So New Year's Eve has come and gone. How did you spend yours? I spent as mine at the NDK New Year's Eve Ball. All though it would have been better called a fancy party thanks to the music selection, at least from the music that I heard, it was a lot of fun. They had a charity for the Japanese Red Cross, free Poker, a fortune tree, and dancing (of course). For those that could not make it here are the pictures we grabbed (full pictures are in the photo gallery)
Saw this video while browsing today and it was such a nice mix of nostalgia and entertainment I felt it had to be shared.
Anybody else out there have good memories of playing Gauntlet?
Welcome to the last podcast of the year, and as a present from us to you we are giving away Fable III. Listen to the podcast for how to win this, and maybe another prize if we have enough entries. So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Notes as usual are on the podcast page.
A few months ago I wrote an article on what the differences between a casual gamer and a hardcore gamer are. While I still hold to my definitions a commenter on the article brought up a good point. As we have grown our lives have taken over. Relationships, work, and other obligations take the place of time we would have spent playing games in the past. This, by my definitions, would make us casual gamers now, but we refuse to be classified as such. We know that we are not hardcore gamers, but find we are above the casual title. We prefer to call ourselves just by the title Gamer.
So recently Nintendo was misquoted saying that Shigeru Miyamoto was going to retire from Nintendo. Like hell that would happen, but it still people into mass confusion. In the attempt to guess what he would be doing this video was created. In the event that Miyamoto does leave Nintendo I too hope this is the plan he goes with.
So instead of three of us, we are down to two thanks to a Christmas bug that has taken down ZeldaQueen. So may she get well soon.
Well, we only got 20 more days till Christmas and sometimes we all can just sort of hit our head against a wall for some Christmas gift ideas, so here's a couple ideas to get you started. Hopefully I'll have more to come for you!
First off is World of Dice. These guys usually do the convention circuit, so some of you out there might have seen their stuff. Others of you maybe not, but they are really great people and have a lot of fun products. They make jewelry and other fashion accessories out of dice. They have close to 100 different colors, plus the different sided dice to make a wide range of choice selection. I have mentioned before that I bought a scarlet d8 phone charm that's still going strong. These item's a great if you're looking for a stocking stuffer or small gift to give your pen & paper player.
If playing dice is more what you're looking to get for someone, then I recommend you head over to the guys at Gamescience Dice. They might seem a little shocking when it comes to the price of their sets, but I can say with experience that the dice they make are some of the nicest ones I have ever rolled. These dice are not tumbled so they have really sharp angles, making for more even rolls. You can also by sets that haven't had their numbers painted in and save a few bucks doing it your self. All you need is a white crayon and some paper to polish up the edges. They also have a wide variety of colors. I have a set of crystal blue and red myself. If you have any doubts about these dice and their claims to more random rolls, then I recommend watching the Youtube videos located a bit lower on the front page.
Hopefully these sites give you a couple of ideas to get up and running and I'll be back with some more ideas!
Welcome to Episode 92 of The Gameslave Podcast. Today we talk about fantasy and space operas. Enjoy
