Recent content by Derlwyn

Here's a link to the forum post I made yesterday about this: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.396459-OSCeaseFire It's using #OSCeaseFire as the tagline, and OP is being pretty disingenuous by claiming that this is in response to games being blamed for the shooting. This is a...

Here is the Facebook event page and another update from Huff Post focusing on this developing movement: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/18/osceasefire-gamers-hold-boycott-sandy-hook_n_2321144.html?ncid=GEP...

Link to the original article --> http://kotaku.com/5969100/video-games-and-the-sandy-hook-shooting-two-very-different-reactions A small movement attempting to unify gamers out of respect for the recent school has recently sprung up. Taking the banner of #OSCeaseFire, the shared goal of those...

We follow the Gregorian calendar, not the Julian.

Annie Oakley shot a cigarette from the mouth of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Emperor prior to and during World War 1. She was drunk at the time. Imagine if she had missed her mark...deutsche mark that is...

3-4% of our DNA...

The TV Animated Clone Wars, both editions. Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) - Animated by Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack), three seasons in total. The first two seasons are made up of 20 3-minute shorts. The third season has 5 12ish-minute episodes. It manages to create some epic character...

Leo is a patient, not a cop. The island was the waiting room to the afterlife. Ned Stark dies. Jaime loses a hand. John gets stabbed. Professor Geller is dead the whole time. Jigsaw is in the room the whole time. Raistlin basically becomes a god. YOU ARE Darth Revan! Parker Lewis can't...

I find it hard to rationalize this point of view. When arguing the superiority of our advancement and our unchallenged status at the top of the animal kingdom, is it not contradictory to suggest then that we should simply rely on our baser animal nature? If our advancement is what separates...

This thread sure seems to drag on... OT: This one wins, because there's two! http://bit.ly/rSyRAA

"I've punched reporters for less..."

Can you see a difference between Video Gaming, Card Gaming, Board Gaming, and Table Top Gaming. I mean, sure, having technical know-how and utilizing that is certainly pretty nerdy, but would someone who plays Warhammer, D&D, or Hero Quest be more nerdy than you because they aren't into...

On Monday a polarizing article by Alyssa Bereznak was published on Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5833787/my-brief-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player Shortly after, Kiala of Nerdpuddle re-wrote the article, letting all know how she felt about the issues brought up...

God would most certainly be Latvarian...

1421: The Year China Discovered the World - very interesting idea but whether the archeology fully supports the thesis is really up to the reader April Blood: Florence and the Plot Against the Medici - It reads almost like a novel, as opposed to a history text but gives some amazingly...