All good things come to an end. This is just as true in the gaming world as it is in real life. It is an immutable, if tragic, fact. I have seen many games come and go in the years that I’ve played. Some faded away from disinterest. Others fell apart because of internal conflicts. [...]
If you’ve never heard the name, you probably haven’t been listening on party channels or watching G4 TV. Leeroy Jenkins is the name of one overzealous player who gained infamy in this widely-distributed video clip. “Pulling a Leeroy” is now considered synonymous with running ahead and pulling way too much aggro, often to the detriment [...]
My wife and I have been getting all of our affairs in order, laying out a budget and what-not with the move and the new apartment. It’s been a lot to keep track with, considering we’ve never had utility bills and my new job’s benefits require a lot of initial bookkeeping. Despite the fact that [...]
For the same reason that I like “Breathe” by Anna Nalick, I can’t help but love “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield. I had honestly never heard of her before this song, and it took awhile to grow on me. Once I listened to it, though, I really had to appreciate the poetry. The song can almost [...]
While checking out Slashdot the other day, I came across an interesting blog post called 9 Lessons GMs can Learn from World of Warcraft by Martin Ralya. It’s all sound advice, and very valuable to anyone like me who enjoys their tabletop roleplaying alongside its massively multiplayer counterpart. One thing to really take away from [...]
So it turns out that I have been working now for, oh, about two years on the false assumption that my computer had enough RAM to handle my favorite games. As it turns out, I’ve been suffering needlessly with a lousy 256K chip and attributing my crippling lag to other factors. Please note that World [...]
Some friends of mine recently reminded me of a website that I had all but forgotton. I used to watch Joe Cartoon years ago when I was still in high school. It seems to have become a lot more commercialized since then. Still, they’ve got a lot of funny cartoons, and it seems that my [...]
I’ve been hard up for good music at work lately. Burning CDs takes too much time and effort, buying them takes too much money, and I’d rather not store MP3s on a work computer. Besides, while I’m working, I’d rather not concentrate on what song I should play next. Thus, I decided to turn to [...]
While Stumbling one day awhile back, I happened upon a very nice automatic dungeon generator for Dungeons and Dragons 3.0. The script is very robust, allowing for a great deal of customization. As a Dungeon Master who never has enough time to plan out every minor detail, it has been a godsend. Of course, I’d [...]
It’s taken a very long time to get this far, at least as long as it takes most people, but my warlock Secronus finally hit 50th level the other day. Naturally, I rejoiced, as every 10th level for a warlock means a new summon becomes available. And, as most veteran warlocks know, more summons makes [...]