Experienced tabletop gamers will know that certain games have certain patterns. It is possible to work out how close you are to the end of the game by comparing your actions against the anatomy of the adventure itself. The chart below shows seven popular RPG adventures that span a number of genres. Feel familiar to […]
Classic dice shaming: 13 unrepentant polyhedrons
You might have heard of dog shaming. Naughty dogs get their photographs taken, looking guilty, while they sit with a sign that tells the world which canine crime they committed. “I chewed my owner’s favourite shoes” or “I like to steal the cat’s food”. As it turns out dogs aren’t the only source of frustration […]
Texts from Kobold
Imagine the scene. An evil wizard is just trying to stock his tower with suitable monsters and minions. As the evil wizard manual says you start with the weak minions first, by the entrance, and then add progressively more powerful beasts. Our wizard puts a single kobold in the first room by the door. He’s […]
Game of Thrones: Season 4 bloopers
Thanks to Comic Con we can sit back and enjoy a collection of bloopers from season 4 of Game of Thrones. You shouldn’t watch this if you’re worried about spoilers up to s4. There’s no clues as to what happen next. In fact, for much of this video, there’s a total lack of clue. Funny […]
Trolling computer RPGs: Choose a name
This prompt might seem familiar if you’ve ever played a computer RPG in which you’ve been able to name your character. You might be told something like this; Choose a name for your character. Choose wisely, as it can’t be changer later. Of course… roleplayers don’t often take well to the word can’t and that […]
Nameless World mixes electro rock and Zombillenium monsters
Here’s a good idea. To promote the graphic novel Zombillenium: Gretchen the talented Arthur de Pins created the music video Nameless World. I’m allowed to be jealous anyone who can write and draw their own graphic novel about an amusement park run by monsters and who can then put together an animated music video to […]
Shopping with a giant Uruk Hai
Who else has gone shopping while in full LARP gear? I know I have and I can’t be the only one… if only because I wasn’t alone when I did it. This video takes the monster in the shops gag to a whole new level. The Uruk Hai here simply towers above everyone they meet […]
One More Fight
Fans of Maroon 5 will recognise this as a parody of “One More Night”. I’ll put my hands up and admit that I’ve probably said “Just one more fight” to buy myself more time on the computer. However, unlike the guys in this video I’m pretty sure I’ve never said it to my partner – […]
Short film: The Glitched King
This is a comedy short about a space traveller who crashes onto an alien planet. The animation was made, in part, by Michael Piazza. Piazza notes the two inspirations for the project are space that the fact that people kept on touching his hair. Watch the video and you’ll see how that factors in. Leap […]
The gamer revised alphabet
How would a cynical gamer recite the alphabet? Glad you asked. Shared first, without credit, at Imgur.
