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« August 2010 | Main | October 2010 » September 30, 2010Recap #35 I Love It When a Plan Comes Together By min | September 30, 2010, 6:57 PM | D&D| Link
Angry Bosses By fnord12 | September 23, 2010, 11:42 AM | My stupid life| Link
A time to strategerize So the heroic Motley Crew just finished up some important derring-do (see Recap #35 - Coming Soon!), and arrived back at the makeshift camp set up by the Knights of Phantar, when the giant undead dragon Gloiterwome appeared in the sky. Soon, all of the Oblivion King's army crumbled to the ground and the evil lich flew off on the back of the skeletal dragon like the cover from some awesome never-recorded Iron Maiden album. A quick analysis by the Mages Guild revealed that the undead army still existed, but lay dormant. The Temple of Tyr began investigating possible ways to stop the Oblivion King from causing the army to re-form, and Lord Miles sent out some Rangers to try physically hacking up the ground in an attempt to physically damage the crumbled remains. Neither approach was given much chance of success. Meanwhile, all of the defensive points around the area have been reinforced, with elves from the kingdoms of both Elric and Morwyn, wizards from the Chumeran Mages Guild, a small contingent of Halflings from Pern, and even a wary army of orcs and goblins from the United Tribes of the Broken Bone. It's also confirmed that the dwarves of Rockholme have gathered at Topo Pass as promised. Elric's elves also bring strange news of another army amassing in the east, led by a man claiming to be the Sun God Aten, here to purge the Earth of the undead scourge. No priest has heard of a God called Aten, and it's unknown where this Aten is getting followers to form an army, although the elves confirm that it's a mix of humans and lizard-men. Meanwhile, the Motley Crew begin to get acquainted with Klute, the guy who sent a pack of owlbears to help Malouf escape some undead trolls. The party had heard the name Klute before. According to a pre-recorded message left by Beeblebrox, it was assumed that he had joined up with the group some time ago. In his own words: "Yeah, man, well, i'm from a place you guys have never heard of called the Jutland territory. Right? Haven't heard of it? Yeah. Well, i was up in the Kjolen mountain range trying to find a rare orchid that only blooms in the snowy peaks. There was a girl back home that i was pretty sure would sleep with me if i could get the flower. Anyway, i'm up there and i get spotted by a white dragon and i've ducked behind an outcropping of snow and ice, and i see something underneath the snow. I start clearing the snow away and there's a quick flash and then i see a big mirror half frozen in the ice. From what i saw of it, looked like the one you have. Well, a mirror's not going to help me against a dragon, so i make sure the coast is clear and i make a break for it. I get about halfway down the mountain before i realize i have no idea where i am. Later turns out i've somehow been teleported to the Hessiac Mountains north of your land but i didn't know that yet. "I get down the mountain, start wandering around a bit, and i see an old castle with a courtyard full of statues. We all know how this turns out. Next thing i know, my fine features are preserved for all time in stone thanks to the medusa, Shalma. You've heard of her, right? No? Well, someone ought to do something about her. Aren't you guys heroes, out to make the world safe for handsome bards like myself? "Anyway, some months later, i'm rescued by Candelaria. She's from the Mages Guild. Cute chick. A little clingy. But she did rescue me, and we had some good times before we broke things off. Since then i've been wandering around Chumera trying to figure out where i am in relation to my homeland. I heard about a wizard dude called Beeblebrox who might be able to help, but i guess he's not home right now. While i was in the area i heard about the undead troubles, and i wound up working with the Knights of Phantar." So... next steps? By fnord12 | September 21, 2010, 8:30 PM | D&D | Comments (17) | Link Chinese Straddle Bus China's new idea for dealing with their traffic issues. According to the translation, it would take 1/3 of the time to build the infrastructure for the straddling bus than it would to build the same amount of subway. There are 2 proposed ideas for keeping the bus on track:
The scary part is if you're driving underneath the bus in the tunnel and the bus is about to turn. There are signal lights inside to warn you, but still. I think it's a very interesting idea, but I'd have to see more to dispel the visions of cars getting smashed into the sides of the bus. By min | September 21, 2010, 7:32 PM | Science| Link Never Say No to Panda! I can't decide if I love the first or second one best. I just know I love it. By min | September 21, 2010, 7:27 PM | Ummm... Other?| Link Impressive. Most Impressive. This guy modded an R2D2-shaped Pepsi dispenser to have 11 integrated video game consoles, a projector, and speakers all around. Link  By min | September 21, 2010, 7:20 PM | Star Wars & Video Games| Link
You Can Run and Tell That, Homeboy Awesome. From the Guardian WAFF TV was criticised by viewers complaining that broadcasting the interview stereotyped the black community. The station replied that to censor Dodson would have been "far worse". "The fact is Dodson is a victim and, just like any victim, has the right to speak out," Gentle said. I wonder if they've found the rapist yet. It's almost been 2 months. Considering all the evidence the jerk left behind, you'd think it wouldn't be too difficult. I see them do it all the time on CSI. By min | September 19, 2010, 2:12 AM | Music & Ummm... Other? | Comments (2) | Link Little Known Ninja Technique Thanks to the brilliant minds over at BoingBoing for bringing this to our attention, I bring you Vagina Bubbles From Hell. By min | September 19, 2010, 1:57 AM | Movies| Link Whoodwin? fnord12 still doesn't believe me that they're 2 different people. By min | September 19, 2010, 1:54 AM | Whoodwin | Comments (1) | Link
1989: Year of the Dork? I'm still back in 1983 in my comic reading project, but i've got some Marvel Tales reprints that were published in 1989, and, my god. Ads from the 70s and 80s may have been goofy, but by the end of the 80s they just get embarrassing. Look at these kids. It doesn't even matter what they are advertising (but you can click on the images to see the full ads if you so desire). They just look stupid. By fnord12 | September 17, 2010, 3:23 PM | Comics| Link Hey kids! Rip off your friends! Rip off yourself! This ad was published in March 1984 cover-dated Marvel comics, meaning it was probably out at the end of 1983, which was the height of a major video game crash. I'm pretty sure we bought Atlantis (the example used in this ad) and a few other Imagic games for the Intellivision from the bargain bins at KB Toys for a couple of bucks. No way you could sell it for $11.95. I suspect this was a way for some store or distributor to unload all their dusty inventory. I'd love to know how successful they were. Atlantis was a fun game, though. By fnord12 | September 17, 2010, 2:15 PM | Video Games| Link
Marvel Sales Also, August isn't looking so good. By fnord12 | September 16, 2010, 1:34 PM | Comics| Link Possibly i have a new hero "Dude, you have no Koran" guy seems pretty awesome. By fnord12 | September 16, 2010, 12:50 PM | Ummm... Other?| Link
I like the idea of the Thing always announcing what time it is based on whatever he happens to be doing at the moment By fnord12 | September 11, 2010, 3:14 PM | Comics| Link Who is this guy? 1983 was just a little bit before my time. I started collecting Marvel comics with Secret Wars in 1984. But I picked up a decent smattering of back issues in drug stores and the like after I started, and I would occasionally see this ad. I knew the Kingpin always kept at least one super-powered henchman. At the time I started reading, it was The Answer, and i knew that prior to that it had been Bullseye, who i recognized in this ad, and i'd also read about someone called "Elektra". But i always assumed that the guy in the middle of this ad was also some super-powered baddie, presumably with super-strength. But now having read through just about everything up through 1983, i'm realizing that it's not a super-powered guy at all. Unless it's someone really obscure that only appeared in a one-off Bill Mantlo Spectacular Spider-Man issue or something. Most likely, i've realized, it's the low level goon/informant Turk who is the butt of a lot of jokes in Frank Miller's Daredevil. Yeah, that's definitely who it is. It's obvious now. But i guess it just took me a while to realize that since little me always assumed he was a super-villain. By fnord12 | September 11, 2010, 2:51 PM | Comics| Link
The weird and awesome cartoons of 1983 Monch-hichis! By fnord12 | September 10, 2010, 4:20 PM | TeeVee | Comments (1) | Link
Fingermath! There's a lot to be said about this absolutely bizarre speech by a local politician, but the best part to me is the way he represents the number 13 on his fingers in the very beginning. By fnord12 | September 9, 2010, 10:19 PM | Ummm... Other?| Link We invite you to drive over this child Mistermix at Balloon Juice: By fnord12 | September 9, 2010, 12:55 PM | Ummm... Other?| Link
Learn to Sexy Dance h/t to wnkr Scientists have given new hope to men who feel their dancefloor moves are doing more to repel than to attract women. It's all about revealing your "reproductive quality" to the females. Science says so. (I laughed even harder the second time i watched.) By min | September 8, 2010, 7:14 PM | Science| Link New crosswalks make Jaywalking legal By fnord12 | September 8, 2010, 9:54 AM | Ummm... Other?| Link
DRM For Everyone Who says we have no culture to share? By min | September 6, 2010, 7:23 PM | Liberal Outrage| Link
Prequel I said George Lucas popularized it, but Wanyas was pretty much right beyond that. By fnord12 | September 5, 2010, 5:10 PM | Movies| Link
This is Survey 2010. Do you own a small dog? Theories abound on the possible scam. By fnord12 | September 3, 2010, 12:52 PM | My stupid life| Link
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! Maybe min should install it at her place of work. By fnord12 | September 2, 2010, 2:59 PM | Ummm... Other? | Comments (1) | Link |
