A lot of my friends and associates, like myself, enjoy reading, watching or experiencing media in which human beings are placed in mortal danger. We move humans from cover to cover while shooting at other living things. We watch as political scandals unfold. We read about intrepid people delving into the darkness beneath the earth.… Continue reading Real Adventures & Dungeons
Into The Nentir Vale, Part 2
The Nentir Vale is a campaign setting provided to new players of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. It’s present in the Red Box and most of the starting materials. For a party almost all completely new to D&D and a DM re-familiarizing himself with the latest edition, it’s a great place to start a campaign.… Continue reading Into The Nentir Vale, Part 2
Where's Captain Pendragon?
Remember Captain Pendragon? I’ve been making an effort to keep in touch with Polymancer Studios on the work but so far the efforts have been fruitless. I still think the work is viable and, looking back on it now, could use some tweaking or perhaps even expansion and clarifying. Since I will unfortunately be missing… Continue reading Where's Captain Pendragon?
Game Review: Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening
This review contains spoilers. Fairly be ye warned. This is a review that’s admittedly been a very long time coming. My experience with Dragon Age: Origins, from my initial enthusiasm to my gripes about bugs and length, is pretty well documented. I picked up the expansion, Awakening in lieu of playing through the base game… Continue reading Game Review: Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening
We Apologize For The Inconvenience
Despite the fact that this is my day off, bugs continue to plague me. I’ve been squashing them left and right in the application I’m building at the dayjob, but now they’ve crept into other bits of my life. Yesterday’s audio, for example, does not play correctly. With the source files up at the dayjob,… Continue reading We Apologize For The Inconvenience
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Amélie
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/amelie.mp3] If one were to look up ‘charming’ in the dictionary, the definition would read something like this: 1. pleasing; delightful. 2. using charm; exercising magic power. Of course, that’s an English dictionary. If one were to look up ‘charming’ in a French dictionary, I imagine you would likely see a picture of Audrey Tautou… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Amélie
Okay, Okay. iSurrender. iGive.
The setup in the home office of Beardy McWriterbeard This is something that’s been in the back of my mind for some time now. You can blame three people for it spilling over into my blog. Or you can just blame me for having nothing interesting to say at the moment that I feel you’ve… Continue reading Okay, Okay. iSurrender. iGive.
DLC Review: Kasumi's Stolen Memory & More
There’s a glut of DLC available for Mass Effect 2. The biggest thing out there exists for the benefit of those who bought the game used, the Cerberus Network. It allows you access to DLC that would otherwise be free, like option party Zaeed Massani. Chances are, if you’re reading this and own Mass Effect… Continue reading DLC Review: Kasumi's Stolen Memory & More
Horrific Thoughts
Now that I’ve finally completed the last round of edits for Citizen in the Wilds short of anything that comes from test reads, I can turn my attention to other projects. I have a few on my plate but first and foremost is a deadline approaching with all of the inevitablity of a steam locomotive… Continue reading Horrific Thoughts
To PubIt or Not To PubIt
So Barnes & Noble today announced this little feature called PubIt! that’s directly tied into their Nook e-readers. Here’s the short version from their site: PubIt! utilizes a self-service Web portal for publishers to independently set up their accounts, upload their eBooks, set the list price, and track their sales and payments. Publishing an eBook… Continue reading To PubIt or Not To PubIt
