In our second sandbox episode, we get deep into our setting. We work on neighborhoods figuring out the local color. Tim changes his mind. Asian architectural styles are compared and contrasted! Ninjas appear! Jonathan continues to tilt at that windmill… A city under the city. Plus, a special appearance by The Piano Man! Thoughts on […]
Pinocchio is one angry little puppet. His father has been killed, then turned into a vampire, and he’s lost everything…except the lies that turn his nose into a vampire killing stake! This week, we talk to the creators of Pinocchio Vampire Slayer and its upcoming sequel, The Great Puppet Theater. Dusty Higgins is the creator […]
CAST OF PLAYERS: Jeremy Whitener…………Korin Alabaster………………………Were Mongoose Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* “I don’t want to retreat,” Casey panted, her blood up now. “I want to find the rest of the prisoners down here and get them out. And I want to make sure whoever’s got them never has the chance to […]
I was out in New Mexico last week and discovered Paul’s bar. Paul, Paul, Paul. You might need to spend less money on comics and maybe – just maybe – invest some of those green backs in your place of business. And hey, what about some respect for the neighborhood? Can you pick up that […]
Fresh from his trip to Taos, Aron describes the sad state of geekdom there in northern New Mexico and Tim reveals his limited knowledge of U.S. geography. Meanwhile, both Wayne and Paul share the horror of being pull-list-raped by their comic shop guy. The horror. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: New Avengers #5 Avengers Academy #5 X-MEN UPDATE: […]
Great week for cheap bastards like me who wait to buy video games until they’ve dropped in price. It seems like games are only $60 for the first couple of weeks before you can get them for as much as $20 less (in fact, the recently released Kane and Lynch sequel was only $19.99 at […]
Arrr me mateys! Mrs. Awesome and I recently had the joy of visiting Captain Cline’s Pirate Ghost Ride in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I’ve been wanting to visit this thing for years (actually, when I wanted to visit it originally, it was Captain Cline’s Pirate Adventure Ride) and have always seemed to miss out on it. […]
Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the old Paramount parks (like Richmond, Virginia’s Kings Dominion) that was purchased by Cedar Fair when Paramount decided to get out of the theme park business. You won’t find too many licensed properties (other than Snoopy), but you find a ton of cool roller coasters in parks […]
CAST OF PLAYERS: Jeremy Whitener…………Korin Alabaster………………………Were Mongoose Debora Silkotch…………..Casey Gavin…………………………Human Psionic Aron Head……………….Story/Setting/Everything Else…….Game Master ********************************************* Casey blinked, thrown off a little by the vampire’s casual manner. But time was still ticking away; she needed to keep things moving. “I’m Casey.” She turned to indicate the staircase. “Those stairs lead up to the main bar. […]
Four out of the five of us on Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie are tabletop RPG enthusiasts. We’re gamers. It seemed inevitable then that our love of superheroics, role playing games, and podcasting would converge into recording actual play. In our first episode, we kick off world building for our superhero sandbox setting. The […]