As inappropriate as it sounds, my first thought upon hearing that reality-TV star Tila Tequila had been manhandled by a bunch of trashy hip-hop nerds dressed like clowns was ‘They sort of deserve each other, don’t they?’ Supposedly Ms. Tequila appeared at the Gathering to rock the crowd with her singing ‘talents’ and was greeted with thrown rocks and bottles. [...]
Robert Bohl is an independent game designer and creator of Misspent Youth, an indie RPG he describes as ‘Teenage rebellion in a fucked up future.’ Recorded 8/7/10 at Gen Con Indy 2010. Show Notes: Misspent Youth Official Site Robert’s podcast The Independent Insurgency
As I mentioned below, we attended a seminar for the recently released sci-fi RPG Freemarket. Embedded below is an audio file I recorded of the seminar, entitled ‘Freemarket: Inside the Donut’. Lots of cool stuff in there – sci-fi info out the wazoo as well as some game design theory and plenty of comedic moments from the designers, Jared Sorensen [...]
With two days of gaming under our belt I thought it would be a good time to post a handful of highlights from this year’s con. Freemarket – The new sci-fi RPG from indie game stars Jaren Sorensen (octaNe, Action Castle) and Luke Crane (Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard), Freemarket is a bizarroid mix of transhumanist tropes – reputation economies, matter [...]
With Gen Con Indy 2010 less than a week away, I thought it would be good to provide a rundown of what we’re looking forward to checking out at the con – while many think of Gen Con solely as a tabletop gaming convention, the truth is that Gen Con has a lot to offer no matter what portion of [...]
Competitive eating champ Takeru Kobayashi made a big splash at yesterday’s annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest – though it wasn’t because he ate so many wieners. Kobayashi sat out this year’s shindig because he refused to sign on with the MLE (Major League Eating – no, seriously…) – and I guess Nathan’s contest is now an officially sponsored MLE [...]
Last week Shapiro Keats and I took Gohan to the Krohn Conservatory’s annual Butterfly Show. The Krohn Conservatory is in Cincinnati’s lovely Eden Park, and the butterfly show is one of those deals where you go into this room where there’s a ton of butterflies flapping around free, and you just hope you don’t accidentally squish one. We had a [...]
The Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (aka The Hall of Justice) is hosting its’ annual Asian Culture Fest this weekend. I have a sneaking suspicion the kids’ soccer games will be canceled this weekend, so I’ll probably head down there tomorrow with my dad and the kids in tow. Scheduled activities include Flying Pig Yoga (you’d have to be [...]
This past Saturday, Shapiro Keats and I ditched the kid with Grandma and attended Anime Punch 2010 in Columbus. We hadn’t been to an anime con in years, so it was quite a re-education. The reason we’d abandoned anime cons for so long was the demographic’s increasing youth; either we’re getting older or they’re getting younger. At any rate, squealing [...]
Like bugs? Like Japanese stuff? Then I have a weekend day out for you! Cincinnati’s Krohn Conservatory has an annual butterfly show (I assume they release butterflies into a netted area, not stick them with pins on a board for you to look at…I’d go either way though) and this year’s theme is Japan. Butterfly Show! It runs from April [...]
Here are my weekend plans: Saturday = Anime Punch in Columbus, Ohio. Shapiro Keats and I are actually running a panel: “Unraveling the Ghost in the Shell Universe”. So if any readers are going (you may already be there…no, it’s 8 a.m., probably not) check us out! The panel is Saturday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Anime Punch is [...]
For many of my generation whose initial exposure to anime was through imported television series of inconsisten quality, the movie Akira was revolutionary in the artistic brilliance of its animation. Now one man has teamed up with Pittsburg’s ToonSeum to create The Art of Akira Exhibit, whose mission is “To teach the entire world just why the movie Akira is [...]
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I had to switch to Vimeo for this one, since YouTube doesn’t like videos over 10 minutes in length (boo!). At any rate, we also spoke with Cryptic Studios’ Bill Roper about Champions Online. In short – the game looks fantastic. The character creator (which you will see plenty of in the below video) is the best I’ve ever seen [...]
Assistant Editor Gregory ‘Mazinga’ Harris interviews CCP / White Wolf Games’ Ned Coker about the new RPG Geist and CCP’s EVE Online.