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YouTube of the Week: Tame Theft Auto Edition »

Conan O’Brien’s version of the new, tamer GTA. First one above, second one (that I think is even funnier) after the jump.

Inq. of the Week: Fury vs. Fury »

Over the weekend, we were fortunate enough to have not one, not two, not three, but FOUR quality reviews!

TheMainEvent reviewed Iron Man
Bartoneus reviewed GTA IV
OriginalSultan reviewed Incan Gold
ChattyDM reviewed Mario Kart Wii (thanks again for the guest post, and go check his site out! A must-read for RPGers!)

Thus, I declared it to be unofficial review […]

GleemaxGames Goes Gold »

OK, not so much gold as live, but I wanted alliteration.
The first few games to be released through Gleemax are now available for a free trial period. So far, they have:

RoboRally, the classic game of programming robots, who then run into things and blast each other
Axis & Allies, the classic WWII strategy game
Vegas Showdown, a […]

Happy Star Wars Day! »

May the Fourth be with you!

Free Comic Book Day is Tomorrow »

Somehow this year’s FCBD almost slipped by me- there seems to be a palpable lack of buzz around it this year, and I’ve barely seen it mentioned in any of the comic blogs. Has the event become tired and worn? Has the emphasis shifted from corporate level advertising to stores doing their own things to […]

2008 Origins Awards Nominees Announced »

Found over at Gaming Report. Hit the jump for the full list. As usual, there’s some good stuff in there, along with a healthy dose of WTF? (For example, Bankruptcy is one of the worst games I have ever played, and yet, there it is…)
Like last year, I intend to cover the awards ceremony at […]

10 Word Adventures Contest at ChattyDM »

Phil the Chatty DM is holding a contest to get adventure synopses/hooks. The only catch? They have to be exactly 10 words.
Yours truly will be helping to judge, so head over there now and give me tons of good stuff to look at! (And steal ideas from!)

The Teardown »

Let’s start with an analogy. Let’s say you’ve just written a short story for class in college. You hand it in to your professor, and get a B. There are plenty of editor’s marks on it: spelling, grammar, some minor organizational stuff. Then there are the overall comments, like “doesn’t flow well” or “theme isn’t […]

YouTube of the Week: Betraying Warthog Edition »

One of the many Halo 3 videos out there… but can you predict the twist? Suggested by The Foodist.