Gencon – Saturday
Return to Hades I lost the good parts of me again. I don’t think they’re coming back this time. Mesa Mundi and d20pro I did Continue Reading
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Gencon – Friday
The Hangover No, not the movie. Friday morning I was forced to descend into the Underworld and rescue all that was good in me. The Continue Reading
GenCon 2013 – Thursday
Gencon is big. Really really big. The convention center is connected via skybridge to a Hyatt/PNC bank center. If you’re familiar with the concept of Continue Reading
Review: The Shadowed Sun, by NK Jemisin
I reviewed The Killing Moon back in June, and enjoyed it a great deal, both for its disparity from a lot of my fantasy reading Continue Reading
Google Chromecast: The little dongle that could
Last week, Google made a product announcement that caught much of the tech sector by surprise: the Google Chromecast, a small (and inexpensive) dongle that Continue Reading
Game Design: Kids These Days
You nerdly kids don’t know how good you have it. The moment I blew into my first NES cartridge I knew I wanted to be a Continue Reading
Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic
If you find yourself in Seattle for this weekend, do yourself a favor and stop by the Experience Music Project, and check out the exhibit Continue Reading
Newbie GM Tips from 13th Age
As I’ve talked about on our podcast (you know, the one you’ve already rated 5 stars on iTunes?), I’ve recently begun running my first legitimate Continue Reading
Past the Pixels
As I type this, I’m camped out at a Woodinville house that might be afforded the status of “manor,” while people hover around the bar Continue Reading
My Kickstarter / Indiegogo / Crowdfunding addiction
My name is Chris, and I am a crowdfunding addict. I can’t resist the urge to fund the latest, greatest, doo-dads and thinga-ma-bobs, even if Continue Reading
Kickstarter: We live in the gaming future!
Correction: Previously I stated that you couldn’t get painted sets for Mythical Lairs unless you kickstarted at a high level – Kimberly Johnson was kind Continue Reading
The Convention Guide, Part Three – Don’t Be That Guy!
Dorkadia’s Convention Guide; Part 3, is part of a semi-regular ongoing series of articles of handy tips and information for the convention season. So you’re Continue Reading
Xbox: Hold On Microsoft, There’s a Baby in that Bathwater!
(Update: It looks like Steam may scoop Microsoft on game sharing thanks to Microsoft’s waffling) (Editor’s update: Microsoft has now confirmed that the Xbox One Continue Reading
OpEd: Gettin’ Down on the XBone
(Editor’s note: Microsoft reversed its position on DRM today. See their press release at http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update – Please see the comments section below!) (Editor’s next update: Microsoft has now Continue Reading
Dragon Age 2
I would label Dragon Age 2 as one the ‘games that got away’, but that wouldn’t be true – I played the hell out of Continue Reading
It’s Not Misogyny, it’s Feminism – A Song of Ice and Fire
This post about A Song of Ice and Fire contains details of events through A Dance With Dragons. Spoilers ahead! A Song of Ice and Fire is Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Rage Against the Hype Machine
For the past two days, Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA, Sony and more have been trying to tell me how much I’m going to love high-fiving my Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: Mhysa
There’s one real issue with Game of Thrones’s habit of making Episode 9 of each season a powerful, high-budget shocker – they have to follow Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: The Rains of Castamere
I read A Storm of Swords about nine years ago, in a public library, because I had to start reading immediately, to find out what Continue Reading
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures – Please Insert More Brainz
I’ve probably logged more time playing Plants vs. Zombies than I have almost any other game except for Tetris (as a kid I didn’t have Continue Reading
Movie review: After Earth
After Earth is the new special effects laden futuristic action movie starring Will and Jaden Smith. Set 1000 years in the future after humanity has Continue Reading