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For the record, video games can't use the MSPAA's ratings because that organization has them copyrighted. On the plus side, we'll be getting our own ratings just a short time after this issue came out. Also, it's Final Fantasy 4 in Japan. We get another game skip, and then we get Final...

I think you're mistaken about Wolfenstein 3D in that it's also normal shareware. So the first third of the game was free, and then you had to pay for the rest (or, you know, pirate it.) I can't even remember if it had console versions, and I remember the ones for Doom several years later were...

I really missed these guys (and gal, if I remember right,) when they first left. I liked how the upcoming replacement focused more on console games, but he had a completely different mindset regarding reviews, often giving perfectly acceptable games a two or three star review. But on...

Actually, all the Yamaras are double length from hereon. But this one in particular was so wonderful to me. I loved that last panel so much when I was a kid.

Yeah, I don't get the lead bill issue at all. I read about it at the time and generally was against it for geek solidarity reasons, but I didn't really worry about minis at the time. And these days, the plastic things are usually more than sufficient, especially since they're pre-painted...

I'm embarrassed to say it these days, but I was a huge Piers Anthony fan back in high school. Not just Xanth, either; he had a ton of weird sci-fi/fantasy mish mosh series full of big ideas about parallel realities and with far less puns and panty obsessions. They were also really creepy at...

Yeah, I've been here. I call it the Law of Inverse Enthusiasm. Basically, the more planning I put into an adventure and the more excited I get at playing it, the more likely it is that half my players can't make the game anymore, or everyone gets busy so we don't get a session for a month, or...

I immediately thought of this issue when that Jumper movie came out, so even though I didn't read it, I guess the premise gripped me more than most of the ye olde fantasy stuff this column covered. Shame that apparently the movie totally butchered the concept of the book. That must be a real...

True, though I admit that the object's back story tends to get a little silly sometimes. I remember when I first read that article a while back about the lanterns, and I noticed that every item seemed to have the same template. "This item was made by person X. Then that person was horribly...

Oooh, what did they do?

Mock Roger Moore's editorial all you want (I know I will,) but that was what got me into Toon in the first place. Not only did it introduce me to the game, but it showed how it was more than just "play as Bugs Bunny." The idea of tossing in pop culture references, warping the story completely...

Well, look on the bright side. At least Deathstrike rode that Wolverine coattail to mainstream success. She even got an appearance in a movie! A crappy appearance, but still, it's something. That's more than Onslaught, the Brood, Apocalypse, the Hellfire Club, Omega Red, Mister Sinister, the...

Despite hearing about in Dragon, Knights of the Dinner Table, and whatnot, the stories about characters who butcher random NPCs seems so alien to me. I never had or was in a party that did that. Maybe it was a generational change? Or as video games progressed, we became "trained" by them? We...

Castles 2 is sadly the one computer game of this era I never got my hands on. I had a friend who got it and I played his copy, but I never had time for a full game, and despite asking for like 3 years, I never got it for the usual kid holidays, either. As for Sherlock, while neat for its time...

From what I hear, DC's about the same. These Crisis and Black Lantern arcs are all about bringing back old and/or dead characters. I actually like the way the goblins sound here. It's like they're a swarm of mini-Reavers a decade before Firefly even came out. Though orcs would fill that role...

Are you mad? It was the cast of supporting character that eventually killed Sonic. Tails was fine and maaaaaybe Knuckles, but even saying the name "Big the Cat" is enough to make most gamers experience pain. That being said, "Sonic 3" is my favorite, too.

I'm amazed there's any ambiguity on the subject at this point. The warlock's been around for years now, and it's probably the most popular of the expanded core classes, especially if the inclusion in 4th edition is any indication.

For me, the weirdest thing about Dark Sun is that they're bringing back for 4th edition! Don't get me wrong, I can see the "Points of Light" thing working out well. But when I think Dark Sun, I think desperation and survival. Metal weapons? Good luck with that, enjoy this bone sword that...

Oh, I know that. I do have the errata, though I did miss the part about EB being clarified as an invocation until reread it. My question related to the spell level is the DC of the effect. Frightful Blast would make the spell a 2nd level one, and Eldritch Chain would make it 4th level. Would...

I figured as much. Given that the eldritch blast is treated as a "spell" as the same level as the highest effect on it, I wanted to make sure that the DC is still based on the effect that granted it. So if I had "Frightful Blast" and "Eldritch Chain," for example, the DC would still be only...