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The Wire – RPG Version
Here’s the wire as a 16 bit RPG. Haven’t watched the wire? Dang, you should really get on that… via College Humor
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Warren Ellis Writes About Normality Fields and Living in the Future
In an article you should definitely check out.
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The Backwater Gospel
Is a creepy, cool, and very stylish cartoon that I’m digging at the moment.
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San Diego Public Market
Recently, there was a Kickstarter that floated past my awareness for a Public Market in San Diego. As with so many Kickstarters, it flew past its goal and was raved about by supporters. Unlike many...
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Godzilla Haiku
While it’s old news for most of the internet, I want to reaffirm my love for the tumblr Godzilla Haiku. They even featured one of mine once upon a time.
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Romney Apologizes to Nation’s 150 Million ‘Starving, Filthy Beggers’
From the Onion. I’ve been saying for months that Obama is going to utterly destroy Romney in the coming election. I think major media will still abstain from mentioning this (the ‘neck and neck’...
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Battle of the Sexes: Science Fiction Sound Effect Edition
Bleep Blap Bloop from Paul Constantakis on Vimeo. Man, I could watch this for hours…
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Black Mesa Machinima
Hey, did you know that fans recreated the Original Half Life with a modern engine and graphics (via source) in a project called Black Mesa? Also, did you know now they’re using the work to make...
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Wikipedia: Human
I find wikipedia’s article “Human” to be utterly fascinating. Because of the ‘neutral point of view’ style requirement the prose reads like it was written by an alien intelligence. For instance,...
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Ad Targeting Women Voters from 56 Years Ago
I am perpetually amazed by how much half a century changes.
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awesomecake
From the “this is why I’m fat” files, I give you my birthday cake, made by my awesome girlfriend. This is a Chocolate Stout Cake, with buttercream frosting, and the decorations are done with...
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My Conjecture Schedule
Fri 10/5 3:00 PM: The Normality Field: Why Isn’t It the Future Yet? Special note! John and I will be on this panel together. Watch me talk circles around him! In 1993, William Gibson said “The...
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My (Better than Patrick’s) Conjecture Schedule
In case you didn’t know, Patrick and I will both be speaking at Conjecture 2012. I am speaking on 11(!) Panels and will be having my first reading and first signing! The Normality Field: Why Isn’t It...
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today’s amused observation
I woke up this morning with many things to do, only to realize I was out of coffee. So, en route to the laundromat, I stopped at 7-Eleven. I didn’t realize it was Free Coffee Day until I was inside...
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Blogging and Voice and the Good vs the Perfect
I want to write about our posts last month, and the dueling philosophies behind our contributions. {Begin Smack Talk} I totally won Septembers awesomeness duel which comes as no surprise; Patrick’s...
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John vs Patrick Awesomeness Duel – Posting in September
Total Posts John – 25 Patrick – 12 Total Word Count John – 2600 Patrick – 2800 Videos John – 13 Patrick – 1 Pictures John – 16 Patrick – 7 Comments Received John – 1 Patrick – 0 Comments Received...
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How to Be a Better Player
Today’s link is just a quickie, which apparently will make John happy. Er, let me rephrase that. Today’s link does not require a lot of commentary, which apparently is John’s MO. It’s a collection of...
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ZOMG CARMAGEDDON
This is, without question, the greatest thing that has ever happened in THE HISTORY OF ALWAYS: Carmageddon is coming to iOS. Squee! (via GayGamer)
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Poster for my Reading/Signing this Weekend
At Conjecture, which is being held at the Town and Country Center. You should really come and say hi if you can!
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John vs Patrick Episode 6
Why episode six? Because five was unsalvageable due to Patrick’s ‘Electronic Voice Phenomena’ oratorical abilities. Link In this episode, John and Patrick argue about who won September’s more/better...
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John vs Patrick Riff Superman Shorts
Our fourth awesomeness duel: commenting/riffing a bunch of old public domain Superman cartoons. Who won this month? You decide. So let us know in the comments, in facebook likes, via emails, or...
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John vs Patrick Podcast Episode 7
John vs Patrick # 7 Link Wherein John and Patrick discuss geek music, Michael Bay, John concedes the Superman Rifftrax awesomeness duel, and they both decide Patrick needs a nap. Name Drops, Link...
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Today, I’m thankful for Internet Humor
But seriously, when this what was an actual propaganda poster why did they paint him with a kung fu action grip?
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Black Friday Reads
A bunch of my indie author peeps have gotten together to release our books as black friday reads! For when you’re waiting in line, and wanna check out a new author for only 99 cents! If you need...
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December’s Awesomeness Duel: Paizo 2013 RPG Superstar
For December, Patrick and I are both entering the Paizo 2013 RPG Superstar Competition. If you’re familiar with the Pathfinder roleplaying system: we’ll be designing a new wondrous item, and then...
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Gutter-A-Go-Go
One of my favorite websites -the Cultural Gutter, edited by former John vs Patrick guest Carol- is doing an online indiegogo fundraising campaign to keep paying their authors. If you have a free...
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John vs Patrick Podcast Episode 8
John vs Patrick # 8 Link Wherein John and Patrick discuss Macro Posting, Video Games, The RPG Superstar Awesomeness Duel, and the Hitler Downfall meme. Some Stuff Mentioned Ichor Falls Candle Cove...
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Confessions of a Gaming Virgin
Yeah, it was pretty much exactly like this… You’re nervous. You have a carefully graphed snarl of figures you half understand and the big, bearded dude sitting across from you is talking. What the hell...
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Wondrous Item Submission
As will shortly be revealed in our next podcast, neither John nor I made it to round two of the RPG Superstar contest. We have, however, decided to reveal our entries. My item is actually from a game...
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John’s Wondrous Item Submission
RITUAL BLADE AND BOWL OF ZON-KUTHON’S TRANSFORMATION Aura faint evil; CL 5th Slot None Price 25,000 gp Weight 1 lb. DESCRIPTION The Ritual Blade and Bowl of Zon-Kuthon are always crafted as a linked...
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John vs Patrick Podcast Episode 9
John vs Patrick # 9 Link Wherein John and Patrick discuss Pathfinder, Conventions, and make a metric ton of obscure references. Some Stuff Mentioned The Yellow Dart Chiron Beta Prime Tenacious D –...
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Official Announcement: Staying in San Diego (probably)
So, results from PhD applications are in and … it looks like I’m staying in San Diego for another year. In my arrogance, and against the advice of several people to whom I should have listened, I only...
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I Spoke Too Soon!
I received a last-minute invitation to a PhD program that starts this fall. I will be moving to Ohio, in the general vicinity of Cincinnati, this summer. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a few thousand...
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Hobo-a-go-go
Since my last two posts were about my travels, I figured I might as well post another: My itinerant (or “Varisian,” as John so dorkishly put it) lifestyle is being extended to include the whole summer....
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John vs Patrick Episode 10
John vs Patrick # 10 Link Ok kids and kidlettes. First, an apology: this episode has been sitting in my ‘todo’ bin for far too long. Patrick and I actually recorded it back in March at Condor 2013...
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Quick Followup on DragonCon
I noted previously that DragonCon was giving money to a bad person. Looks like they finally turned the rascal out!
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silence is Au
There’s something almost sacred about waking up in the morning and not speaking. I can go hours without opening my mouth, listening to the background static of my house, taking in the sights and...
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2014: Year in (P)Review
Since Patrick decided to update this long abandoned blog, I figured I’d get in on the act. So, stuff’s been happening and I wanted to update you all. I recently appeared in Episode 7 on my friend’s...
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John vs Patrick Season 2 Episode 1: The Thing About Goofy…
It’s the next episode of John vs Patrick, where your resident Awesomeness Duelists discuss Pathfinder (big suprise), the differences between Ohio and San Diego, and the thing about Goofy… Get it the...
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Who’s Yer Con
Later this month I will be attending Who’s Yer Con in Indianapolis. On the off chance any of my local readers are putting in appearances, it would be awesome to see you–swing by the PFS section and...
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Awesomeness Duel: Patrick’s Miniature
Watches Grandfather Walk John claims he’s hard at work on the podcast, and will be posting it Any Minute Now. In the mean time, here’s the mini I’m submitting for our awesomeness duel. It’s a hero...
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Awesomeness Duel: John’s Miniature
When painting this zombie mini, I resisted the urge to paint the skin green because this dead woman still had a ton of makeup on. Shakira looks a lot different without airbrushing.
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John vs Patrick Season 2 – Episode 2: Die in a Ditch
Basically, in this episode John and Patrick bemoan their lack of beer, point out uncomfortable aspects of the err ‘timing’ of John’s first child, and then spend an uncomfortable amount of time geeking...
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John vs Patrick: Gif War
So, it all started innocently enough: I (John) used Fiverr to get cartoon style pictures of Patrick and me. Here’s John It’s John -aka J.M. Perkins- in cartoon form! And Patrick It’s Patrick, in...
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CincyCon Schedule
I will be at CincyCon this weekend (Friday 3/21-Sunday 3/23). As usual, I am running PFS exclusively, and I am overdosing. My schedule is as follows: Friday Mar 21 2-6pm PDT GMing Library of the Lion...
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John vs Patrick Season 2 – Episode 3: E-Peen
John and Patrick geek out about Pathfinder (what else) display a profound lack of political knowledge, and talk about the Pictures for Sad children Kickstarter blowup. Get the Podcast here
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Important Note to LiveJournal Users
Many will look at that title and think “Who still uses LiveJournal?” The answer is, several of my friends. Keeping an eye on the news recently, I have noticed a few things. First, as I’m sure...
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