Bake Cookies on Your Dashboard [Beat The Heat]
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Why let the all that scorching heat your car accumulates go to waste?
Harness the power of the sun for your culinary delights and have fresh baked
cookie...
The New Staff of Arkham Asylum
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There's only one new villain reveal in this *Batman: Arkham Asylum* trailer
(I think) -- Killer Croc, who is most definitely different from the other
la...
Random Panel: File under “Hunches, bad.”
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(From “Whiz Comics” number 2, 1940. Because what Hospital HR Director in
their right mind is going to hire someone named “Dr. Death”?)
Two Complete Detective Books, Winter 1952
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Relax, get a tan, and enter the caption contest! Arkham Tales #3 is
available! The best weird fiction being written today, FREE!ArkhamTales.com
Early Ace of Spades
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As Seth and Diego put the finishing touches on the latest installment of *Mister
Crimson*, I thought I would share some of Diego's early (*highschool days!)...
Primeval
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Since, as you may or may not know, I don't have cable and rarely watch
television, I sometimes miss shows that I'd probably enjoy. Fortunately my
pal Cliff...
RSS Feed for Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic.
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Strip 1143: Spar-lings. Tuesday, 14th July, 2009 (Today)
Click here for today's strip This is NOT the last YAFGC strip!
Uh, seems that this strip left...
The Week In Geek...
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A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...
(1) Deadlands Boardgame Due Next Month: Deadlands: The Battle For Slaughter
Gulch, the long-aw...
All Games Considered nominated for ENnie
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I'm so very excited to announce that *ALL GAMES CONSIDERED* has been
nominated for an esteemed ENnie Award for Best Podcast!
Details and other nominees her...
Minions #177 - Didn't Read the Script
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Activate the Enlarge-O-Beam! Click cartoons for Jumbotron versions!
Stand by, following the usual half-assed job for a script change from your
Minion Mast...
Ugly Betty
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In the superficial world of high fashion, image is everything. Styles come
and go, and the only constants are the super thin beauties who wear them.
How ...
Shelf Life Chapter One
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James Spencer from pixel eyes productions alerted me to a new machinima
series they’ve posted called Shelf Life, it uses the models from Half Life
2. I hon...
Who’s Dead In the DCU?
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Today at ComicsAlliance, I’m preparing readers for DC’s Blackest Night by
giving the odds on which deceased characters are going to be making comeback
to t...
A Discussion on Trust
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Today we talk about in-game Trust between characters as a “hidden” mechanic
in the political/social aspect of roleplaying games. At its very core,
Roleplay...
Name dropping, or rather picture dropping
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Me and Charlaine Harris before here event at Borders Oak Brook tonight. It's
so cool that I know celebrities.
Needless to say, she had many more in attenda...
Dave Matthews Interview
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On June 1, the Dave Matthews Band partnered with Hulu to offer the first
live stream concert on the site. The intimate performance from New York’s
Beacon T...
2009 ENnie Awards: Seven Nominations for Green Ronin
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We are proud to have received seven nominations in the 2009 ENnie Awards. As
always, we're up against some impressive competition, and our
congratulations ...
NEW RANKING!: I Told You So.
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So remember last post when I told you that there would be a lot of movement
this time around? Well it looks like *RockStar* better start rockin' cuz it
i...
The Cave Inside Us All
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Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) , the creator of Conan the Cimmerian, of
Solomon Kane, and Kull of Valusia, wrote of having been born out of his
time. “…I am ...
HackMaster Basic Reviews
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Still undecided about whether to get HackMaster Basic or not? Here's some
reviews to help you make up your mind- Troll and Flame: HackMaster Basic -
Quick ...
Kivi’s Underworld:Final Thoughts
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Link (YouTube) You will no doubt be astounded to learn that Kivi’s
Underworld is the story of Kivi. His people - the Lumen - are threatened by
the secretiv...
Four Fighting Men For You to Smack Around
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Several of the comments I received on my column about possible monsters to
include in the T&B "bad guys book" made mention of including lots of
different k...
Subterranean Apartment Building
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Or *“The Gnolls in 4G Just Won’t Stop Barking”
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Some months ago, I finished Margaret St. Clair’s novel, *Sign of the Labrys*.
The novel is one of the books...
DVD "Buzz:" The Green Hornet Strikes!
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VCI Entertainment has announced the DVD release of two long-anticipated
serials: The Green Hornet (1940) and The Green Hornet Strikes Again (1941).
The 2-d...
50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind
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These questions have no right or wrong answers. Because sometimes asking the
right questions is the answer. How old would you be if you didn’t know how
old...
Pulp Fantasy Library: The Circus of Doctor Lao
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"Lost world" stories, in which a modern man is flung into a corner of
reality whose physical -- and metaphysical -- laws are different than those
of the mu...
A French REH book gets an English translation
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French Howard fan Simon Sanahujas writes in: Last year, in February, I made
a road trip in Texas with a photographer ( Gwenn Dubourthoumieu). Our
purpose w...
STORY AT PULP SPIRIT #6
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I have a new story on Pulp Spirit #6. It is Jayhawker Ague, Bushwhacker
Fever. The story is a Western albeit not the usual. In the 1850s, one of the
main m...
Devil’s Cape review on Seattle Geekly
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I’ve been following the enjoyable Seattle Geekly on Twitter and sent Shannon and Matt a copy of Devil’s Cape for review. Matt was kind enough to give it a ...
Spot the Mistakes When Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
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We recently purchased “Scooby-Doo Meets Batman” for the kids and it’s all my
son wants to watch. Since we’ve now seen it at least 17,000 times, we have
m...
RNT 071009
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Random News Table for Friday, July 10, 2009
Roll 1d6 and select result
1. Police foill zeppelin jailbreak
2. Thomas Jefferson Code cracked after 200+ Yea...
recent sword & sorcery reading
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Has anyone here been doing any sword & sorcery reading lately? Or watching
any sword & sorcery movies? TV shows? Anything related to sword & sorcery?
Things of Note . . .
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I am remiss for not sending great gouts of glorious gratitude to the
magnificent Michelle Moran (stand back . . . I'm on an alliterative roll!),
who includ...
4e Lessons: The Penny Arcade/PVP D&D Podcast, Part 2
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In part 1, I discussed common D&D 4e mistakes, taking examples from the
excellent D&D podcast featuring the guys from Penny Arcade, Scott from PVP
and that...
Pamela Or Suzette?
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They've been around the block, (not Pamela but maybe Suzette) birthing in Brittany (France). There are numerous variations including sope (Mexico), injera (A...
The Revelation at Kurukshetra
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Arjuna stood in the chariot and gazed out over the valley. Thousands of
warriors had gathered here at Kurukshetra, alliances of Kings bound together
into t...
Taldor: Echoes of Glory
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Just read the quick little book *Taldor: Echoes of Glory* from Paizo last
night. The Pathfinder Companion series are short little books, 32 pages.
About a ...
Friday Flashback
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Live version of 1971's *Queen Bitch*, which is cited by many as the starting
point for Glam Rock, was David Bowie's tribute to Lou Reed and the Velvet
Unde...
THE ROOK Vol Two
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THE ROOK Vol. Two
By Barry Reese
Wild Cat Books
147 pages
After enjoying Reese’s first collection of stories starring his original
pulp character, the Roo...
Announcement: DriverMax free is now severely limited
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Well, it was a good run; DriverMax, my favorite application to
download/export drivers has now gone (almost completely) the way of the
payware model, and ...
Origins Game Fair 2009
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Although we won't have our own booth at the Origins Game Fair this year, our
products will be available at the Adventure Retail booth (#133). Among said
pr...
The Blog Lives!!!
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Well sort of, it doesnt really live when I take 6 months between posts eh?
I'm not gonna say it will improve. But I will say maybe.
My Wife's Gameblog, Suckas!
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Formerly known as "Random Access Memory", it is now called "Nerdy Girl's
Game Blog" and you can go look at it right here. It'll give you some insight
as to...
B4 - The Lost City boxer shorts?!?!?
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Oh the humanity!
My apologies for not yet posting the follow-up to my romp through M1 -
Blizzard Pass. I still have to get the audio sorted from my son's r...
He's Just a Baby Duck!
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Sometimes, especially when I've got a lot of work on the board, I just want
to draw something for ME! A doodle that makes me laugh, or an idea I've had
for...
Friday Evening
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Thank you for visiting the AOTA blog for the Friday Freebie! Check back
again later this evening to see the new image you can use in your
publications.
And...
MONI Workbench Article
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Another of Dampf's great scratch-build works has been featured at TMP's
workbench section.
For a full view go here: http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench...
Doc Monster Technique Video
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Hi, gang! Just made my first-ever video on comic inking/marker rendering and
I thought I'd share. In the video, I'm working on my Doc Monster comic, and
...
Regarding spam comments...
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I have been aware that we have had ongoing issues with a large amount of
spam comments.
First off, allow me to apologize to those of you that have endured ...
A New Anthology
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You might not have noticed, but we don't see a whole lot of Moslem
protagonists in science fiction and fantasy.
A recent collection assembled by Muhammad ...
Get Thee Behind Me, Disco Duck!
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I hate splash pages. I hate being held hostage. The topic came up recently
on the “Information Systems Forum” listserv. It’s a listserv of diverse
particip...
Moonstruck
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While driving home from chorus rehearsal, I admired while keeping one eye
firmly fixated on the road ahead at all times the transcendent beauty of
the ...
Blackstar
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As far as I can determine, there is only one television series in the
history of the medium that actually qualifies as a bonafide interplanetary
swashbuckl...
Top 10 Childhood Cartoons That Ended too Soon
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Now, although I think we've emerged from the cartoon wasteland of the early
2000's with some exciting programming such as the new Clone Wars show or
Wolver...
There and Back Again
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"I regret to announce -- this is The End. I am going now. I bid you all a
very fond farewell."
Yep, this is the end of the line for me, folks. As of the en...
VUDU Christmas Special
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The online video service VUDU has drastically lowered the prices of their
set top movie player box. Normally, a VUDU box goes for $299, but as a
Holiday sp...
USB Heated Shoes
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OK, so they may not be particularly fetching, but my feet are so cold today
that even I would consider wearing these USB heated shoes! Simply plug in to
yo...
Where does he get those wonderful toys?
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I'm assuming that most anyone who would be reading this is familiar with my
weekly photo comic, Minions at Work. MaW is created (mostly, some occasional
ph...
Savage Worlds Explorer’s Edition
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We have sold through our complete first printing of Savage Worlds Explorer’s
Edition. Last summer, Pinnacle launched its award-winning Savage Worlds
rules ...
Broadsword expansion is done.
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The expansion has been sent to Heyoka studios for final editing and layout.
I'm hoping to see it released by mid-March (fingers crossed). After this
releas...
Using Consumables
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I wanted to talk a little about consumables today. I think with judicious
use you can help to balance a party and encourage them to try new things.
Consu...
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
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I'll not be posting to this blog for the foreseeable future, if ever. I hope
you enjoy the archives, accessible over there in the right hand column. I'm
pa...
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