tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48591514167062474032011-11-27T17:43:38.355-06:00A home for my musings on life, gaming, and a little bit extra. Updates on occasion.John "TH" Wells, The Arkansan Geek-of-all-Tradeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07592295884194841456noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859151416706247403.post-82738335721257424362011-02-10T07:43:00.002-06:002011-02-10T07:48:37.696-06:00

It gets harder every day not to look around myself as a geek-of-all-trades and go "What are you doing to my hobbies?" I don't know what I hate more, the elements of those hobbies that provoke such a response, or the fact that I'm slowly turning into that old, grumpy geek that can't enjoy anything because "nothing is as good as it was twenty years ago". I make a conscious effort to avoid such a

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When did being a geek become so complicated? What happened to the days where there were games that came out that everyone could just agree were good. What happened to the days where people gamed face to face? What happened to the friendly local game store? What happened to the arcade? What happened to the anime clubs, the sci-fi clubs, and the aspiring fantasy author clubs? What the hell

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Yes, I too will be participating in the classic interweb pastime of National Novel Writing Month. I have a widget on the side of my page that will be marking my progress. Normally, this is where I would apologize for the upcoming lack of updates, but, well...*looks down*I suppose that wouldn't be too different from the norm, eh?

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I was originally going to title this entry "This is how you ruin my blog" but I thought that was a little melodramatic. Okay, the current title is a little melodramatic. That title would have been over the top.I should note that this is not something I am upset about. It is simply something that I feel the need to point out.I will not be continuing "This is How You Ruin My Game". This is

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Well, it's been a while since I posted here. More and more of my posts are starting this way. It's been a wild few months, but life has begun to even out. I'm looking at writing here more, but in the meantime, I have a side project I'm working on. I'm doing a Let's Play of Terranigma over at my Youtube account. http://www.youtube.com/user/Triggerhappy938 . I've linked my Youtube to my twitter

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I'm a geek. Oftentimes, I've traveled the blogosphere under the title of the Arkansan Geek-of-all-trades. This is not to say that I am the end-all, all-knowing geek guru [yet]. Rather, I'm a collector of fandoms and hobbies. I've generally been open to taking up one more hobby, watching one more series, learning one more game, or joining one more group. This has created an odd recurring

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Let us continue on our journey into the depths of tabletop gaming hell, and look at another of it's denizens.The GM breaker "So, the NPC has clearly laid out the epic quest to save the East Kingdom, eh? I go West." Some people just can't take a hint. This is not one of those people. The GM breaker takes the hint and bludgeons the GM with it. The GM breaker is not the one to stand and

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There is this age old debate among people who play tabletop RPGs as to who is more responsible for the success or failure of a game, the GM or the player. It has been said on many occasions by many people that while no one can define what makes a good game, anyone can tell you at least one thing that makes a bad one. Here I will seek to provide a few of those definitions, detailing behaviors

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Once upon a time, I was full of ideas with regards to what I would do if I could make a game of my own. I was brimming with concepts, story hooks, character ideas, and plotlines. When I discovered D&D, I poured over the books voraciously, imagining endless possibilites. Unfortunately, I had yet to discover my friendly local game store, and had at the time no one to play this game with, or

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Well, it is the end of the year, and three car wrecks, two cars, and a semester later, and I haven't written a single post here.I think I may need to refocus a bit.I wanted to avoid doing this, because it's overdone almost to the point of being trite, but I'm going to do it, regardless. I'm going to write about gaming.Yes, this is going to become one of the millions upon millions of geek culture

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I suppose I should be happy I'm alive right now. For those who hadn't heard, I was in a car wreck last week, got T-boned by some lady running a red light. I spent the next day resting off my bruises and headache. I spent that weekend shaking off the shock of it all. I really cannot seem to stay in a vehicle.I don't know if I'm still sore from the wreck now or just stressed. Things could be worse,

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Honestly, it wasn't even really writer's block. It was more of an anxiety thing. I would write, but I would be unhappy with what I wrote and trash it. It would be too whiney or too amature or lack any real merit. I have to remind myself that I have to keep writing, if only for writing's sake.I've found it to be difficult, even in matters more relevant to my personal hobbies. Coming up with

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Once upon a time, the popular tag line was "I wanna be in Hollywood." Everyone wanted to be in pictures. Everyone wanted to be in television, or music. Everyone wanted to be famous. Everyone wanted to "be somebody."Of course, the appeal of such an existence has declined as we see more and more documentaries of burnt out Hollywood legends. Music stars overdose. Movie stars lose their appeal. Child

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I like to write. It’s one of the few things I do that can be described as remotely constructive. So, it would make sense that I would like to make a living at it. But, it is a worrisome path.My family’s reactions range from dismissive to condescending. Most expect me to at some point pursue a “real job”. Most are rather vague on what this “real job” should be. My mother has suggested nursing, her

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