This is all about the best D&D 3.5 spells ever. A few quick ground rules. First, I’m only using spells from the SRD. In fact, I’m using The Hypertext d20 SRD to be specific. If it’s not in there, you won’t see it here. Also, no epic magic. Epic magic can do anything assuming you [...]
Well, given that it’s Thanksgiving, I figured I should do a quick tribute post. Given that this is a gaming blog, this will all be about things I’m thankful for in regards to gaming. Rest assured, there are many other things I’m thankful for, this simply isn’t the place to share the ones that aren’t [...]
While I was over at Nameless Kingdom Tabletop Gaming a day or two ago, I came across a post, A Gamemaster in Defense of Powergamers, which happens to be a topic I’m very interested in. In his post, he seems to feel that powergamers are generally perceived in a negative light, and that powergaming is [...]
Welcome to the November, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Video Game Bloggers. As you no doubt have noticed if you’re reading, your regularly scheduled host, James Newton, is taking a break this month to give me a chance to host for you all. It looks like there are a fair number of new submitters [...]
That’s right. Eidos wants European reviewers who rate Tomb Raider: Underworld lower than an 8.0/10 to hold off on posting their reviews until Monday. That way, the game’s average score can remain high for awhile and they won’t “put people off buying the game.”
Excuse me? Seriously, they’re actually admitting this? Kudos to them for owning [...]
Now that I’ve caught your attention, let me say that while I like the fact Darkfall is treading a lot of new ground, I still can’t recommend it as the MMORPG to play, even if it does pull off all of its goals. I’m certain the game will appeal to a large group of gamers [...]
There’s a lot that goes into making a memorable game. However, some people get too caught up in certain aspects of a game to really enjoy the other aspects. As you might have guessed from the title, there are three major aspects of a game I want to talk about: the rules and mechanics set [...]
For those of you who’ve been following my site for a bit, or just read my last post even, you might be asking yourself what I have against MMORPGs. Well, actually, you can already read about that in The Problems with MMORPGs and The Problems with MMORPGs: Part II, among other posts I’ve written. They [...]
Ah yes, I haven’t ragged on our good friend the MMORPG in awhile. Well, now I’m going to once again, because a friend of mine convinced me to give another one a try (Last Chaos, for anyone who cares). And while I’ve been having some fun with it, I can already feel my interest slipping [...]
This piece is based on my personal experience, and not any scientific studies. I didn’t do research for this, and I’m just talking about things I’ve noticed video games and roleplaying games have done for me. If you want scientific studies, I recommend starting with Google.
1) Make new friends. This is easiest done with tabletop [...]
