What happens when a Southern paleontologist falls for a creationist? According to Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, it might go a little something like
this.
posted by yellowbinder
on Jan 25, 2012 -
30 comments
If you enjoy playing Dungeons & Dragons or similar fantasy RPGs, or if you just like reading in-depth analysis of fictional worlds, then the
Tome of Awesome [pdf] is for you.
[more inside]
posted by jedicus
on Jan 12, 2012 -
50 comments
Who holds the longest home sell-out streak in professional sports? The Red Sox have the longest streak in major league baseball, just under 700 games (and counting.) The Washington Redskins have sold out 348 straight home games, a streak dating back to 1968. But the longest streak belongs to the Portland Trail Blazers, who sold out 814 straight home dates between 1977 and 1995.
Yesterday, they were joined by
the Dayton Dragons of the Class A Midwest League, whose victory over the Bowling Green Hot Rods marked their 814th straight sellout. The Dragons, despite playing in an
economically troubled mid-sized city,
have sold out every home game the team has ever played, drawing over 8,000 fans a game, better than most AAA clubs. Dragons manager
Delino DeShields was
last seen on MetaFilter as a hitting coach in the independent Pioneer League. General manager Gary Mayse
explains how the Dragons have found success in hard economic times.
posted by escabeche
on Jul 3, 2011 -
35 comments
"I guess it's the stereotype of playing it - [the players] are usually fat, sweaty, hairy dorky men who are socially inept who happen to live in their mom's basement."
Dungeons & Dragons, the 1974 published fantasy role-playing game that
once delivered your
child to Satan, is still associated with
self-
deprecating nerds, played in
secret (along with embarrassed
"comings out") and
scorned by jocks/Salon writers and their cheerleader girlfriends everywhere.
But what better way to break, or affirm, the stereotypes, than by
listening to a 4th Edition D&D game being played, featuring not just by some scrubs off the street, oh no, but the creators of
Penny Arcade, Tycho and Gabe? Still not tempted? How about if we throw loved/hated Star Trek actor,
prodigious blogger and all round nice guy
Wil Wheaton into the mix?
All files available as Podcasts and/or embedded in page.
Warning: audio links feature some strong language. [more inside]
posted by Rei Toei
on Jan 22, 2010 -
240 comments
Here there be dragons. On 8 October 2008, the
#1 book on Amazon.com was Christopher Paolini’s
Brisingr, the third book of the
Inheritance quartet. The books recount the adventures of Eragon and Saphira, the last Free Dragon, but they are hardly free from
past influences. In
medieval lore, dragons are man’s great foe, a monstrous version of the serpent from the garden of Eden. Raphael’s painting (c. 1506) of
St. George and the Dragon evokes this idea, but dragons and their
heraldic relatives, the wyverns, gained a more positive reputation over time. Look to Ursula K. Le Guin’s
Earthsea Cycle for the inspiration behind Paolini's dragons, or try
Dealing with Dragons, geared towards younger readers. There be
dragons on bookshelves everywhere.
posted by woodway
on Oct 7, 2008 -
45 comments
Remember old D&D? What, 3rd edition? Pah! Not 2nd edition AD&D either, nor 1st edition. Not even "original" Basic/Expert/Companion/Master/Immortal. I'm talking
really original D&D, based off of Chainmail wargaming rules.
OD&D! Read about it at
Delta's D&D Hotspot, which discusses the development of a game system that is almost 35 years old.
[more inside]
posted by JHarris
on Mar 11, 2008 -
23 comments
