Archive | May, 2009
Section 8 looks to bring new, shiny things to FPS games
For the first time in a long time I'm actually looking forward to a new FPS game. Section 8 looks quite appealing to me, both visually and in game play style. I love that when you spawn into the game you start in a dropship and then "burn in" to the battlefield, essentially dropping from orbit onto the field at the location of your choice. That to me beats the hell out of the competition where you either randomly spawn in some backwoods location or directly into the line of fire of a spawn camper.
Continue reading...Russian UFO landing sites identified and photographed from the ISS.
27. May 2009
Astronauts on the ISS and the NASA Earth Observatory have identified several mysterious circles forming under the ice of the deepest lake in the world. Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is "t is the largest (by volume) and deepest (1,637 meters at the deepest point) fresh water lake on Earth. It is also one of the world’s oldest lakes (25-30 million years old); sediment deposited on the bottom is up to 7 kilometers deep. The lake’s long, thin, and deep shape results from its location in the Baikal Rift Valley."
Continue reading...Mmmm bow bow. Chicka Chi-KAH! Ferris Bueller home for sale.
26. May 2009
Got a cool 2.4 million dollars sitting around and a love for 80's movies? The home made famous by a crashing Ferarri and Cameron's refusal to give into his father any more is currently on the market.
Continue reading...Four new Blood Bowl star players revealed
26. May 2009
Cyanide and Focus are giving us four more screens of their star players in the forthcoming Blood Bowl awesomeness. "Grim Ironjaw - the Troll Slayer, Slibli - the terrifying Saurus, Ripper Bolgrot - the Goblins’ favorite Troll, and finally Headsplitter - the monstruous Rat-Ogre. " Note the use of British spelling and Rat-Ogre.
Continue reading...Mount & Blade Native Expension mod has glued my face to my monitor
22. May 2009
There's nothing quit like sitting my ass down on my trusty steed, grasping my lance in hand and charging right through the enemy line. While that last sentence comes across as vaguely sexual, in actuality I'm referring to Mount & Blade - the best fantasy medieval simulator I've ever come across.
Continue reading...An Old Friend has Come Home to Stay
21. May 2009
I received a belated-by-a-decade Christmas gift of a Playstation console from my parents this week. Forgotten in storage, it was still factory sealed and itching for me to take it for a spin.
Continue reading...Warriors with Terry Schappert, a Must See for Geeks and History Buffs
21. May 2009
Now a show about history's great battles, and the civilizations that fought them, is hardly new for the History channel, being in fact their bread and butter. (Well, that and anything related to Hitler) What makes this show much more powerful and fascinating is its host Terry Schappert. Terry is a Green Beret, a member of one of the most elite military organizations in the entire world. This gives him a very different take on the subject than the standard professors and experts they get to narrate and host.
Continue reading...Arcane Power, the first must have supplement of D&D 4.0
20. May 2009
I know a lot of people complain about the sheer number of add-ons and supplements Wizards of the Coast puts out for D&D, not to mention that after you buy all the books for one edition they come out with a new one. It's definitely an argument I understand, and certainly some of the books are superfluous. Thankfully this one, Arcane Power, isn't one of those, but is actually a very useful addition to anyone using arcane classes in their games (which let's face it, is basically everyone playing D&D)
Continue reading...(In)Famously, shockingly good
19. May 2009
An electrifying new game from SuckerPunch Productions. Look out for the demo download on PlayStation Store.
Continue reading...Blood Magic and Nights of Sin, The Ballad of Kirin Widowmaker
19. May 2009
So why am I so ambivalent about this series? The character is interesting, the world mostly unique. In a word, pain. The author Matthew Cook goes out of his way to bash it into the reader's head that everyone (protagonist included) thinks that necromancy and blood magic are abominations, an evil that taints whoever uses it, no matter for what purpose or intent. Conflicted protagonists and anti-heroes can make for compelling stories (such as my favorite, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, which I highly recommend) but this is just a little too much, a little too depressing, especially in the second novel.
Continue reading...Troll Polls
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- The Forever War to be filmed in 3D, murdering a significant chunk of my teen years
- Mount & Blade Warband - new gameplay trailer
- BOH (new game for Amiga, Windows or Mac) creator Simone Bevilacqua submits to a grueling 8 question interview
- Jen Page is a chaotic-neutral gamer, actress, geek and our latest interview subject
- An Old Friend has Come Home to Stay
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- Battlestar Galactica keeps you on edge
- Stories with Meaning
- Of Orcs and Empire
- Old-School Gaming with OSRIC (Review – Races and Classes)
- Voices and Verisimilitude
- Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
- Why I’m Glad 4e Exists, Even Though I Don’t Use It
- Shotgun Diaries: Lightweight Zombie Roleplaying
- Scribblenauts 2 announced as I buy a new stylus
- Putting Gaming out in Public
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29. May 2009
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