Television is a dangerous thing.
I don't watch a lot of TV, for a couple of reasons. One reason is that I hate interruptions, and shows on TV are riddled with commercials. Not to mention that waiting for things such as seasons to begin and end drives me nuts. It the show is worth watching, I'm more than willing to wait for it to come out on DVD.
Another reason is that when the TV is on, it is the only thing I can pay attention to. I don't know why, but that sumbitch sucks me in like a vortex and won't let me go. I can be having an in-depth conversation with someone, but as soon as that television is turned on my brain shuts down and I can do nothing but grunt at the person I was conversing with. I then get irritated with them for trying to continue our discussion when it's quite obvious that, you know, I'm watching TV.
I feel terrible about this later, but there's nothing to be done about it. Television is my bane, and thus I avoid it like the desert.
Yes, the desert. I don't know if you've noticed it, but outside of a few exceptions I could name I am the whitest man on planet Earth. I would say perhaps in the entire solar system, but I haven't been to Pluto recently. The desert and I have a mutual understanding: I avoid it at all costs, and it doesn't kill me. Thus far, it's been working just fine.
And yes, I know that Pluto has been demoted, but I don't know the name of the "new guy", so...whatever!
Anyway, back on topic!
My father recently purchased a TV that one could describe as large. This puppy's got Hi-Def everything (which, to be honest, I'm not terribly impressed with) and truly dominates the room. One almost feels the need to genuflect in its presence.
I visited last night for dinner (which always rocks) and from the moment I walked in, the TV had me. Never mind that my grandma was there, or that there was animated discussion going on in "the background", the DiscoveryHD channel was having a marathon all about fairly important battles from several different time periods!
Now, you may or may not know this about me, but I'm kind of a history buff. I mean, I'm no scholar, but I love history. A good documentary will grab my attention far more than any sitcom or action flick. Add war into that documentary, and I'm totally screwed. Mathematically, the formula would look something like this:
TV + Military History = pwnd.
Long story short, I don't really remember much of last night, except that Alexander the Great was awesome, Nazis suck (but we knew that), Napoleon got his ass kicked, and my grandma makes bomb-ass meatballs.
On a completely different topic, WoW once again has me by the short and curlies, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. The expansion breathed new life into the game, but I find myself getting irritated with myself for playing so much. But I love my rogue like...like...well, like something that people love, anyway!
That's all for now. Peace out!
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All I got to say is:
Best website ever!
CHeck this out:
http://rpgdesign.blogspot.com/2007/01/10-questions-mike-mearls.html
Interview with Mike Mearls of Iron Heroes
Thought you would find it interesting.
I wish that "journalist" would ask some relevant questions, like:
"Hey Mike Mearls! Iron Heroes was almost really awesome! Who thought it would a good idea to keep track of seven different Token pools (which each have seperate and complex effects)?"
Instead of:
"Hey Mike Mearls! You're so awesome! What's your opinion on PDFs? Can you get me a job?"
I'm not bitter. YOU'RE bitter!
sometimes steve, you need to suck it up and play the game.
All I'm saying is, you shouldn't need a stack of paper and a graphing calculator to play D&D.
That being said, I really liked a lot of the stuff Iron Heroes did, and I'm actually thinking about dusting it off if we start buckling our swash. It seems more "high adventure" than your standard d20.
Have you ran a D&D game in a while? You know how many DC penalties and Bonuses there are? +2 for this, -6 for that. You need a damn science degree to figure it all out.
Or you could do what I do and make it up as you go, only being questioned by a few of the players that actually know the rules every once in a while, when you do something questionable. But then you just play it off like it had slipped you mind. ::ahem::
Just cause the player actually needs to do some actual work. >D
That's what I do, too. Because quite honestly, I don't care all that much. Just swing the damn sword, n00blet!
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