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04 Mar, 2008

Gary Gygax RIP 1938 - 2008

Posted by: Dave In: Games

From CNN
Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.
He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.
Gary, we’ll miss you. You brought joy to [...]

07 Feb, 2008

Fight for kisses

Posted by: Dave In: Film| Games

This is a video game that looks fantastic. I love the Bruce Lee moves the baby uses in the very end. That is one badass baby.

01 Jan, 2008

+20 tattoo of gaming

Posted by: Dave In: Design| Games| Humor| Weird

Blogger Z of the Hipster Please blog recently got one of the greatest tattoos ever.  It is a line drawing of the most-hallowed 20-sided die for Dungeons and Dragons (commonly referred to as a “d20″ for those non-nerdy readers out there…if there are any.)
Kudos to you, sir.  Now back to your parents’ basement before the [...]

22 Nov, 2007

Leomund’s tiny pot

Posted by: Dave In: Design| Games| Weird

Actually, this has nothing to do with Leomund’s Tiny Hut.
Chinese master potter Wu Ruishen (吴瑞深) has created a mini teapot weighing just 1.4 grams. The teapot was revealed on Nov 15 and is claimed to be the smallest teapot in the world.
The 73-year-old Wu is a renowned pottery and porcelain artist in China, specializes in [...]

10 Sep, 2007

Bloxorz

Posted by: Dave In: Games| Web

I found this game online the other night and I am getting addicted to it. I am having trouble getting past stage 11 (pictured above). If you happen to figure it out, please post the solution in the comments or email me. I’m not sure I will be able to sleep until [...]

20 Aug, 2007

GenCon Day 4 (final day)

Posted by: Dave In: Games| Photography| Vacation


19 Aug, 2007

Gencon Day 3

Posted by: Dave In: Games| Photography| Vacation

If the slideshow doesn’t work, click here.

18 Aug, 2007

Gencon Day 2

Posted by: Dave In: Games| Photography| Vacation

If the slideshow doesn’t work, visit this link to see the photos.
-Dave

16 Aug, 2007

Gencon Day 1

Posted by: Dave In: Games| Photography| Vacation

Notice the cool dude standing between the Stormtroopers.
-Dave

15 Aug, 2007

I’m in Indy

Posted by: Dave In: Games| Vacation

My flight was delayed several hours this morning, but I managed to make it to Indianapolis by 6:30pm or so. While sitting at the gate in Houston I played a little game with myself called “spot the gaming nerd going to Gencon.”
It was an easy game.
As it turns out, the plane from Houston to [...]



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