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4 Ways to Get Cupid Off Your Ass Today, Jeeze!

by Baz AndersonFebruary 14, 2009

photo credit: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³
Being alone on Valentine’s Day can be a bitch. Being alone on any day when it gets to you can be rough. It’s like the old story that people who have been to prison tell – sometimes it’s tough, and sometimes it really gets to you. Some days you are doing [...]

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3 Reasons You Don’t Have To Be A Master Storyteller To Be a Great GameMaster

by Baz AndersonFebruary 11, 2009

photo credit: h.koppdelaney
I’ve seen Master storytellers; Gamemasters who could enthrall groups of players with the most amazing stories, the most perilous adventures and the most delightful characters. I’ve seen game masters who spend hours away from the gaming table crafting entire complex worlds full of wonder, excitement and bristling with daring deeds to be [...]

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How To Live Like A Cutting Edge Consumer on a Miser’s Budget

by Baz AndersonJanuary 5, 2009

photo credit: hellochris
I once had a friend who laughed at me when I suggested that he was making very good money at his new job. I was referring to the fact that he had a great high definition television with some of the best video games I’ve ever seen set up in his house. [...]

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Playing To The Audience Across The Table: An Introduction to Role Playing

by Baz AndersonDecember 8, 2008

photo credit: mOOrango*
For several decades role-playing games meant tabletop role-playing games – pen and paper affairs that left the kitchen table covered in half open rule books, character sheets and other assorted paperwork. Most people have at least a passing familiarity with the idea of a role-playing game. Games like Dungeons and Dragons, World [...]

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The Lazy Robot’s Way To Host An MST3K Party

by Baz AndersonNovember 14, 2008

photo credit: Garrette
If there’s anything worth grabbing in this life, it’s big sloppy cans full of gusto. And what has more gusto than big honking handfuls of cinematic cheese?
Okay, okay… handfuls of cheese? Cans of gusto? What the hell am I talking about? I am talking about Mystery Science Theater 3000, dammit! I’m talking [...]

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