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Great Reorx's beard, what in the hell have I gotten myself into.

In doing a bit of math I came to the realization that I've haven't actively DM'd or played D&D since shortly after my son was born (14 years if you're playing at home). So here I sit, designing a campaign that I've already committed to running starting next month. This all started out as designing a world for some stories that I was (still am actually) going to publish here.

I mentioned this to one of the guys that I work with, who's a big gamer - mostly Magic: The Gathering, but he's played D&D in the past. Ask if he'd be interested in dusting off his dice, and he was more than willing - and would tell friends of his. So it looks like I have a group, and need to kick putting this campaign together.

Granted I've got notes, and ideas filed away. Now it's time to put them together in to something fun, adventurous and well; not boring? This is what I've gotten myself into, at first it was just for me - then committing to actually run this campaign after 14 years away from the game...

Does this make me crazy?

Behold, the Burrito!

If you haven't listened to Wil Wheaton's Radio Free Burrito - Shame on you! It's been a while since he's done a episode of RFB, that there are songs and sonnets being written about it! 

In all honestly, I wasn't much for podcasts for quite some time. Until; I came across RFB - which I started listening to on the way to work. Took me a while to work through the back catalog and there are still some older episodes I haven't listen to.

Please do yourself a favor and listen. 

Here is a mirror link to the show: Radio Free Burrito: Episode #29.

For his show notes, and another option for downloading here here: RFB: Ep29.

You're Welcome.

Han Shot First

Just the title should get some peoples blood boiling, and there has been many a 'discussion' (a term I'd used lightly) about it. Here's my take, when Lucas re-released the original trilogy - it was one giant RETCON. If you thing that's a bunch of horse shit, you really are living on another planet.

I would like to enter this into evidence.

Original Solo/Greedo altercation, before RETCON.

 

This is the way I saw it in the theater, Han takes out Greedo. He has no choice, either he's going to get blasted or taken to Jaba. I too would take the blaster option, this is the outer rim son - it's the wild west of the galaxy. Screw that, just blast him and take off.

Then, because of modern technology - Lucas decided to spruce things up with more special effects. Hey I was down for that, but what I didn't expect was for him to fuck with a already brilliant story and why mess with this particular scene?

Here's the deal, Greedo is a punk and got what was coming to him. Though you could say, he was just doing his job. Yes his job was to collect the bounty on his head, but this is the wild west of the Star Wars universe - that BlasTech DL-44 heavy blaster isn't on his hip for show.

Han shot first, it's a good thing.

"Stop thinking in only 4 dimensions."

 

[via Wil Wheaton via Rogers]

Pirate Patty, better than a crabby patty? You decide.

With International Talk Like A Pirate Day tomorrow, I figured this video would be right up the pirate alley (do pirates even have alleys? or would it be planks?). If you watch the guild then you have seen this, if not - you're about too. So many funny things going on in this 'commercial' - don't know where to start.

How about if you just watch the video and decide for yourself. Look out Mr. Krabs, here comes Bladezz and the gang at Cheesy Beards!

Video: Season 4 - Bonus Clip - Taste My Pirate Patty

 

 

If I'm not back in a couple days, send a cleric.

So I've gone and done it, and entered myself into the world of MMO's. Not that I haven't before, back in the day I used to play both Diablo and Unreal Tournament. I've been wanting a rpg fix for a while now, and while I live in the boonies - this was the way to scratch that itch. Dungeons & Dragon's Online, and so far I'm enjoying myself.

I've got three characters already created, and bouncing between the three of them - as I'm not sure which one I'm going to use the most.

• Eborin Stormblade - Human - Fighter
• Tarfang Hammertoss - Dwarf - Barbarian
• Nerlim Tradewynn - Human - Wizard

If you figured out that Nerlim is a anagram for Merlin, you receive a +5 to your geek perception. I'll also throw in 10 bonus points if you can tell me where I got the name "Tarfang" from. I plan to make these paper characters as well. I've got something up my sleeve.

Friends of mine are urging me to play World Of Warcraft, and at some point I'd love to. But right now, I'll stick with DDO because it's free - and that works great for my budget.

If you haven't noticed, I've changed the name of the blog to CTRL + ALT +GEEK. There's a podcast out there called "Geek Cred", so hence the name changed. You'd think I would've done a bit more research, but alas I failed. 

I'm going to keep the url the same for now, because changing it would be a giant pain in the arse. I do want to get a domain for it - but my budget wont allow me to. So we'll stick with this for the time being and it seems to be working out just fine.

So lets wrap this up with the gang from The Guild.

 

Me & The Spearman [Part II]

If you missed it, here is Part 1.

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He had worked with Steve.

You see, Steve and I share DNA. Some would say he’s my father, me not so much. But if it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t be writing this. Rob remembered me as this little mop headed chubby kid running amok around the station (92.9 KREM FM if you’re playing along at home).

I had no sooner figured out what our connection was, that I spewed forth (with no prompting from him) why I wanted the job. My radio geekdom spewed forth from my mouth at an alarming rate, it took me a minute to shut up and let the man talk.

Now that I think back on it, it’s kind of embarrassing.

Rob explained to me that I would be pushing buttons just (to begin) one night a week – Saturday night – which now I had to ask for it off from my other job. That was a tough conversation, and it wouldn’t be the last time someone would reference that working in radio wasn’t going to make me any money unless I was the second coming of Rick Dees.

My dream was to work in and no one was going to tell me any different. So there I was, finally in radio and getting paid for it. I mean I did have a ‘bit part’ without getting paid, for a month or two before I was actually hired.

My buddy Darren would have me come down to the station after I closed down the club (read: 4am-ish), and help him record the sports report for the morning show on the country station down the hall.

I was (as you can imagine), dubbed “Mr. Baseball” – I would read the scores, give my two cents worth and give Darren hell about his Texas Rangers. We had decent chemistry (we would eventually end up roommates) and really that helped get my foot in the door as well. I was desperate and would do anything to get into radio.

AEOFEL LIVES!

Check what I got in the mail today! I honestly think I did the snoopy dance when I saw it stuffed into our small ass mail box. Seriously? Thanks postal worker for jamming a crap load of mail into our box? Whatever, I got my shirt and that's all that counts.

Like I mentioned earlier on twitter, I find it amusing and pretty awesome that in the current version of the D&D Character builder - they include all the members of Acquisition's Inc. even Wil Wheaton's Aeofel, who as we know decided to take a swim in a pool of acid.

Excuse me whilst I continue to geek the frak out. 

Team Unicorn FTW

Hot gamer/geek girls are said not to exist, just like the fabled Unicorn - hence the name. Behold a music video, featuring the likes of a rapping Seth Green, (BSG Alum & native Oregonian) Katie Sackoff and my fave Michele Boyd - most presently making appearances on The Guild.

Geek and Gamer Girls Song - Watch more Funny Videos

Love Michele Boyd, and her dressed up as Han Solo is just the icing on the cake. Wait, maybe that didn't come out the way I planed. Eh, who the hell cares, gamer/geek chicks do exist my friends, they do.

1987 Jason Bateman has had enough of your shenanigans.

Damn you kids from 1987! Turn your kriffing boom-box's down!!

[via Gawker TV, via Fuck Yeah Jason Bateman]