(Alternate Titles: "Gygax rolls a 1, failing his saving throw vs. death" / "Gygax Departs Prime Material Plane at 69, last seen pursuing Tiefling through doorway")

Farewell, Mr Gygax.

Whilst I haven't done the "Pen and Paper / Tabletop" thing in years, were it not for your work creating Dungeons & Dragons, CRPG's like Nethack, Angband, ( Read more... )

Lasagna Cat is brilliant. Live Action Garfield actually works from a "this stuff really isn't funny and we know it" perspective, and the followup music clips are awesome.

The official site has real bandwidth issues at present, but most of the videos are up on youtube.

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This happens every time we have a change of government, and quite frankly, I think it's bullshit.

If you run for a seat in Parliament, you should be running to represent that seat for the full three year term - not just to stay on if your party happens to also win government. If you quit after winning the seat before the end of the term, you cause ( Read more... )

Tell me what you think of the Rudd goverment's statement of apology to Australia's Indigenous populationLong overdue? Monumental mistake? Doesn't go far enough? Should have been worded differently? A well written, genuine expression of regret and sympathy ( Read more... )

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The Great B-Ball Purge of 2041, a day so painful to some that it is referred to only as the "B-Ballnacht". Thousands upon thousands of the world's greatest ballers were massacred in a swath of violence and sports bigotry as the game was outlawed worldwide. The reason: the Chaos Dunk, a jam so powerful its mere existence threatens the balance of ( Read more... )

After spending the past two and a half weeks without my bank or credit cards, I decided I'd saved enough money to go on an online book spending spree. It helps that the Aussie dollar is still relatively strong in comparison the US of late, so even after high shipping costs I still wind up paying less than I would going into a bricks and mortar ( Read more... )

Every time I've played the Total War series (Shogun, Medieval and Rome, to date), I've always thought that the engine with its strong focus on tactics, morale and that overwhelming feeling of commanding massive armies would really suit a Lord of the Rings game - far better than the atrocious small-scale real time strategy games we've seen released ( Read more... )

Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony feat. Phil Collins - Home

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Oh Phil, what have you done?

I can't work out if he's trying to look dark and gangsta, or if he's trying to look confused and lost. Probably trying the former and achieving the latter.

I think this might just be the greatest idea for a charity drive ever.

STING THE POVERTY AWAY WITH THE GIFT OF BEES!This Christmas, Something Awful wants to give 'til it hurts. We want to give 'til it's covered with painful welts, in fact. We want to keep giving until its throat swells shut due to anaphylactic shock ( Read more... )

Tomorrow night I will...

Stop,
Collaborate,
and motherfuckin' Listen.

Vanilla Ice live. It's going to be terrible. I can't wait!

I just have to try and shake this lurgy by tomorrow.