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The Tyranny of Fun…is a Load of Pure Unbridled BS!

July 15, 2008 – 5:09 pm

I’m starting to get annoyed at all the hate being spewed about the Tyranny of Fun, whatever the fuck that expression means. I won’t link to any of them as I find that a rational discourse on this is nigh impossible seeing how emotionnaly charged the atmosphere around that screwed up concept is.
Google it [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Player Psychology, Tabletop RPGs | Comments (97)

Open Letter to Wizards of the Coast

July 8, 2008 – 7:36 am

This is a rantish post to expose, in my usual style, my misgivings about my favorite games and the company that manages them
Dear Wizards of the Coast,
This is a letter to share with you my worries and disappointment at the way you have (or are) handling the game brands that I care about as [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Tabletop RPGs | Comments (66)

You Put That in Your Car?

April 28, 2008 – 6:08 pm

Is it just me?
Like your average working parent, I can’t look at the media’s alarmist take on the world food crisis (re: increasing prices of basic foodstuff ) and stay unfazed.
Like many upper middle class North American, I probably don’t spend more than 10-15% of our household earnings on food.
That’s why I can afford to [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in General Musings | Comments (53)

Mobile Phones in Cars

April 3, 2008 – 8:41 am

I only have one blog and I need to rant about something totally unrelated to RPGs… but somewhat geeky… so feel free to move on or add some oil on the fire.
On April 1st, a new law (for real, not as an April Fool’s) passed in Quebec that strictly forbids the use of hand-held phones [...]

By ChattyDM | Posted in Geek Stuff | Comments (28)

Pathfinder #4 preview: Wolfgang Baur must really hate me

February 4, 2008 – 9:28 am

This is a continuing series of short posts on Paizo’s Pathfinder adventure path magazine. The image is Copyright 2007 Paizo Publishings.
Yeah I haven’t done one of those in quite some time (Dec 7 to be more precise) for a very good reason, I never got my #4 issue of Pathfinder (written by none other [...]