NEW RULE: Do not go see PG-13 horror movies on opening night.

Just got back from "The Last Exorcisim," which turns out was a very effective, creepy, moody, and quite scary little movie. Plot: A priest who's lost his faith sees one too many reports of exorcisms causing more harm than good, and hires a documentary crew to interview him and follow ( Read more... )

The best part about the internet is that when you're at home, feeling sick and gross, and go hang out with friends online and there's someone in there being a jerk... you can just turn that part of the internet off. HUZZAH FOR TECHNOLOGY!

Now, it's time to go watch some Lost!

And then I spilled an entire glass of water on the carpet.

(heavy sigh)

 In a game where you have multiple choices on character archetypes to play, be it D&D or Pathfinder or Warcraft or any RPG, the concept of "balance between the class options" is a dangerous and seductive fun-killer.

Put simply, if one were to successfully balance all possible options between a number of classes so they're all equally balanced with ( Read more... )

Frustrated.

( My ISP is Qwest via a DSL modem, and it sucks. )

So I switched to a Mac last December after my PC died and the backup PC died. Probably, partially at least, because with a PC you can upgrade parts and if you're like me and your computer building skills have atrophied, you're good at breaking stuff or not putting things together right ( Read more... )

Just watched the remake of Funny Games on DVD, and as it works out, it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I've seen plenty of violent movies made by directors who made the movie as a statement to show how horrible violent movies are, how the media glorifies violence, and how it's "demented and sick" to be entertained by violence. I disagree ( Read more... )

The internet's ability to deliver the opinions, feedback, and comments of everyone who reads something you help create is simultaneously one of the greatest advantages and the most soul-crushing curses of the modern age.

...I would probably use them to (among other things) make Pathfinder products as awesome as they could be. Full-scale battlemaps for each volume, deluxe player handouts, minis for every foe, and full details on every nook and cranny in every dungeon, city, and wildland. Each volume of Pathfinder would be the size of an unabridged dictionary ( Read more... )

A person who complains about an "Adventure Path" being railroady should take note of the fact that it's not called an "Adventure Lots of Different Paths" (AKA: a campaign setting.)