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You seem to be missing the point, Jon. The superhero genre is not a bastion of verisimilitude. Superheroes do what they do and dress the way they dress because it's awesome. No more, no less.

Lego #1 I'm fine with, but Monopoly #2? Blech. Not only is it a bad game, it's bad for games. How many people won't touch boardgames because of memories of interminable episodes of Monopoly fueled by poorly-thought out and utterly-pervasive house rules?

I used Amazon to take donations for my site for a while. Worked well. Don't remember what they charged, but it wasn't bad. Presumably Google Checkout could be used as well.

Finished up Alice in Wonderland a few days ago. Currently reading Cold Magic, by Kate Elliott. Publisher's Weekly recommended it to fans of His Dark Materials, so I kind of had to give it a try after reading that. Starts off slow, but it's picking up. Has promise. Also has two rather annoying...

Consider this: in a world where magic is possible, but unlikely, through stupid, random happenstance, there will be some people who are exceptionally... exceptional. So when you start your campaign, you have the option of following any of the 99.99% of people out there who will never do...

Just finished up 33 AD today. Not bad, but nothing terribly special. Ended earlier than I expected (ended at 91% on my Kindle, the rest was acknowledgements and such), so I was left scrambling for something to read on the train this morning. Luckily, I had Alice in Wonderland stowed away for...

Can't say, never played it.

All the swashbuckinlin' repartee is really turning me en garde.

That was one of Rich's greatest strips ever. Truly, they both fought with punache.

Tried a sample of A Game of Thrones and didn't really care for it. Not my style. Decided on 33 A.D. for my next book, which is about a vampire assassin on a mission to kill Jesus.

Never heard of it. The link leads to SJGames.com, which implies the game is being published by Steve Jackson games, which implies that the game is going to have lots of (possibly good) flavor and nothing else of any value. Friends don't let friends play Steve Jackson games.

Just finished The Black Prism by Brent Weeks. Absolutely loved it! I was a bit worried at first due to some obvious parallels to his first trilogy, the Night Angel series, but I'm happy to say that the similarities are quite superficial. Some really surprising twists, and a really neat system...

I had a twist at the end of an adventure which I thought was kind of cliche, but either my players didn't notice or didn't care. They were genuinely creeped out. They found their way to an old mansion in the middle of a thunderstorm, had dinner with the family there which consisted of a father...

I love that, if one were to judge by the "popular gallery images" on the main page, one might infer that DAZ Studio is only capable of rendering buxom women and Superman.

I speak only from my experiences trawling for books on Amazon. I'll happily take any suggestions. :)

Ha, crazy coincidence! And great job on the book. I just got to the big 'reveal' on the train this morning. :) I do have one annoyance, which I wouldn't have brought up if not for the fact that apparently I have your attention... I'm reading this on my Kindle, and I like to take notes of...

I'm currently reading Mob Rules by Cameron Haley and I'm very impressed. I've been itching for some good modern fantasy, and it's surprisingly hard to find any due to a deluge of cash ins on the Twilight craze. Seems like every fantasy novel with a female protagonist and modern setting is...

Hadn't heard of the Exo, thanks for the heads up. That thing does look pretty sexy... I'd be worried weather 2 GB of ram would be enough for a pleasant experience in Windows 7, though.

No, it does not, and I do not intend to add such a setting, for a couple of reasons. First, I just don't find it very compelling that sometimes you'll get a feature and sometimes you won't. If I want to use traps, I'll use traps, and if I don't I won't. Second, I don't even think it's a...

Well, that's embarassing! Fixed, and thanks!