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Dave The Game is Dave Chalker, son of science fiction author Jack L. Chalker. In addition to being a semi-professional game designer Dave is the Editor-in-Chief of Critical Hits (which means he writes about everything.) Dave is also Executive Director of the RPG Bloggers Network. (Email Dave)

Quick Updates from GenCon
Friday, 15 Aug, 2008 – 17:56 | One Comment

Before we actually start some more serious writeups of our GenCon experiences, there’s a few tidbits that have crossed by me that I wanted to point out:

Scott Rouse is very confident that the new version …

GenCon 2008 Coverage
Friday, 15 Aug, 2008 – 1:46 | 5 Comments
GenCon 2008 Coverage

Bartoneus and myself are at GenCon 2008 in Indianapolis. This post will collect all of our coverage of the event, updated with new links whenever content is posted.

GenCon Twitter Feed
GenCon Photos
Ennie Award Winners and Pictures
Preview: …

YouTube of the Week: Shameless Self Promotion Part 2 Edition
Tuesday, 12 Aug, 2008 – 1:25 | 3 Comments

Just as with last year, I am inflicting upon you the movie I helped make in 48.25 hours. It is not eligible for the YouTube of the Year award, despite being awesome.

Inq. of the Week: GenCon?/YouTube of the Year Nominations
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 17:25 | 6 Comments
Inq. of the Week: GenCon?/YouTube of the Year Nominations

How much do we like to fight in our RPGs? 43% of you enjoy half your time being taken up with kicking butt, whereas closely behind 40% of you like the majority of your game …

WotC to revise GSL: that’ll give us something to interview about
Monday, 11 Aug, 2008 – 17:02 | One Comment

With the evergrowing list of publishers not signing the GSL (or choosing their own alternatives), it looks like the message finally got through to someone:
“We recognize the important role third party publishing support plays in …

2 Hugo Awards, and one other scoop from WorldCon
Saturday, 9 Aug, 2008 – 23:42 | 2 Comments

Not that I normally cover them, but I’m receiving word (via text message from my mother at WorldCon) that the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) went to Stardust, and Best Novel went …

WotC finally convinces me to buy Forgotten Realms
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 13:53 | 19 Comments
WotC finally convinces me to buy Forgotten Realms

I’ve never been much of a Realms fan. Well, I take it back, I’ve never really been a fan of PLAYING in the Forgotten Realms. When I was younger, I read every FR book that …

D&DI Updates: Charging Before Ready
Wednesday, 6 Aug, 2008 – 21:40 | 15 Comments

WotC has posted some updates to how D&D Insider is developing. Some of it is encouraging, some of it… not so much. There’s a rundown of the different services that are included, which also drops …

Critical Hits Prepares for GenCon
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 23:43 | 5 Comments
Critical Hits Prepares for GenCon

Expect posting to be light for the next week or so as Bartoneus and myself prepare for the oncoming train game con that is GenCon. We’ve purposely left a lot of our schedule open so …

YouTube of the Week: Get Your Higgs Boson Edition
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 16:41 | No Comment

By popular demand (from joshx0rfz), it’s the Large Hadron Collider Rap. You can sing this as it consumes the universe (or not.)

RPG Bloggers Down (And Back Up)
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 15:39 | One Comment

Just a quick note… we’re not sure if it’s due to the incredible response yesterday, a rogue post, or something else, but RPG Bloggers Network is currently down. We are doing our best to restore …

Announcing: The RPG Bloggers Network
Sunday, 3 Aug, 2008 – 21:09 | 2 Comments
Announcing: The RPG Bloggers Network

I’ve been working hard the past week or so on a brand new project, but one that has been formulating for a long, long time.
It’s the RPG Bloggers Network, located at rpgbloggers.com!
A bunch of us …