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Jack Thompson Disbarred
Today gamers awoke to the sound of a slamming gavel. Jack Thompson (Florida Lawyer, Anti-Games advocate, Fundamentalist Christian voice, Credible Violent Video Games Expert on Fox News) has been disbarred permanantly (as of 30 days from today.)Â The case started last year, presided over by Judge Dava Tunis (my personal hero) involving 10 counts of [...]
Wizards Announces D&Di Prices- Key features still missing
Wizards announced the pricing plans for the Upcoming Dungeons and Dragons Insider, an online service to supplement Fourth Edition. But It seems they are still dragging their heels on any actual content. With only the small web apps launched, they key features, like the online game table, are no where near completion. The prices are [...]
Roll The Bones - Backstories
On the other side of the screen we have players…. “Roll the Bones” is for you.
A character, like the player behind it, is a culmination of past experiences. How the react to situations and people around them is heavily rooted in their personal history, and this is the very reason a believable backstory is [...]
Google Quietly Launches Chrome
Google Inc. launched the beta build of their web browser, Chrome. A browser built from the ground up to encompass all of the best browsing features and is built on today’s top of the line open source technology including Apple’s WebKit 3 and Mozilla’s Firefox engine.
“Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation [...]
Wizards of the Coast begins releasing MTG: Shards of Alara set info.
Wizards of the Coast begin releasing little tidbits of information on the next set to their everpopular, ever expanding Magic: The Gathering, yesterday. Up until now, the only major things known about Shards of Alara were the inclusion of a new rarity, the Mythic Rares, and the new formats in which the cards would [...]
Star Wars Galaxies: Champions of the Force TCG
LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment announced earlier this week that they launced an Online Trading Card Game based off of Star Wars Galaxies. Launched on August 27th, players will be able to pick between Sith, Jedi, Imperial, and Rebel decks, which are available as pre-constructed decks, and are able to enhance these decks through [...]
