D&D Related

RPGBloggers.com is pretty much going to take care of all the RPG related plugging!!  Actually, it’s 11:46 on Wednesday and I really wanna get this post published.  Ha!

Random Geekery

The most awesome TV related post ever – Why You Shouldn’t Watch Firefly – from Critical Hits.

I have plugged this again and again, but please please please check out Legend of Neil, from the people who brought you The Guild.

For those lucky folks going to GenCon, check out the vendor list compiled by Trask at LivingDice.

BingeGamer had a hilarious story about a wanted murderer getting caught while playing Guitar Hero at Walmart, of all places.

Neatorama linked to an awesome place where you can buy fake Boy Scout merit badges for things like Blogging.  YES!!  Oh, and you should definitely date a unicorn because they fart glitter.  If anyone finds a Homer Simpson Euro, please send it to me!

I <3 Hawty McBloggy.  I always find something on her blog that I need to share with you all.  Check out this XBox wedding cake which spells inevitable doom for the newlyweds.

Art based on Darth Vader’s helmet?  Only at Geekologie.  Oh, and who needs Strawberry Alarm Clock when you can have the Wake n’Bacon alarm clock?

If you haven’t been reading Stolen Pixels by Shamus Young, we will hunt you down and gank you.  This one is about the WoW server types… so hilarious, and true.

BoingBoing, you never cease to bring me awesome info, like how to surgically create your own elf ears.

That’s all the geek that’s fit to eat!  Yum!

D&D Related

• Dante at StupidRanger reviews the 4e Dungeon Master’s Guide.
• Shelly Mazzanoble of Wizards of the Coast (and Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress fame) is a Dungeon Master.  May the gods help us all.
• John at Gnome Stew had a totally awesome post entitled: What Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog Can Teach You About GMing.
• Dave at Critical Hits would like some tips from GenCon veterans about True Dungeon.  (Note to my GeekBoy – you’d better get over there and comment, dear!)
• Happy blogiversary to Yax and Expy of DungeonMastering.  By the way, YOU (yes, you!) should be sure you’ve voted for DungeonMastering in the ENnies!  When you’re done, check out Things You Ought To Know About Your DM.  (My advice – know his favorite cookie variety and bring them!)
• Propagandroid at The Gamer Dome is working on an index to the 4e PHB, since the existing one, well… sucks.

General Geekery

• Felicia Day of The Guild and Dr. Horrible fame was interviewed at ComicCon by Mahalo Daily.  She’s going to be on an episode of House!  I’m so excited.  Now, if we can just get her on an episode of Big Bang Theory, my life would be complete.
• GeekNews (and GDG Commenter Alan!) pointed out a great tool to see your website as colorblind people do.
• GeekSugar had the neatest little thing – The Hang On Outlet.  It holds the plugs of things you don’t want plugged in, but also don’t want dangling around everywhere.
• Geekologie presents: Geeky Stained Glass and 25 Gesture Rock-Paper-Scissors.   Warning:  The latter will cause you to kill way too much time.
• Get fit and get a piece of Internet History!  Hawty McBloggy points the way to get a Wii Fit that is signed by the Wii Fit Girl!!  Get it now on ebay – before August 1st!
• Phil at ChattyDM just finished a four part series on RPG Blogging.   Trask at Living Dice was nice enough to tack on a 5th installment about SEO.

That’s it for the feedin’ this week!  Hope you’re full of geeky goodness!

But let’s start today’s Feed Faves with a little ditty I got from a friend that is… disturbing and funny.

D&D Related

• Patrick of Gnome Stew and Yax of DungeonMastering share their thoughts on GM = General Manager.
• A post in which Yax gives the new 4e adventure an overall rating of… *drumroll* 3.5.  Irony?
• At ChattyDM, Phil has reviewed the 4e PHB and DMG.  He’s a busy boy!
• Looking for cheap minis?  Martin at Gnome Stew has the hookup.
• Want to win cool D&D prizes?  Enter the One Sentence NPC contest at ChattyDM!  It ends on 7/13.
• Dragon Avenue is super cool for pointing the way to cool 4e artwork wallpaper.  I now have a red dragon. Woot!
• Walt of Gnome Stew asks if it’s reasonable for a GM to collect money from players to purchase supplies for the game.  (As a teacher who has bought a lot of things for her classroom out of pocket, my answer is YES.)
• Stupid Ranger is very angry about WotC messing with the elf gods in 4e.  I don’t blame her.  I mean, they’re GODS.  You can’t mess with the gods.  That’s just blasphemy!

General Geekery

• Shamus of TwentySided and Phil of ChattyDM have started playing WoW on the Kirin Tor server and I am giving serious consideration to firing up my WoW account again.  I’ll probably leave my 65 rogue on my old server and roll a new one, possibly with my GeekBoy.  Do I really want to get back on the WarCrack?
• Geekologie did a little write-up on Paper Shampoo, which is exactly the same type of product I used for my laundry detergent while on my Europe trip.   Bonus?  It was more than enough to do laundry in every city we visited and still have plenty to spare.  Also, it’s not a liquid (no TSA troubles!), weighs next to nothing, and is smaller than a Zippo.
• JW of BingeGamer wants to move to Canada (who doesn’t?) because apparently one in five Canadians plays their video games in the nude. (Semi NSFW picture.)
• Great Moments in History Told by Etch-A-Sketch.  Nuff said.  Thanks, Neatorama.
• Geeks are Sexy links you to Star Wars USB hubs.  Because you’ve always wanted your stuff powered by the Force.
• and finally… if you didn’t get to go to Origins, don’t fret.  Dave of Critical Hits will give you the scoop.

That’s all the feed that’s good to eat!  Nom nom nom.

Why is the theremin so dang COOL?

Sorry for the speed-linking style going on this week, but I have packing to do! (And a blog post to write about packing… you know you’re a blogger when…)

Random Geekery

• How to Make Earrings Out of Old Floppy Disks – link via BoingBoing to Instructables
• Now, Time to Lay Some Pipe – a Mario-themed wedding cake at Hawty McBloggy
• Email Sent to Those Left Behind After the Rapture – link via Neatorama (I remember that poster hanging up in my hometown!! I was in Catholic school and we sat in Sr. Ida’s history class counting down until the rapture and she just stood there patiently. When nothing happened, she resumed teaching. I loved that woman!)
• Top 10 Gamer Panties – another good one from Hawty McBloggy (I own one of these! I won it as a prize for a contest over at Binge Gamer.)
• World of World of Warcraft – just when you think you’ve seen it all… *giggle*
• Is teh intarweb making us stupid? – link via Neatorama to The Atlantic

D&D Related, but not 4e Specific

• Good Players Need More Skill Points – at DungeonMastering
• Turn Your D&D Campaign into a Novel – at Pens & Swords
• Four Types of RPG Players for One Great Game – at Capturing Fantasy
• I’m Never Doubting Terrain Rules Again – at StupidRanger (*e giggles at Dante*)
• Spotlight: Eye of Flame – at Wizards of the Coast (I have that mini!)
• The dwarlf-elf-orc cliche – at Pens & Swords

Welcome to the World, 4e!

• D&D 4e – Answers to GnomeStew Readers’ Questions and A GMs First Impression of 4e – looks like fun – at GnomeStew
• 4e: Initial Thoughts, Playing 4e: GameDay Recap, and 4e Questions – at Musings of the Chatty DM
• Possibly the first 4e TPK in Canada – at Critical Ankle Bites
• Warforged in 4e, 4e Warforged & Eberron, and Eberron in 4e – at Keith Baker’s LiveJournal
• 4e: I can has playaids? – at Deeper in the Game
• Inq. of the Week: Which Edition? – at Critical Hits
• Win the 4e Forgotten Realms books - at DungeonMastering
  
• D&D 4th Edition – List of Reviews – at D&D Nerd
• D&D 4th Edition: Scourge of the Insufferable Prick – at Cracked
  

That’s a lotta feed!! I think you can skip your next meal.

Video questionably unsafe for work. (QUFW?)

First off is a plug for my buddy Yax at DungeonMastering, who is running not one, but TWO contests! If you’re not subscribed to his feed, you’re missing out!

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Monte Cook wrote about the awesomeness of the new DM screen by Alliance Distributors. Someone in his comments posted a link to the pictures of it, here at Gamer Bling!

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D&D Nerd has a good post for newbies about creating a magical D&D character. I dunno, I’ve never been big on casters. Always been a rogue type myself.

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I found this comic linked from Neatorama, and it is totally the best summary of pixel bonding EVER.

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The Propagandroid has launched the Gamer Dome Wiki! Check it out!

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Did you know the great bloggers of the past are watching over us? So comforting.

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Phil of ChattyDM wrote a great guest post on Critical-Hits about how the Wii Fit yells at him for being a fat, fat Mii. (It’s ok, Phil, we still think you’re sexy!) By the way, Phil’s contest is going on for a few more days!

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The sequel to THE GAMERS is coming out at GenCon! Someone buy it for me!!!

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Walt of Gnome Stew asks your opinions of playing in drag. I guess it helps if you play a lesbian character. *coughs and glances at LokyCat*

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That’s it for this week’s feeding! Git outside n’play now!

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JW at BingeGamer has a brilliant post about what video game characters would be running our government. Zelda for Chief of Staff!!

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Bankuei of Deeper in the Game writes about the 4e economy.

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For those like me who HATE waking up in the morning, Geekologie features a new alarm clock.

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This guy is going to put me out of a job.

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Two great posts from Gnome Stew you shouldn’t miss – one about the backup game (for those days when someone decides to work a double and not tell the group – *cough cough*), and speeding up combat.

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Phil at Musings of the Chatty DM has a very dark/evil/tasty campaign log going on!

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…and last but not least, on the Wizards of the Coast site, Shelly Mazzanoble (of Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress fame) ponders becoming a DM. I can see it now… “You loot the dragon and find a bag of Jimmy Choo pumps!”

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That’s all for this week, folks! Hope you’re full of geeky goodness! Nom nom nom.

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XKCD wonders if it’s best to take the road less traveled by… will it make all the difference?

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Gloria from Girls Don’t Game has an excellent write-up (including YouTube links) to some hot Mario Paint action!

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Yax’s contest at Dungeon Mastering is almost at its end! Sign up now for a chance to win the 4e core books!

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Speaking of Yax, I’ll be losing my GenCon virginity this August with him and Phil (from Chatty DM). Mmmmm…. geeky goodness. Won’t you join us?

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Bankuei of Deeper in the Game has a thought-provoking post on savage vs. civilized races.

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Props to Graham of Critical Ankle Bites and his group – they built a Fort of Ogre Decapitation. Definitely a better choice than Fort Itoodsave!

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Your WTF moment of the week is brought to you by Dave of Critical Hits. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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Phil of Chatty DM bids adieu to 3.5 in a pretty crazy way…

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Mike at BingeGamer hints that in the near future we may be writing our own Guitar Hero songs…

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GnomeStew is new, new, new! Check out Scott’s post on finding gamers in your area or Adam’s on ways to use Google Apps for your game. Don’t forget to Rub a Gnome before you leave!

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That’s it for this week! Welcome to all the new folks who came in on the BoingBoing or StumbleUpon wave. Feel free to jump in and comment anytime!

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Spoon + Fork = Spork. Spork + Fork = …Death? I love xkcd.

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Hawty McBloggy had another hilarious post on Halo pickup lines.

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Geekologie always finds the greatest random stuff. Always wanted to graffiti a website? Now you have your chance!

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Maikl of RPG Thoughts had a funny guest post on Dungeon Mastering about the Murphy’s Law of DMing. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I really LOL’d on this one: There are two kinds of gaming tables you can use: too big and too small.

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Phil at Chatty DM has started a debate! Will Paizo’s move to create and support an independent 3.5 OGL Fantasy Role Playing game create a significant schism in the RPG market? In fact, does Paizo stand to become the Google to Wizards of the Coast’s Microsoft?

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A two-fer for Phil! His comic Itsy Bitsy and Horny is totally cute.

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Stupid Ranger follows up the D&D Diaper Bag with the D&D Special Occasion Purse.

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For parents and businesspeople alike! James of Men with Pens writes about What Hasbro Can Teach You About Repeat Clients. Very interesting!

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JW at BingeGamer posted a commentary about parents neglecting their children because they “got focused” on video games instead.

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That’s it for this week’s Feed Favorites! Feeling full? Good!

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Plugging my group first!  I have a new page on Current Campaigns which includes character lists, easy access link lists for Diary of a Drow and Companion’s Log, and links to the new blogs of two of my game group friends!   Hear the Star Wars story through the eyes of the crazy Devaronian or the mysterious bounty hunter!

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Delwynndwn Siele at D&D Nerd has a post on D&D for Beginners: Player vs. Character Knowledge. This is something I have to keep in mind when writing my Diary of a Drow and Companion’s Log posts - there are things you can’t know because Mar’Kessa or Tosca don’t know them.

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You know the world has gone crazy when you have to kidnap someone’s children to negotiate the release of a WIFI password. See xkcd for more.

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Geekologie asks the question – wouldn’t your wiener be better if it looked like an octopus?

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Graham at Critical Ankle Bites follows his South Park moment with a deadly encounter involving a falling clock bell… crazy stories!

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Bartoneus on Critical Hits talks about multi-classing… because wizards run out of spells.

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Phil at ChattyDM has a contest! Just write 10 words and you can win!

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Geek Parents will appreciate Vanir of StupidRanger’s post on the contents of a D&D Diaper bag…… Diaper of holding? Ew.

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Jason Sallay over at the Wizards of the Coast website answers my burning question – it’s a boy!

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Allison at BingeGamer writes about why she’ll let HER kids play GTAIV (well, once she HAS kids) and why some parents are just plain stupid.

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That concludes this week’s Feed Favorites. I hope you’re full of geeky goodness.

Get your daily dose of Geek’s Dream Girl the lazy/awesome way:

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Phil at Chatty DM has a rather amusing/disturbing post about potions, including pondering whether toilets glow with a magic aura after you… release (?) used potion into them.

Graham at Critical Ankle Bites answers a burning question about being charming. Or, well, casting Charm. Same deal, right?

I found this fun toy through Yax at DungeonMastering. Click “make more” over and over again and you too can have a 4e feat like “Bull Tentacle Strength”. *blink* Bull tentacle? Ew.

Jonathan at d20 Source posts about the Art of War and how to apply it to your D&D encounters.

For those under a rock, you might want to check out the bit on 4e D&D on G4. But really, if you haven’t seen it yet, you are behind the times and I need your geek license back.

GamingReport posts about True Dungeon tickets for GenCon, which went on sale on the 20th. I have mine, do you have yours?

Geeks are Sexy presents 10 Cool Gadgets Every Geek Should Want. It’s a pretty neat list. I have to admit that I’ve been lusting over ThinkGeek’s LED faucet light for a long time.

Now, I’m not a Halo player, but I enjoy Hawty McBloggy‘s posts. This one is particularly awesome. She takes the top 10 Halo pickup lines and translates them into foreign languages and then back into English. Hilarity ensues.

Neatorama had a cute graphic that shows why glasses make the man.

Shamus of TwentySided announces that his baby plugin, Wavatars, is all grown up and part of Gravatars now. I love Wavatars! That’s why I use them – they’re too cute.

Wizards of the Coast has a new Star Wars book coming out in May. Threats of the Galaxy will include creatures, stats, tactics, and all sorts of great ideas for GMs and players alike. That, and the front cover is pretty awesome. I can only imagine what the inside will look like.

That concludes this week’s Feed Favorites. I hope you’re full of geeky goodness.