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Gnomes. Let's talk about gnomes. I don't get the appeal. First of all, what niche are they supposed to fill? They live underground and they make stuff, like dwarves. But I guess they're thinner? And more annoying? Or maybe they're just halflings that live underground. Regardless, they don't...

I don't doubt that there is A Number of stores that take Bitcoin. However, the chances that the number is low and that there aren't any of those stores near where you live if you're not in NYC or Seattle are high.

I picked up quite a few 4e books and products from Amazon a couple months ago. They were available then. I suspect Christmas has just cleaned them out. I don't know how Amazon's back-end business works, but I suspect they don't remainder books. Their strategy is the opposite of stores that...

It's actually less anonymous than cash. Every bitcoin transaction leaves a digital paper trail so that it can be verified. It's possible to make it very hard to follow, but at the end of the day it's not completely anonymous. Handing someone a stack of hundred dollar bills in an alley? THAT'S...

I think, besides being an interesting engineering problem, the idea is to get away from a centralized government having control over money. Some people really hate the idea that, for example, a dollar is worth a dollar only because the US gov't says so. Bitcoin has no gov't authority, no central...

The CGI does not look that great, which could be a problem in a movie that looks to be heavily CGI-reliant.

She's not in high school NOW. The movie takes place at her high school reunion.

Hard-boiled film noir set in high school. I think the movie is pretty much going to appeal to a) fans of the show and b) fans of sassy, tough leading ladies. But since it was Kickstarted, it's already made a good amount of money so it's okay that it will have a fairly niche appeal.

These currencies are great for speculators and terrible to actually use for buying stuff. If one zoom-buck is worth one regular dollar today, but it might be worth two regular dollars tomorrow, are you going to spend it today to buy a candy bar? No, you'll hang on to it to see if it goes up in...

I know! First two episodes were GREAT. At this point I'm incredibly meh about Agents of SHIELD. They need to shake things up in a big way on that show. I'm also greatly enjoying Person of Interest, which you should be watching.

Jon Brazer baked me a cake for my last birthday. Jon Brazer introduced me to my wife of thirty years. Jon Brazer rescued a drowning kitten from the lake. Jon Brazer donated his kidney to a homeless man. Jon Brazer cries every time someone litters. Jon Brazer is fair in love AND war. Jon...

If you can put an interesting twist on humans, go for it. In 4e Gamma World, you roll for your two 'origins'. If you roll the same for both origins, you get 'enhanced human', which is actually more powerful than normal origins. It's also quite rare. I like that GW took the idea of human as a...

So... if I ever run epic-tier 4e, basically I need to do lots of skill challenges, and punish failures with dangerous auras for monsters. :lol:

I think they just need to be honest up front if they're going to do this. "In a couple years we will probably release revised versions of the core books based on what we've learned about the game." Then maybe give people who bought the original core books a small discount. I think that would go...

Never played epic, but that's pretty insane! There never seemed to be any support for the epic tier in 4e and I've heard lots of complaints of DMs struggling to 'challenge the players'. I honestly think very little of the epic stuff was ever play-tested. On the other hand, there's an argument...

Well the whole wood pulp thing illustrates the difference between now and when 3.0 came out: print has changed in a big way. People want digital copies of things and there is a lot less money to be made by selling hardcovers these days. I don't think DDI is the culprit. I think DDI is the only...

What is an open question is whether 4e's life-cycle was short because it was different or simply because ten year editions are no longer financially viable. Time, and 5e, will tell...

It would pretty much have to be a) Iron Man or b) not a superhero, then, wouldn't it? I guess Bruce Banner IS a scientist, but building robots doesn't really seem like his thing. I think we can safely rule out Thor, Cap, Black Widow or Hawkeye.

Who is??