I've finally had a chance to read and play this game; here are my brief impressions.

This is not a review, per se -- you probably won't get much out of an Underkoffler's Overview if you haven't read the game. What you will get is my opinions on the Negative, the Positive, and the Verdict.

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I've finally had a chance to read and play this game; here are my brief impressions.

This is not a review, per se -- you probably won't get much out of an Underkoffler's Overview if you haven't read the game. What you will get is my opinions on the Negative, the Positive, and the Verdict.

[ Underkoffler's Overviews Archive ]

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I got a bunch of game books to Overview at GenCon 2008.

I've done one.

That's mostly because I suck.

However, it's partially because I wanted to talk to and/or play with the designers, to make sure I understood what was what.

I was able to do some of this for a few of the games at Dreamation. w00t!

First up is Misspent Youth.

I was GONNA watch Serpico, then make dinner and watch Olbermaddow ( Read more... )

In the wake of finishing my Library of America Hammet Complete Novels (Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, The Thin Man), I picked up and have started reading Robertson Davies' The Rebel Angels -- the first book of The Cornish TrilogyLovin' it ( Read more... )

I've finally had a chance to read this game; here are my brief impressions.

This is not a review, per se -- you probably won't get much out of Underkoffler's Overview if you haven't read the game. What you will get is my opinions on the Negative, the Positive, and the Verdict.

[ Underkoffler's Overviews Archive ]

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Here is the list of games I either purchased (or got gratis for review purposes) at Gen Con 2008:

Annalise: stories of hunger, pain, and redemption, by Nathan D. Paoletta.
Bullseye v1.0 (ashcan), by Justin D. Jacobson.
Don't Lose Your Mind, by Benjamin Baugh and Fred Hicks.
Messiah (ashcan), by Chris Perrin.
Misspent Youth (ashcan), by Robert Bohl ( Read more... )

Speed Racer is a horrible film.

Speed Racer is a kinda lame movie.

Speed Racer is possibly the most perfect flick ever produced.

MACH-A-GO-GO!

In other words: I love it when people make movies just for me.

(Check my movies tag, and especially this post for my cinematic tastes ( Read more... )

A reasonably cool sex scene involving John Adams and Abigail Adams.

HAWT OLD SKOOL MIDDLE-AGED YANKEE SEXX0RS!

. . .

Okay, maybe not.

{Still, I hold that John & Abby are the ultimate Great American Romance and Partnership. Period. End stop.)

What I'm talking about is John & Abby's reunion in France in part 4 of John Adams, which I watched over ( Read more... )

taschoene did me a major solid, taking me to see what most are colloquially calling "Teller's Macbeth" the the Folger Theater yesterday.

(Tom, feel free to chime in in the comments or point to any post you make. I'd be interested to see what you think after sleeping on it.)

Let me get a couple of extremely minor cavils out of the way: ( snip )