Nov 112011
 

Do you know what the worst thing in the world is? It’s not cancer, or even My Little Pony (although that’s close). It’s Creepers. Mother fucking Creepers.

Those giant green cocks will sneak up on you when you least expect it and then ruin everything! All that gold you mined? Gone! All of those melon seeds you found in a cave deep under ground? Kaput! That diamond pickaxe you managed to craft? Blown to shit! And, of course, it always happens when you’re in an area you can never find again.

For a long time now, Minecraft fans have had to suffer in silence, unable to correctly convey the anguish and hatred that Creepers cause. Until now, that is.

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Nov 102011
 

It’s November and that means there are a ton of awesome games coming out. Modern Warfare 3 and Uncharted 3 just came out recently and people love those games (and for good reason). But tonight at midnight a game is coming out that people absolutely love. A game people are going to be spending months upon months (maybe even years) playing. Ladies and gentlemen, the game I am talking about is … SKYRIM!!! Continue reading »

Nov 092011
 

Because I am one of the game masters in our local circle of role-playing friends, my players regularly confront me with a bevy of frustrating questions during character generation. They run the gamut from, “Is it cool that I carry this katana around in public?” to, “I know your game is set in Stalinist Russia, but can I please play the illegitimate son of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl?” It’s enough to make any sane GM cry. Even though you want to say no, to grab the player by the lapels and scream at him until he understands how little sense it makes for the spawn of a South American god to be fighting evil in the Soviet Union, there’s a part of you that wants to give in, hoping that in doing so, it will curry favor for your scenario.

Don’t listen to it. Of all the devious voices whispering inside your head, this one is certainly the dumbest.

(More after the break.)

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Nov 082011
 

Remember the Season 2 premier of The Walking Dead? In the beginning, Rick is on the walkie-talkie talking to Morgan about how his group is going to leave Atlanta. One of the things I didn’t really notice at the time, though, was that Rick barely takes his finger off of the button. He’s not sure if Morgan can hear him, but if Morgan can hear him, he has no way to respond!

Well, someone else noticed it and made a really funny video about it. It even uses a Muppet-like puppet! Take a look after the jump. Continue reading »

Nov 082011
 
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The streets of Tokyo run red with gallons and gallons of stage blood! Hot girls fart shuriken at their enemies, wield arm-stump-mounted machine guns, and deal with psychological trauma by slicing themselves with razor blades! Engineers, robotic geishas, and disgusting alien parasites — not to mention ruthless yakuza lords — have taken over! If this sounds like something you can stomach, then come along with the Rag-NERD-rok crew as we delve into the gore-streaked depths of Japanese spatter films such as Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, RoboGeisha and Meatball Machine. Afterwards, we’ll sit down with our friend Will for another hilarious interview, and find out exactly how much Alex will put up with when he presents a new RPG campaign to Meyer and Erik. This episode will be a real blast, so much so that someone is sure to lose a limb in a shower of pressurized blood.

(Show notes after the break.)

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