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Via Zen of Design, the sad news that Gary Gygax, the father of modern roleplaying games and the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away. He gathered together the ideas in a dozen or more fantasy books and showed us all how we could live our own adventures in those worlds. The RPG and … Read more
Yeah, I’m back on Shapeshifter again, that amazingly difficult puzzle game on Neopets. I’ve been thinking about getting back in that race again. I burned out on the puzzle back in September, but I have been getting encouraging notes from people urging me not to give up. There’s a strange community of solvers out there. … Read more
Aside from a couple of T1 raids, we’ve been working on Venril Sathir every night since we killed the Overking. Last night, we finally got him. He isn’t a HARD kill, but it’s the kind of raid where you have to pay attention — you have to keep your power around 50%; you can’t do … Read more
What has Portal got to do with Postsingular, anyway? I didn’t do a whole lot of gaming this weekend. I spent most of it curled up with my Sony Reader, devouring Rudy Rucker’s book “Postsingular“, which he is offering for free download on his website in PDF and Reader-friendly HTML. I love HTML books because … Read more
Audiosurf scoreboard alert – Dethroned! You used to have the worldwide best score for: i dont like mondays by the boomtown rats Now the Audiosurf player ‘Baldrick’ has beaten you. Get back in the game and reclaim the top spot! BRB, gotta get my WORLDWIDE BEST SCORE back! There. Took a couple hours, but top … Read more