Interview progress
At Samhain, I made a “New Year’s resolution”: I was going to spend more time working on Isaac Bonewits’ biography.
At Samhain, I made a “New Year’s resolution”: I was going to spend more time working on Isaac Bonewits’ biography.
On the night before Thanksgiving, I got an unexpected call from Arthur. He said Mike was in town, had heard that I had a Lovecraft board game, and asked if they could both come over and play Arkham Horror. I asked, “Now?” Response: “Yes.”
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I love to play games. I don't mean the kind where you mess with people's heads; I mean the kind where you sit around with a bunch of other folks and everyone has fun rolling dice or playing cards or whatever. I play my share of computer games; World of Warcraft and Skyrim are my current pastimes. That's mainly as a substitute for face-to-face interaction, not in place of it.
Once a month, I have a game night at my place, on the third Wednesday of the month. I used to host a Munchkin game on that night; that evolved into playing Argothald. I'd like to play other games, but that would mean playing more often, which means finding more gamers.
Or perhaps I can make them. This is the first of a series of reviews of games I enjoy. If one of them sounds interesting to you, let me know and we'll see what we can arrange.
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Yesterday I saw a community theater performance of "The Drowsy Chaperone." I don't normally go to theater, but I knew someone in the cast. I had a great time. It was a fine show, and I'd plug it… except that it was the last performance.
I'm testing the service Twitterfeed, which takes blog posts and cross-posts them to Facebook and Twitter. If this works, I won't have to worry about Facebook shutting down its RSS feed to its Notes application. Facebook makes a change to encourage me to use it less. Smart move!
I have a weakness for certain franchises; for example, Stars Wars and Lord of the Rings. So I could not help but pick up Lord of the Rings: War in the North by Snowblind for the PS3. I've played it for about three hours, and already I feel it belongs in this topic: Finished playing. The plot…
I'm writing a biography of Isaac Bonewits (with the support of Phaedra Bonewits, Deborah Lipp, and Arthur Lipp-Bonewits). I continue to search for people who knew Isaac Bonewits. I know I've posted these requests before, but sometimes persistence pays off.Please let me know if you know how to get in touch with any of the following people.…
I'd like to say that I enjoyed this game as much as I enjoyed Arkham Asylum; based on the on-line reviews I've seen, I seem to be one of the few who was not as impressed with AC. The main difference in the games is the setting. In AA, you were restricted to certain areas of the…
This is the one with a character voiced and "faced" by Felicia Day. I rate this as very good. The environments were all new, the story was well-told, the characters were well-voiced and wittily-written. ("This is why you should not waste your last minute monologing.") The game took me about 10 hours to run on Casual difficulty.…
I tried to donate blood again tonight. Once again, my iron level was too low. It's in the normal range, but for blood donations they have a narrower range of acceptance. I got some tips from the phlebotomist and I'll give it another try. However, it's occurred to me that maybe blood donations are simply not the…