As heard at tonights Dungeons & Dragons session...

We were fighting these two hunters called Wind and Wave.  My goliath barbarian pushed a rock onto Wind, doing some damage.  My character hopped down from the ledge, and declared:

Looks like I've...



broken Wind.



Then, later on my barbarian, Red Rock, killed Wave with his longspear, after which declaring:

I appear to have...



caught the Wave.



I know there was a 3rd one, but after mountaindewgarita (1 oz tequila, 3 oz margarita mix, 3 oz Mountain Dew) #3, I can't remember it, so I'll make one up to replace it. :D

After killing the Huntmaster with his magic spear, Red Rock declared...

Turns out this was...



a bad exSPEARience for you!



I love D&D.

Random Thoughts #10

• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World premiered this weekend, and promptly got STALLOW3D!1 (thanks Davey!)  Why did this happen, when SPvTW was clearly the better pic?  Despite the marketing machine that was churning up to the release, I think that movie-goers as a whole didn't quite know what they might get with Scott Pilgrim.  Both The Expendables and Eat, Pray, Love make it very clear what kind of movie you're in for, mediocre as they may be.  Hopefully, as word-of-mouth spreads, the returns for Scott Pilgrim will improve.  I for one plan to take my friends out to see it next weekend, and hopefully you will too.

• PAX is quickly approaching.  The schedule is out and I'm looking forward to covering the event for Late Nite JengaJam along with my partner in crime, Lauren AKA OboeCrazy.  Along with covering the event as nearly legitimate media, I'll also be cosplaying for the first time at a convention.  To say I'm a little nervous would be an understatement, but I'm fully committed to this and am looking forward to the experience.  I'll be going as the Demoman from Team Fortress 2, and I'll be wielding his ubiquitous scrumpy bottle as well as the newer Eyelander.  I won't be alone as several of my friends are also joining me as an Engineer, Heavy, Medic, and Pyro.  Stay tuned for more updates!

• That's all for now.  Hopefully I'll have something more substantial for Friday. 

Midnight BONUS Review - The Expendables!

DU_Stars_Fan AKA @damnitjason joins me for a special weekend review!

Midnight Movie Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Cave Troll

Dressing up a simple game with awesome bits is a practice that I’m beginning to warm up to.  If you read my review of Big City, you’ll see a good simple game that’s gussied up with amusing pieces can be a lot of fun.

Such is the case with Cave Troll, a game that boils down to an easy to learn area control affair.  The first edition of the game came with cards, a board, and cardboard chits representing a player’s monsters and heroes.  I remember playing this version awhile The new edition comes with plastic figures instead of chits, which goes a long way in making the game more viscerally pleasing.  here’s just something awesome about moving your orc into a room and promptly beheading one of your opponents dudes, but it’s made even more cathartic when you can handle the actual figures and make things dead.

Cave Troll is straight-forward, relatively short, and a lot of fun.  Also, it can be found fairly cheaply, so there’s there lots of incentives to pick up this little gem.  Did I mention that your orc can kill opponent’s figures?  Because that’s pretty cool.

RvBTO: Day 1

For those that don't know, RvBTO is a gathering of Red vs. Blue fans in the beautiful Canadian city of Toronto.  Some might ask, "why go to Canada to celebrate a series that's made in Austin?"  To those people I have the following two reasons:

1) Shut up.
2) Fuck you.

Now then, my trip this year started with flight to Detroit and the meeting of the first members of my party, Vicki (slvrwhispr) and Jon (k1l3rman).  After picking me up from the airport, we went to a coney place to meet with the rest of our group.  Apparently "coney" is Michigander for "diner".  We soon met up with many internet superstars, such as Cory (1984), Zak (zotaku87), Manda, (_Fire_Ball_), Larry (DSchneider) and Travie (TravieYak).  Fun was had, onion rings were eaten, and normal folk were freaked the fuck out.  :D 

After an awesome visit, said our goodbyes to Cory who would sadly not be coming with us, and told Zak and Travie that we'd soon see them in TO.  The rest of us, Larry, Vicki, Jon, and Manda, went to Wal-Mart, to get snacks and a copy of Blazing Saddles for the car's DVD player, and then to the party store for noise makers and last minute costume additions for our Bring Your Own Band performance.  Also, apparently "party store" has another meaning in Michigan, so again we those of us from further south were confused as hell.  It must be the proximity to Canada.  Yup, gotta be.  Speaking of the party (supply) store, I also acquired what later become the infamous Banhammer!  I saw it, and it immediately felt right.  This hammer would find itself in the hands of many of the other mods and admins for the site, as well it should have.

Photo by Amanda Lemmond

We set out for Toronto much later than I'd anticipated, but we were still on schedule to arrive that night with some time for hanging out.  We crossed the border, encountering the HOTTEST CANADIAN BORDER AGENT EVAR along the way, and after a harrumph-filled car ride, soon found ourselves in the magical city of Toronto.  After consulting with the rest of my group, I trekked to downtown one my own, buying the Five Subway Tokens of Destiny at the Kipling station.  The First Subway Token of Destiny was spent getting to Bloor station, where I headed to street level and started walking south. 

Here's the thing about the subway.  They put a lot of time, effort, and money into building it for a reason.  Here I thought I could walk from Bloor to Dundas and the Imperial Pub about as fast as it would take me to wait for and hop onto the southbound train for two stops.  I'd never been more wrong, and the Second Subway Token of Destiny was recklessly but aptly spent to get from the College station to Dundas. 
This was a costly mistake, as I missed Ryan (Abandoned), Britte (Brittewater), and Barbara (Blawndee) at the pub.  I was bummed, but was soon delighted to see people like Jeff (Jeff), John (RocketWhore), Chris (Spamman4587), Chris (deathbyoi), Chris (knives_kill), Amy (Fienne), Charlie (flim_geek), Dan (DangerousDan), Caleb (caleb), Matt (PeteZahut666), Joe (Microbe), and many others.  Merriment was had, and I managed to drunkenly catch the last train home thanks to the Third Subway Token of Destiny.
My night didn't end there.  Upon reaching the Islington station, I realized that I still needed to traverse the 8 km north to my hotel and the rest of my party.  Fortunately I remembered that Vicki had mentioned a 24-hour bus line that runs along Islington.  Just as she said, a bus eventually showed up at the stop not far from the subway station, and I caught it home.  But my night was still not over. 

photo by Matt Bailey

See, I'd forgotten that I'd actually need a key to get into my room.  Not a problem, I thought, I just wake up my roommate Larry and he'll let me in!  I knocked on the door.  No answer.  I knocked some more.  No answer.  I texted, and heard a beep on the other side of the door.  I have the right room at least, I thought to myself, so I'm almost there.  I called, and heard a very loud ringtone on the other side of the door, but no answer.  Well shit, I thought, I guess I'm going to have to sleep right here in the hall.  I settled in, and before I drifted off to sleep a hotel worker spotted me.  She was very nice, and after explaining my predicament and providing enough information, she gave me a key to the room.  I got in, chided Larry for sleeping like the dead, and myself finally went to sleep.

This was only the first day.

Back!

I totally meant to put up some BRB, RvBTO posts this weekend, but our hotel's wireless wouldn't allow me to access the backend of this site, nor allow logmein or VPN access.  So I missed two updates, and will totally make up for them this week.

In the meantime, enjoy a video I edited for Awesome On Its Own.  :D