[Lunch.]

JM: So there were additional preview screenings of WATCHMEN in New York this weekend. Twenty minutes.

DJ: Positive response?

JM: Less slow-mo than everyone feared, at least.

RD: When's the full release?

DJ: Good choice of words.

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For consideration: one of those cases where "full release" ain't gonna mean a "happy ending"

Mister Rourke and his
Fine Corinthian Leather.
Fantasy no more.

(I just want to say
"*THIS* IS CETI ALPHA FIVE!!!"
in one more haiku.)

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For consideration: yours is the superior intellect; dire day for nerds

Six leaves the Village.
No Rover will drag him back.
He is a free man.

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For consideration: "Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow."

UTOPIA PLANITIA SHIPYARDS ARE IN ORBIT is the new HAN SHOT FIRST.

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For consideration: whether it's some dude's camera phone bootleg or glorious 1080p on the interwubs, I mostly cannot f'ing tell what the hell is going on in the new Star Trek trailer

Now the helpful wandering wizard that the party picked up a few weeks ago seems to have gone missing.

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For consideration: Joe apparently considering multiclassing into bard

Anyone who's played enough D&D knows that when you forge a team out of a bunch of impulsive, self-focused "mavericks", it's only ever a matter of time before the female rogue backstabs the paladin and runs off with the giant ruby.

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For consideration: Chaotic Neutral is the preferred alignment of politicians and half-orc barbarians alike

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DunDraCon had been moved to a different hotel, a cheaper and much dirtier one. Buttons were missing in the elevators; wallpaper was torn; dirty smudges and stains on walls and carpets that had clearly been there for years. Also, a lot of the game activities were in some entirely separate location, like a municipal social center or something, and ( Read more... )