Recent content by Arnie_Wan_Kenobi

TIL Cochlear Implants were invented in 1957. I was reading a students' paper and it dropped a detail about someone getting them in the 1980s. For whatever reason, I assumed they were a much later development, and external hearing aids were the only available technology until at least the 2010s.

Double post: ignore please.

I came here to say exactly the same thing. I already need to reorganize my shleves to fit everything and I have more stuff than I'll ever play, but I'm still considering popping into my FLGS today to see if anything catches my eye. Edit: It's worth noting that there is nothing out now OR on...

Took me a second to realize that's an old image; I was trying to figure our why that wasn't what I remembered seeing!

The dragonborn fighter was the first one of those prepainted singles I picked up, and served as my dragonborn paladin in my at-work campaign until one of the other players painted me a mini. (I have never had anyone do that before. It was one of the nicest, and coolest, things anyone had done...

Great game. I caught the 3rd period of Swiss-Sweden, too. It was a good day to watch hockey.

Sounds like negligent parenting. [/s] (I'm kidding!)

One of my Makita cordless drills is 32 years old, but it only gets used in a pinch, I use the newer one more. The fridge that had been in my dorm room died in August, I plugged it in for the first time since June and it was putting out way too much heat. At 29 years old, that would have been the...

I...I know that [/ashamed]. I hang my head in nerd shame for going blank on the name. (and it's not like the reverse when Hasbro started usiny "Snarl" for the triceratops because someone pointed out the slang meaning of "Slag" in certain regions.) (Which I never got. By those standards...

11 and 8. We've played D&D a few times together (and one of the 11-year-old's friends), I've pieced together a campaign of "Peril in Pinebrook," Chapter 1 of "Wild Beyond the Witchlight," two adventures in "Radiant Citadel," and that's as far as I've planned. 11-year-old is also in school's D&D...

Sounds like Blokees, which, if the two I've grabbed as impulse buys are any indication, are pretty nifty (Megatron from Transformers: ONE and Transformers Generation 1 Slag Snarl--which was nice, Stegosaurus was always my favorite dinosaur as a kid.)

I'm looking forward to watching this one tonight; the US/Italy match was great. Avoiding looking at any results from anything today so I can watch it unspoiled, despite the high probability that my eight-year-old--who is really getting into curling--will be pestering me for the result before we...

It's the two weeks every two years I get uncharacteristically patriotic and really into sports, rather than being a casual fan of "local team." We subscribed to Peacock because my wife wanted to see an NFL playoff game, and it's paying off; we'll cancel when the month is over. Curling is a...

I WAS going to say "Realms of Kymoria," but they JUST emailed that the lawsuit has been dismissed and they're working on a product release schedule, so we'll see (honestly, I thought the lawsuit had already been settled). So, I'm going to go with the last batch of Brancalonia I picked up...

I get it. Big fan of them, although my fondness for Lizardfolk gradually morphed into a fondness for Dragonborn. I voted for the last three PC species I've played: Goliath, Dragonborn, and Goblin. Next up is Awakened Cat! (And that's not an option). Nevermind. I didn't see Minotaur initially...