Recent content by overgeeked

I love anthologies by multiple authors because it provides short snippets of one author before moving on to someone else. I don’t mind novellas and older, shorter novels, but the modern tread of single-author, single-story doorstoppers is just not for me.

Both are great games. You won’t go wrong either way. The mechanics are different but both are shooting for roughly the same (or similar) play experience. Lower magic, zero to hero, deadly combat, exploration matters, etc. They take different approaches though. If you want the more standard...

The “I’m done stealing” “I want you to steal” exchange. Louis’ story time. Shrinking the building. The tiny fight in the kid’s room with the train. The scared kid, dad saves the day bit. The new step-dad who spends the movie busting his chops sides with Ant-Man bit. Lots of greats scenes.

More on Funnyman. I tracked down the public-domain comics and read them. All six issues. Can't say I'm impressed. The character is fascinating. Great premise that I'd love to see someone revive, but the actual execution was not great. I think it just cements the idea that Siegel and Shuster were...

The other version of that is better, I think. Violence doesn't solve anything *opens history book

It's one of the subtler versions of "guns" the GLs have made over the years. John Stewart was a marine and loves to make all kinds of fancy guns and artillery.

"If some day you're not feeling well, you should remember some little thing I have said or done and if it brings a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart then my purpose as a clown has been fulfilled." —Red Skelton

Always loved the humor of Blood Bowl.

Just tore through Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman. Got it yesterday. Took me 3.5 hours to read. It's a really short book. Quite interesting topic...too bad the book it barely connected to the title. So the young Jewish guys Jerry Siegel...

That’s the slogan for modern society since about 1950. We’ve had pockets of time where responsibility makes a come back, but they seem to be less frequent and last less and less time each go around.

Well, it was an interesting thread until the humorless and unimaginative found it.

Or Doctor Who. Could even run it after the horses have left the barn. Someone decides they’ve had enough of all this nonsense and starts removing time travel after it’s already in use.

You know that thing where food bloggers tell you a long-winded and pointless story about their grandma’s secret crush on the neighbor? You know how there’s sometimes a skip button to the recipe? I want that in RPGs. Don’t tell me how awesome it’ll be when you finally tell me the rules. Just...

It really is nice seeing someone who actually likes the source material be in charge for a change. The comics might sell better if writers and artists who actually liked the material they were working on, too. I tried watching that when it started. But I noped out after the 3-4 episode in the...