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Core Mysteries
I spent a lot of time on the weekend watching DVDs (most of them pretty terrible, to be honest), and some of what I watched got me thinking about shows that have a "core mystery".
I don't mean shows like CSI, which are about solving the crime of the week, or even like Veronica Mars, where a single mystery links a season arc. I mean shows that are ( Read more... ) -
This is kinda fascinating
Yahoo7 'news' is reporting on Hulk Hogan getting assaulted by Ric Flair at a press conference. "Is it real or is it fake?" They ask.
A better question might be "What does Hogan know, that he managed to get this into 'real' media?".
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Would you like to know more?
If you liked the Starship Troopers movie, then check out Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Same gonzo news sequences, same godawful military tactics, same "Yay! Fascism!" subtext/maintext (now with a creamy fundamentalist centre!), same wooden Casper Van Dien acting skills.
Sheer awesomeness. All of it. -
Wacky RPG Hijinks, again
Arrowflight character creation steps ...
1. Choose race.
2. Point buy attributes.
3. Randomly roll your social class (which can do anything from triple or halve your starting gold), whether you're from a rural or urban environment, and what your apprenticeship was. This will determine your background skills ( Read more... ) -
Spawn of Spawn of Fashan
You know, having got to page 56, I tend to think that Spawn of Fashan has been somewhat maligned ( Read more... ) -
Spawn of Fashan
I finally made a start on reading my copy ( Read more... ) -
Good grief, people
Look, I get that the Gencon Oz scheduling/rego system is different to that of standard Australian cons. But you know what? It's really not that difficult. In fact, some ridiculous number of people manage to use exactly the same system, with something on the order of a hundred times as many events to look at, every year for Gencon Indy ( Read more... ) -
Silliest thing I've seen in an RPG ... this week, at least
The RPG: Age of Ruin
What it is: A pretty gonzo, small press, post-apocalyptic RPG published in 1990
What I saw: A race of psionic bad guys whose advanced mental mutation has caused the frontal lobes of their brains to grow, such that (and I quote) "their forehead looks like a butt".
And yes, they are listed in the game's bestiary under the title " -
Trip to Sydney
Went to Sydney for 5 days last week. Caught up with my sister, and with lotusvine. Also saw G.I.Joe, which was exactly what I expected it to be (loud, dumb, fun) and the stage show Avenue Q.
While "The Internet is for Porn" is the part of the show that has most penetrated the online zeitgeist, Avenue Q has a bit more to offer than that single (admittedly ( Read more... )