia. When Firaxis announced XCOM: Enemy Unknown as a spiritual successor to Continue Reading
Roleplaying, the Secret Sauce: Part 1
Probably one of the most awkward experiences I’ve had with all my clothes on is trying to explain the idea of “roleplaying” to someone who Continue Reading
Free to play Star Wars The Old Republic – intergalactic jewel or pile of bantha dung?
It’s no secret that EA has decided to transition Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) from an entirely subscription based service to a free to Continue Reading
I Am Not, In Fact, Going to Wreck It
Last week I went to see Wreck-it Ralph. It was a good movie, I liked it. It hit all of the right cameos, had Continue Reading
Faster GM Prep for Fun and Sanity
As I had written before, I had set three personal goals for my new 4E Eberron campaign. The most important goal was to not stress Continue Reading
Sick Youtube Weekend, Vidya Game Edition
Protip: adults can get kid-diseases. My last few days have been spent fighting the bacteria that turned my right eye into a goo factory. But Continue Reading
Guild Wars 2 – The Early Levels
I have a terrible illness when it comes to video games. I act like I’m a Jack Russell with a caffeine high and a bad Continue Reading
Early impressions of RaiderZ
RaiderZ is a new kind of MMO experience for me; I never gave Terra a shot or any other action MMORPG for that matter. I’m Continue Reading
Five Modern Hardcore Single Player Games
It’s no secret that I believe that games were more “hardcore” in the past. Not all of them were, a lot of them were just Continue Reading
The Rat Race
When I’m not tearing through various speculative fiction bricks, screaming at millionaires in funny clothes running in a circle, or (occasionally) attempting to be Continue Reading
Your First D&D Experience
About a year ago, I was recruited into an excellent Dungeons and Dragons game. It had recently lost a player after the game had been Continue Reading
My introduction to Assassin’s Creed
These last couple months have been packed with a number of great game releases. There hasn’t been enough time to play everything yet and there’s Continue Reading
Black Mesa: Renewing the Half-Life Vows
Half-Life is one of video games my top-tier games. The tier reserved for games who not only define what I want in gaming but push Continue Reading
End of Nations rolls into my list of games to watch
End of Nations recently concluded its fourth closed beta and I was fortunate enough to be able to participate. For those that are not familiar Continue Reading
On the Diving Board: A New 4E Campaign Checklist
Finally! My group and I are jumping into a long term campaign, run by yours truly. We’re diving into Eberron, my favorite published D&D setting, Continue Reading
Rakdos Intolerant
I have returned to Ravnica, even though I’ve never been there in the first place. Saturday saw the Pre-release Event for the new Magic Continue Reading
FarmVille 2: The Farmening… Digital livestock strikes again.
Is he serious? Is he really reviewing FarmVille 2? Is there really a Farmville 2? The answer to all of these highly justified questions is Continue Reading
FTL: A Solid Budget Bite-Sized Roguelike
At just $9.99, FTL: Faster Than Light by Subset Games was an easy impulse buy. But even after playing it for a few hours, I couldn’t Continue Reading
Torchlight 2 shows us all how it’s done.
The original Torchlight is the game that I point to as being influential in my leaving the world of MMORPG playing where I hadn’t actually Continue Reading