The camera pans down from the fading yellow text to reveal a bright red Imperial Star Destroyer. It appears to be orbiting a large, uninhabited asteroid or moon. Buzzing around it like a swarm of insects are snub fighters, light freighters, and corvettes of practically every make and model.
Went out for Mother’s Day today. Took Little Dude and the Wife and the MIL. We went to Mehri’s Bakery & Deli over on SE 52nd Ave. I chose it because the Yelp reviews were so glowing! Mistake of the month.
Evidently it’s “Star Wars Day”, as determined by the Intarwebs at large. It’s fairly logical – “May the Fourth” sounds far too much like “May the Force…” to ignore. So, as a bit of a celebration of such, I’m going to run a Star Wars play-by-post RPG. Right here on this blog.
Testing Twitter integration and comment system.
I’ve started listening to the Haste podcast, and in one of the first episodes, they talked about how the D&D bloggers should distill the experiences of their readers. And to help focus the discussion towards positive change, they should figure out for themselves what makes a good game and what makes a bad game.
Now, I don’t consider myself a “D&D blogger”. Or, really, a blogger at all, since I have, what, five posts since I started again? (btw, don’t look at my LJ – omg the angst)
This started as a ridiculously long aside to my main post today.
I started in 1995 with AD&D 2e. Didn’t play much, didn’t play the modules. But had tons of fun with my HS buddies, and got introduced to tabletop RPG. Turns out I’d been playing a one-player variant for years, in the form of Lone Wolf and Fighting Fantasy books.
This is really just cut from a longer post, because it was only slightly relevant. So, we’re gonna start this off with this little gem from the Oatmeal.
So I have the dubious honor of doubling as our in-house IT staff. It’s not actually my job, but I’m the best at it in the building. Which means it’s my duty to freshen up a virus-ridden WinXP computer.
I’ve thrown everything I got at it, which mostly includes running several free scanners from a Linux boot disk, and doing all the regular cleaning procedures from safe mode. And it’s still there. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s probably easier and safer to install from scratch.
Question: Just read your "review" of GameStorm. I was only able to be there to appear on a single panel this year as I have a looming deadline with a book and I couldn't spare the time. Last year, however, I did run one RPG (a Savage Worlds game) and it was completely filled. It may simple be that if you want to get players at GameStorm, you need to run stuff with more mass appeal (or at least recognition). Lasty, it will be my 10th Kubla this year. Wouldn't miss it for the world!
Answer:Hehe, I guess I underestimated the mass appeal and recognition of StarCraft? Like I said though, I think GS would have been far more awesome for me if I’d known what I was getting into.