Comic-Con: Jerry Robinson, Michael Uslan, and Adam West on the Joker’s Origins

Papa Llama | August 31, 2009

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Continued from “Comic-Con Excerpts: The Joker’s Relationship with Batman.” Concluding our report on the San Diego Comic-Con International panel “Is the Joker a Psychopath? You Decide!”  which our own Papa Llama, in his secret identity as psychology professor Dr. Travis Langley, moderated and co-organized. Other panelists: Dr. Robin Rosenberg (therapist and editor – The Psychology [...]

The Paladin Across the Tabletop

Nick | August 31, 2009

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The Paladin was always “that guy” in the 2nd edition campaigns I played. I remember having to act like an idiot to stick with their strict code of conduct. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t the proper way you had to play them, but it was fun.

Comic-Con Excerpts: The Joker’s Relationship with Batman

Papa Llama | August 29, 2009

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 Continuing Papa Llama’s report of his San Diego Comic-Con International panel with fellow psychologist Dr. Robin Rosenberg, comic book writer Steve Englehart, The Dark Knight producer Michael Uslan, and Batman himself, Adam West: After Steve Englehart discussed via telephone why he felt that the Joker is insane, I asked my fellow panelists for quick thoughts [...]

Abducted by Aliens! A Review of Fallout 3′s Mothership Zeta

Nick | August 27, 2009

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That’s right. You get captured by aliens. I thought it might have been a hoax at first, like the aliens were really people in disguises as kind of an homage to the idea that the moon landing was fake. Very quickly that idea left my head. So how is this fifth episode of DLC for Fallout 3? Let me tell you all about it.

Dante’s Inferno Preview

Alex Langley | August 26, 2009

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Dante’s Inferno is a stylish action game in the vein of Devil May Cry and God of War, by EA games, and is loosely based on the epic poem of the same name. You play as a man named Dante as he treks through hell to find his girlfriend. How sweet! I had some hands [...]

You Can’t Do That on the Internet- Direct like Quentin!

Alex Langley | August 25, 2009

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The Fighter Across the Tabletop

Nick | August 24, 2009

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The Fighter has always been one of the principal aspects of your basic party in D&D. He’d be the one guy that doesn’t die during the first adventure of your 2nd Edition campaign.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – What does Mastery do?

Nick | August 22, 2009

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Blizzard has been scarce with details on this new feature, likely to reveal details on it today at Blizzcon. I feel like I’ve got a deep enough understanding of the game that I’m going to give you a couple of theories about what it does.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Alex Langley | August 21, 2009

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  Today at Blizzcon, the annual convention held by the creators of World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft, the new expansion for WoW was announced- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm! Here are some highlights of the new features of the expansion pack:   Quote from Blizzard staff Q: What is the story of World of Warcraft: [...]

You Can’t – Facts about Bears

Alex Langley | August 20, 2009

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You Can’t Do That on the Internet- Facts about Bears

Entire Interview: David Mack

Nick | August 20, 2009

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Nick & Marko’s Interview with David Mack: We mentioned a while back that David Mack visited my university. Marko and I conducted an interview with him that was about an hour and the university’s radio station cut it down to nine minutes with commercials included. I present to you the full awesomeness of our David Mack interview. BEHOLD!

New! Across the Tabletop

Nick | August 17, 2009

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I started writing this article with the intent of just reviewing over Pathfinder again after having a better grasp of 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. It ended up turning into a pretty massive document, so I’ve instead turned it into a 12-part weekly series comparing the classic 11 classes from the 3rd Edition Player’s Handbook as compared to Pathfinder, 4th Edition, and some other tabletop roleplaying games.

A look back at Issue 151, Symphony of the Llama

Nick | August 13, 2009

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Nick’s Commentary on Issue #151 of Rocket Llama

City of Heroes: Going Rogue preview

Alex Langley | August 12, 2009

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City of Heroes is a superhero-based MMO that has an upcoming expansion pack, Going Rogue, which will allow players to explore the sliding scale of good and evil through their actions, rather than simply designating a character as good or evil and being done with it. Here’s some gameplay footage from the San Diego Comic-Con [...]

Batman: Arkham Asylum preview

Alex Langley | August 11, 2009

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Batman: Arkham Asylum is an upcoming action-adventure stealth game developed by Eidos, about none other than Die Fledermaus man himself, BATMAN. After some time with the game at Comic-Con, and more time with the X-box live demo, I’ve come to the conclusion that this game is awesome. Even if the game was horrible, I’d still [...]