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It seems that way. Still, I think Mark Hamill is a great voice actor. It was ages before I realized that he played The Joker on the animated Batman series in the early 90s and I was a HUGE fan of that show. That's awesome that they are making more Conan movies. I think it would be great to see...

I moved to California for the year of 2003 when my wife took a job out there. Without a job, local friends or family, I was pretty hungry for some social gaming. So I joined a weekly game at an FLGS. That's where I got my big introduction to what a Rules Lawyer is really like. * This guy would...

Fixed target numbers rock. It greatly simplifies the game.

One meta-game reason to do this is if your PCs level-spread is to great. Maybe you have one PC who is a couple levels higher than the others because they have been raised so many times? Target him for assassination to bring the party back to parity. Just don't tell your player that's why you...

IIRC weapon upgrades do not have a caliber. Each weapon comes with a number of free upgrades. You can purchase additional upgrades if your weapon has left over capacity with gear picks, though I forget the exact rules for this.

Nooo! I lived in Mtn View in 2003 and I probably went to Gamescape at least once a week. I liked it better than the place in Vallco Mall. But that might be because I always found Vallco to be kind of creepy with all of those vacant stores. My wife and I called it the Ghostmall. That sucks...

A main plot point in my campaign was the use of magically-created doppelganger assassins by The Bad Guy to infiltrate and control the region's governments. The PCs knew the DA's existed and the main thrust of the campaign was to break the magical grip The Bad Guy had on the DA's. Once they...

And I thought he was just happy to ... Ahh forget it. :D

I think the best thing to do is to telegraph the fact that the enemy is likely to send assassins to kill the PCs. Players love making plans for events like this. Then you can have fun figuring out ways to have the assassin sneak past their plans. Or let their well-planned defenses catch the...

Weren't those books inspired by a D&D campaign anyway? I too remember reading the Magician books as a kid and loving them. The Riftwar was a really cool idea.

Goldfinger... It's one of those channel-flip black holes. I am powerless to resist watching it. Source of the best JB quote ever. I hope Casino Royale will be more hard-edged and less cartoony. I don't mind over-the-top action/fight scenes but the last movie reminded me of the Roger Moore "Jaws...

You need to learn the fine art of sneaking food into a theatre. I honed my skills during my poor high school and college years. With the right coat, you can sneak in a six pack of cans (your choice of soda or beer) and a pound of M&Ms. Once, my dad smuggled in a quarter pounder with cheese. The...

It may not be gamers stealing the books. My best friend works at our public library. He says game books, books on witchcraft, and especially certain DVDs (like "Queer as Folk" and "Sex in the City") get stolen all the time by what he calls "religious fundies". Apparently there is a regular group...

I'm sorry to laugh, but that deal with the muffins is killing me. I'd like to think I'd say something clever and jack the guy from my house. But its just as likely that I'd sit there, stunned that someone would do that. "Dude, are you just gonna sit there and eat all those muffins?" "Mrrrhph...

I still think its funny that a restaurant has a mascot named "Grimace."

Did you guys see the one earlier this summer with Star Wars Ep III came out? They had Vader and The King face to face. They cut back-and-forth from Vader's breathing and the guy in The King mask breathing. Comedy genius.

If you haven't already, go down the list of recommended reading in the AD&D DMG. Great stuff.

I love The King! The best commercial was the one where the guy woke up to discover The King next to him in bed. Freakin' hilarious! A close second is the one where they photoshop The King into NFL footage. The King gets a pick and runs it in for a TD! The fact that they used the traditional NFL...

Then they came here to Indy, sucked, became awesome, and tricked us into building a new stadium. I really think if they don't make it to the Superbowl this year, we are going to lose James. It's pretty hard to sell the play-fake without a kick-ass RB... Still they are fun to watch, when they...

Another vote for Farscape. I mean, the whole reason it was cool was because it had strong continuity. The whole reason you cared about the characters was because you had seen them go through so much. Strong continuity might have had some impact on its ratings, but I think Farscape suffered far...