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Archive for May, 2010

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12-Bar Blues In the Key of Some Psycho Is About To Rip My Face Off… and Eat It

Here’s the situation: You’re on your way home from work.  It’s rush hour and traffic is backed up as far as you can see because some idiot was paying more attention to his cell phone than to the car in front of him and now, two lanes of traffic are squeezing into a single lane [...]

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Old School should be an attitude, not a set of rules

In the last few years, there has been a growing and vocal trend of “old school” games and gamers vs. “new school” games and gamers. Some people like to refer to it as the “Old School Renaissance” (or OSR). There are sites about it springing up on a constant basis, and “retro-clones” in development all [...]

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May the 4th Be With You, But I Need a Fifth

I know that I wrote a post only a few days ago that was basically a link dump, but here I go again.  I wish I had time for more today, but this is going to be one of those weeks where time is at a premium for me and I’m choosing to spend a [...]

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RIP Lynn Redgrave

Hollywood lost an icon as actress Lynn Redgrave passed away. She was 67. Redgrave’s death was announced by her children, according to CNN. Daughter of actor Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and aunt of Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson, Redgrave was noted for her roles in 1966’s “Georgy Girl” and 1999’s “Gods [...]

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Dane of War’s Guide to Twitter

Whether you are familiar with Twitter or you are just starting to learn what a great networking tool it is, you really need to know how it works to communicate well and make use of its potential. People use Twitter for many things, but the same “rules” should apply for everyone. Twitter misuse is not [...]

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Comics shipping May 5th

NOTE: The products on the lists below are expected to ship to comic shops on the indicated date. This list, however, is tentative and subject to change. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas the same week. DARK HORSE COMICS JAN100128 BARRY WINDSOR [...]

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Welcome To My World – Building an RPG, pt. 2

Imagine waking up one day and realizing that the world has suddenly, drastically, changed.  It is no longer the world you knew.  The world seems dim, less colorful.  Maybe something is wrong with your eyes.  After all, you’ve been meaning to schedule an appointment with your eye doctor for months now, but just haven’t gotten [...]

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Sheppard’s Pie

Have you ever eaten shepherd’s pie?  Unfortunately, I have.  From what I can tell, it’s an unappetizing mish-mash of whatever happens to be leftover from previous meals.  At least it was when I was eating in school cafeterias.  Which wasn’t all that long ago.  This post is the shepherd’s pie of Geekcentricity.  These are odds [...]

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