Friday, April 30, 2004

According to a palm reading program...

This is what I'm like:

Your Life Line reveals that you are a very passionate person that possesses an imaginative and romantic nature.

Your Head Line reveals that you are over-confident and at times brash. Your independent nature often causes you to make impulsive decisions.

Your Heart Line reveals that you have a masculine nature and are easily aroused by your own desires. You are able to maintain a good balance between the physical and emotional sides that accounts for your warm and generous disposition.

Your Fate Line reveals that the early years in your life were full of hard knocks, teaching you that success comes from hard work. Due to this learning process, you will have a late start with your career and financial independance.

You have a Fire hand. You are a person who is restless, outgoing, ambitious, confident and at times promiscuous. Your optimal career choices are to work as a lawyer, politician, entertainer, and an athlete in non-contact sports.

you can check out your results by clicking here

Monday, April 26, 2004

Testing out our new digicam...

See the results here, with a picture of our strange dog-like being: Koko! (clicking on the link will open a new window)

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Real Life Update... (for once)

Hey guys,

Just wanted to put up a real life update for once. Yesterday was a good day for me, having picked up the latest issue of Seeker, the local hobby and gaming magazine. It turns out that my article looks pretty good in it. :)

It's a small thing, really, but I'm proud to have at least something out and published, both to promote the hobby and to add something to my resume. The good news is that I'm being asked to make it a regular column. :) I've accepted it, but will most likely end up still being freelance.

*crosses fingers* here's hoping that things will start looking up from here.

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Held a short game of Final Stand, the irreverent kung fu RPG for a group of gifted students yesterday. It wasn't a very long game... and neither was it very coherent, but it looked like they had fun. I'm just glad to indoctrinate new people to the world of RPGs. :) Here's hoping that they'll find the hobby an enjoyable one to try their own games.

Sunday, April 18, 2004

Order someone around... and the World of Darkness reborn...

hello all you control freaks! :)

Just because I have the amazing ability to go to weird sites, try ordering this chicken around. I've given it a shot and to be perfectly honest, it's downright freaky that he really does whatever you type...

Some commands I've given it are:
- jump up and down
- flap your wings
- lie down and flop like a fish (yes, I'm aware I'm giving this instruction to a giant man in a chicken suit, but it's fun anyway)

I'd go on, but I felt sorry for the guy.

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Now that I think about it, it would be nice if I had the power to make people I dislike as subservient as that chicken. I'd be like the Crab in the Obey the Crab game, only meaner. >:D

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Some new artwork from the upcoming Vampire: the Requiem RPG from the new World of Darkness. Looks interesting... I wonder how the new Mage will look?

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Interesting...

Remember the result that I got from the "What book am I?" Quiz?"

They've made a movie out of it.

I, ROBOT by Isaac Asimov

It looks nothing like the book, I hear. However, since I have not read the book, I'm going by sheer eye candy. :D

Sunday, April 11, 2004

World Domination!

To those who like Simpsons, you might want to take a peek at Maxim Magazine's Special Interview with Marge!

On other news, I've discovered a device that I'd definitley want to have.

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Trying to rule the world is an expensive hobby. In fact, I've been looking around the internet for some things to help me in my endeavor, but all I could find was this. Not very promising, I'm afraid.

Thankfully, one of my henchmen informed me that there was another way. And so I went out and found a perfect place where I could spend my well stolen American Dollars to finance my quest for Global Domination.

The link to the site can be found here.

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I hope you're all having a great day!

Saturday, April 10, 2004

I know... nothing much in my life but links...

Exalted Cuteness

Tobie, I know you've probably seen that pic before, but heck it's still by Melissa Uran.

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This is a very good reason to know how to identify fish on sight.

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If you've got a lot of cardstock paper and ink in your printer, why don't you get ready for your next sci-fi convention by trying out the Sci-fi convention kit!

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And finally, for those GMs which are planning to run (or are running) any espionage/ military type games, here's a link to some great music you can download and burn into a campaign soundtrack.

Friday, April 09, 2004

Thursday, April 08, 2004

You learn something new every day.

For instance, I never knew Donald Rumsfeld was a Martial Artist...

I've also learned that even in the virtual world, my Table Tennis skills are way underdeveloped.

On the wildlife side, nobody has yet saved the endangered Hangaroo... hence it's trivia spouting sequel.

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On other news I'm looking for playtesters for Steampunk Mafia, a pen and paper RPG I've written up in my spare time.

It's a rules light RPG that's designed to be easy to play to provide as much help to people who haven't played an RPG before.

If you're interested to run this game for your group of friends, you can download the PDF here. Please check it out and tell me what you guys think. I'm working on it to give it some more polish and to work out any kinks in the system, and I might even add some artwork into it. :)

Who knows, it might actually be a hit. ;)

Monday, April 05, 2004

Go Slick!

In deference to the amazing powers of my idol Slick:





Check out more of this stuff by clicking on the Sinfest link on the sidebar. :)

Friday, April 02, 2004

I love my country!

The Theocracy of Pointymandia is a very large, safe nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate, cynical population of 86 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Education, and Defence. The average income tax rate is 50%, and even higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Soda Sales.

Public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people", Pointymandia's educational system is the envy of many and regarded as a pinnacle of educational acheivement, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime is totally unknown. Pointymandia's national animal is the wallaby, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the point.