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Daisy
The Great Pacific Northwest
Goth-hippy-punk Knitter, Trekker/Whovian geek chick. And proud of it!
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I've always had pretty good luck when the DM rolls for treasure.
a very limited (I mean VERY limited) autographed book lottery
Yesterday, I said: I found nine hardback copies of The Happiest Days of Our Lives that I must have put there when they first arrived at my house a couple of years ago. They look as perfect as they did the day they were taken out of the box. So I have this idea to sell them, that goes like this:...
The interesting thing is that there have been forays into interactive movies, where the audience gets to decide on plot directions via a remote control voting system. With the way RPG's are going the narrative storytelling is making those interactive movies pointless. Coupled with the advances in CG technology before we know it RPG's will look and feel like we're creating our own live action movies right in our own homes. We won't need to go out to a theater to be a part of the storytelling.
Meanwhile, we don't have to worry about the TV and film industry going the way of the Dodo. Watching films will be the form of relaxing entertainment that it was always meant to be, only on a more profound level for gamers. Movies and TV will be a necessary veg break from our collaborative, creative gaming.
regarding the matter of video games v. movies
I had the house to myself last night, so I could watch whatever nerdy DVD or DVR'd movie I wanted, as loud as I wanted. I've been talking about re-watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended editions, of course) for a couple of months, but when I finally had a chance to get started, I ended...
This brought up some great gaming memories. Wow! I can't believe I remembered some of these. My boyfriend and I had a blast naming the games, and groaning over the ones we forgot. Thanks for posting the link, Wil. Kudos, dude!
This is, without a doubt, the coolest thing I've seen all year
Reader Robin Got Excited and Made 100 cupcakes. I know what you're thinking: "Well, that's a lot of cupcakes, but so what?" Well, doubtful-person-I-just-invented, let me tell you what: each cupcake depicts a different board or video game, and she put them all up on a website where you can ident...
What a wonderful birthday present. Fantastic! Have a very Happy Birthday tomorrow.
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moments before shaking hands with president obama
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