Come for the games, stay for the drama.
Played Rock Band last night, I seem locked at “True Skill” 32. I’d lost only one match the night before, and THAT was to those stupid freeform outros that reward those with the fastest kicks instead of those who can play musically. Rock Band keeps duels close so even if you’re way ahead, someone can … Read more
When I was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, there was this show on PBS called “Jean Shepherd’s America”, which was this guy’s “Travels with Charlie”-esque journey through contemporary 70’s America. He was hilarious, a wonderful speaker and raconteur, and my Dad loved his show. A few years later, he would narrate a movie … Read more
If you’re the same height as a bonsai, you just might be a halfling. If you can use a card table as a dance floor — you just might be a halfling. If the figures on a painting look life sized to you — you just possibly, might be a halfling. After a long, long … Read more
Yeah, full nostalgia mode tonight. This is the last (for now)! I swear! Another video from Sinzan of Guild Mirage. Sinzan was EverQuest’s Leroy Jenkins. If we needed more healing on a raid, we called for MORE SINZAN! For non-EQ1-ers, most raids had just barely the amount of healing needed to keep the tank alive. … Read more
Famed Japanese EQ guild Guild Mirage made a Flash video for Electric Funstuff’s song about one of EverQuest’s most remembered vocations — looking for your corpse. If you never played EQ1, maybe this will show… a little… how extreme hardships can bring people together. Of course, there are those who say games shouldn’t bring hardships … Read more