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An other Gamming Podcast
Submitted by benensky on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 16:09FYI - Here is an other gaming podcast (Gammer Chick is still my favorite) for all us gammers to watch:
http://mattmdavid.startlogic.com/metagame/videos/
Enjoy
USA Today's Story on WOC's "Never Split the Party" Contest
Submitted by benensky on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 11:33USA Today Online did a short little story on WOC's "Never Split the Party" contest. I did not know about this, but it seems if you want to get your old gamming buddies together you can submit an essey and win a trip to Gen Con.
Link to story: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/06/its-time-to-get-the-dd-band-back-together/1
D&D Player Gets Good Press
Submitted by benensky on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 11:32Minnesota newspaper the Winona Daily News has an article about a nineteen-year-old graduation high school. The remarkable thing about this article is the paper plays with the fact he loves to play D&D without being pejorative. With all the denigration we get from the press, we should celibrate articles like this. Kudos Winona Daily News!!!
Link to article:
Player’s Option: Heroes of Shadow
Submitted by benensky on Tue, 06/22/2010 - 18:07Reading Critical-Hits.com and found a new book with some new "shadow" power source classes are coming out. In case you have never heard of the shadow power source, it is the same power source used by the Assassin. The Assassin came in Dragon magazine (DDI Subscription required).
Link: http://critical-hits.com/2010/06/16/dd-4e-the-new-players-option/
Mike Mearls Explains What He Does in His New Position
Submitted by benensky on Sun, 06/13/2010 - 07:09In WoC D&D “Player Strategy” Podcast Mike Mearls describes he does in his new position. It is near the end of the podcast but the rest of it is good too. Shelly Mazzanoble joins him and asks a question from a Player Strategy Guide quiz (sound familiar). Also included in the podcast is Jeremy Crawford who is anointed Mikes sidekick for an instant.
http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4pod/20100608
Another example of: Everything I Needed to Know in Life, I Learned Playing D&D
Submitted by benensky on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 16:34Here is an article from a person applying D&D alignments to morality and the modern political world:
http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/dungeons-and-dragonsand-morality-in-the/
Yea, it is a little lame and may not make it to the podcast topic but it is interesting.
Has Your Insider Account Been Hacked?
Submitted by benensky on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 11:04RPG gammer reported that, "that Digital River, which handles payment processing for Dungeons & Dragons Insider, has been hacked." See this Link:
http://www.rpgamer.com/savingthrow/st060810.html
Also see this link to the story on hacking of Digital River from the Minniapolus/Saint Paul Star Tribune:
CNN Covers D&D
Submitted by benensky on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 10:38I was on EN World and they had an interesting link to a CNN article on D&D. Here is the link to CNN’s story:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/06/08/new.dungeons.dragons/index.html?hpt=Sbin
WOC Rich Baker Update
Submitted by benensky on Sat, 05/22/2010 - 16:59Rich Baker WOC employee (and fellow Phillies fan) posts blog entry on his Wizard's Community page. He talks anout his new position, the Gamma World prototype and his apearance on Jepordy (root for a fellow gamer!!!) on July 23rd
Go here: http://community.wizards.com/wotc_richbaker/blog/2010/05/21/condition_zebra,_gamma_world,_jeopardy!
-benensky
Layoffs WotC? Updated 20100511
Submitted by benensky on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 16:01I was looking on EN World and found WotC laid off:
