... and spent most of the day downloading mp3s from his site... songs about programmers, cyborgs, ninjas, robots, zombies... all kinds of cool shit. This is the one that's stuck in my head

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RIP Gary Gygax

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For those that didn't know, I've been participating in the beta test of Mythos - which is basically an update Diablo 2 clone MMORPG. You can check it out at www.mythos.com

Anyway, for New Year's, the devs gave everyone 2 free invites to the beta to pass out to friends. If you want one, let me know the email address to have them send the info to

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out, but the glad young year
Comes merrily in tomorrow
-Emily Miller

Mythos is being produced by a bunch of ex-Blizz employees... so what you have is essentially Diablo 2.5 as an MMO... been playing since I downloaded it. Only 3 of the 5 races & classes have been implemented so far, but it fits like an old Tshirt. Weapon naming conventions, jewels & sockets, inventory, your "stash", etc ( Read more... )

Nice...

I got invited to beta test both Tabula Rasa AND Mythos...

This may have an impact on my WoW time...

Shooter- not a bad flick... sniper-centric, so lots of lovely heads going splodey. couple of good "woo-hoo!!" moments.

MI:3- about what you'd expect

Hot Fuzz- fucking awesome... I'm glad I bought a copy... now I need to pick up a copy of Shaun of the Dead

waiting in the wings - the Reno 911: Miami movie...

JORDAN YOU FUCK!!!!! You owe me a 12th fucking book!!! I didn't struggle through the last 6 for you to pull this shit!!!

Just finished reading the 11th book in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, and I was pleasantly surprised. The last few (ok, the last 6 or 7) have been annoyingly choppy, jumping from protagonist to protagonist like a crack-monkey with OCD, but this one went fairly smooth. It might be because there is a good bit about Mat in this one, and he's ( Read more... )