Pants on Fire

in Family, From Livejournal, Thoughts
Bill and Alyson over the years.

Originally Posted 6/14/2002 - This one is interesting to me. Posted three months before I proposed to Alyson and a good 5 years before Caleb was born it is a look into the head of a single man about to take that leap into commitment and all the anxiety that goes along with it. Enjoy. Read the Full Article

Internet Killed the Adventure Game

in From Livejournal, Nostalgia, Sierra
Quest for Glory II Original Box Cover

This thought decended on me and I thought I'd rant on it for a little bit this morning.
Does anyone else remember the old Sierra On-line games? King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, and Liesure Suit Larry? I was reminded of Space Quest this morning because I thought I saw the Health food store selling dehydrated water and it reminded me of the whole Orat thing. Stupid alien. Read the Full Article

Going on about Pathfinder

in Contest, Pathfinder, Strego
Pathfinder Core Book

I've been meaning to write about Pathfinder for a while and now that Trollitic.com is giving away the books as part of a contest, now seems like the perfect time to sit down and do something about it. Read the Full Article

I know! Right?

in Caleb, Video

Parenting is all about using your child as your own personal sounding board. In this video we manipulate The Little Guy into saying the phrase: 'I know! Right?' as an inside joke making fun of his old babysitter. I'm a good parent. Honest.

I know I've been slacking on the postings lately. I took some time to devote to a writing project. You guys will know more the moment (or close to) that I know more from the publisher. Read the Full Article

Retro Clones and Non-Clones

in Gaming, Nostalgia
RetroGaming

Last article I wrote about the Open Gaming movement. One specific use of open gaming has been the creation of what are called 'RetroClones'. Though I have seen a variety of philosophies discussed over what the term actually means, from my outside view it seems to just mean that they are using the Open Gaming License to replicate the rules of older versions of Dungeons & Dragons in a newer, slightly shinier package. Read the Full Article

What is Open Gaming

in Nostalgia, RPG, Thoughts
Defunct d20 Logo

Back in 2000 I had just moved down to DC and was living on my own in the Ft. Totten area. It wasn't the nicest neighborhood but I still walked down to the post office in the blazing heat to pick up my brand new 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons books. I'd been playing Vampire LARP pretty much exclusively for the previous couple of years and these were a breath of fresh air.

As I got online to read more about this shiny new game I came across references to something called 'Open Gaming'. Read the Full Article

Happy Birthday Caleb

in Birthday, Milestone

Today we're staying with my Parents for Caleb's birthday. He is three today. I noticed while connected to my parent's Network that they have a NAS drive setup. One of the first directories on the NAS drive is 'Caleb is Born'. This picture here is one of my favorites from that directory because he looks like he's plotting.

I just tried to convince Caleb to laugh menacingly but he informed me that I'm Dr. Doom and HE is 'Hulk Smash'. So he's willing to growl for me, but no maniacal laughter. Maybe later.

Happy Birthday Caleb

Caterpillar Cake

in Birthday, Cake, Milestones

This is the Cake Alyson made for Caleb's 3rd Birthday party at the daycare.

Caterpillar Cake

The Wonder Woman 'Reboot'

in Change, DC Comics, Wonderwoman
Wonder Woman's Pants

Today a (highly geeky) section of the internet exploded with the reveal of the new costume (seen to the right) and the new direction for the character of Wonder Woman in DC Comics. I will start with a quote that I wish more people would read before drawing their own conclusions.. "Those who can see those two worlds know that something has changed, and they try to get Diana to see that, but she only knows what she's seen and experienced.

To solve the problem before them she must a) find out who attacked Paradise Island and why, b) stop those who are trying to kill the remaining Amazons now, c) rescue any more surviving Amazons, and d) find some way to straighten out the timeline and reconcile what was to what is. So we continue to get glimpses of Wander Woman as she was juxtaposed against Diana as she is."

and then talk about my own conclusions after the jump Read the Full Article