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Samsung and LG already released the Samsung Round and the G Flex, respectively, in the fall. I haven't read the Apple patent but unless it's more specific than 'curved touch screen' they're going to have quite a hill to climb with prior art. At any rate, the first two curved phones have not...

Veronica Mars is pretty kick-ass, though. I mean, she doesn't have superpowers, but if you get on her bad side she will break you. Granted, that show ended several years ago...

Yeah, there's no doubt that there have been re-tellings of 47 Ronin which include supernatural elements. But this particular movie is a bit different. First, it is introducing the story to the Western world, where people are not familiar with the original story. The story of the 47 ronin is...

You're talking in generalities here. Which 'good' movies that bombed are you talking about? As far as your second point, bad movies do occasionally make good at the box office (Transformers series, anyone?), but I'd say these are the exception, not the rule. In the past couple years alone we've...

Learning all the wrong lessons They do, actually. But it's amazing how seldom Hollywood is willing to step outside it's usual formulas. For instance, good action films with strong female leads tend to do very well (see: Hunger Games). Yet Hollywood still balks at letting a female superhero...

The sad thing is that the actual Japanese folk tale of the 47 Ronin is a pretty cool story. It makes sense that someone would try to make a movie out of it. But then apparently someone else decided that it needed lots of special FX and kung-fu (which is NOT what the story is about at all). And...

Honestly, in an age of PDFs and print-on-demand, there's no practical reason not to make all the editions 'ever green'. Well, there's one practical reason, I suppose, which is that you need a certain amount of man-power to edit things into shape. And maybe WotC doesn't have that right now. But...

To add to the responses regarding 'glut', the 4e glut really came during the first 2-3 years when they actually were putting out a book a month. Then suddenly they cancelled the entire slate and after that releases got relatively sparse. However throughout the process the character builder made...

The OP's troll-esque attitude aside, the real problem with immunity to sneak attack is that it singles out a specific class. Would a monster that was 'immune to rangers' be fair? No. Yet apparently some folks think it's fine that every other monster is immune to sneak attacks, the rogue's most...

Yeah, what do you get the guy that LITERALLY has everything?? "Okay, let's see what's on this guy's wish list. Hmm... peace on earth; an aircraft carrier; the moon; Bing beating Google in the search engine wars... Now that last one is just SILLY." :p

I agree entirely that the GM should not be altering rules that the players expect to hold true during actual game play. Of course, I never do that. Nor do most GMs I've met. But Billy wouldn't know that because HE'S NEVER PLAYED THE GAME. I suppose the up-shot of all this is that it would...

SPOILER ALERT: He didn't make her fabulously wealthy or anything. He just got her some nice gifts that she actually wanted. Which wouldn't be that mind-blowing, but it still means freaking Bill Gates sat down and took some time to think about some random reddit girl's wish list.

"The most fearsome monster of all time?" What's that supposed to mean? Does "multi-platform release" mean there's a CRPG coming out alongside it? So is it just called "Dungeons & Dragons" now? Why did they wait until days before Christmas to make this announce?

So this is kind of cool. A redditor received a very thoughtful Secret Santa package from a guy named Bill. It took her a while to realize that it was THAT Bill.

Honestly, that guy is an idiot. EVERY Hollywood movie is made this way, has been for years. A production company is created to make the movie. That company will exist ONLY for as long as it takes to make and release the film. On paper, that company will carry all the expenses of the movie but...

Incidentally, for those upholding chess as a game that can't be improved, David Sirlin has announced Chess 2: The Sequel*. * Presumably the designer is being SLIGHTLY tongue-in-cheek, but it's still a fun idea.

Looks like the responses to this poll are pretty definitive. When will we see the new logo? :P

I don't agree. 'Referee' is only one of the roles a GM has. They are also the storyteller, the players' opponent, the role-playing facilitator, the schedule coordinator and much more! Again, I strongly disagree. D&D is a board game welded to a cooperative storytelling experience. It's not one...

Yes, I am sure bad game experiences can leave a sour taste in someone's mouth when it comes to 'DM fiat'. And I think trust is a huge part of the player-DM relationship. I like to think that my players learn to trust me pretty quickly: I don't punish them for doing things I didn't want them to...

So, I have this friend, let's call him 'Billy'. Billy has been coming to a semi-regular board game night that I and some other people put together. We play a lot of geeky, rules-heavy stuff like Zombicide and Munchkin. Billy really likes these games. In addition, Billy is also a big fan of...