Yep. The bacon vodka.
For those who can’t wait, I’ll try to remember to put something in my Facebook status message. For the rest of you, I’ll post here tomorrow and discuss how it went.
Plus, it’s playtest night, so it’s time for more Blood Red Sands!
And, in celebration, a different type of vodka. HT: Jeremy
I found this post to be rather inspiring, as it described how Gygax used games and the hospitality of his home to connect with teenagers as they were growing up. In a similar respect, this post discusses the generally open and inviting aspects of gamer culture, especially contrasting with our Christian culture, again, especially in connection with teens.
Hmm. I want to reach out to young men. I play games and use them to build relationships. Hmm.
Making me think, it is.
Even if you don’t know Go, these are funny.
You’ll need to read the text box on the side to get a sense of what’s going on, though.
This review is in German. Thankfully, Google does an automated translation of German, so here’s the Mangled English version of the review.
…then you can read this review of Dirty Secrets. The author has indicated that it’s a positive review, so I pass it along.
I doubt that he knew it, but Vincent Baker has thrown down a gauntlet. Early in this podcast, Vincent was talking about church, where he said, “God is dead, Church is a zombie, and it wants to eat your brains.”
Just so you know where he’s coming from, okay?
Then, he described the process of having Dogs in the Vineyard published, and having had the help and support of the people around him:
To have a group of people who were not just…sort of…Not just in the abstract supportive of me doing art[…]to come to peace with my childhood. Not just in the abstract supportive of that. They were materially supportive of that. There was time, there was money, there was energy, there was them putting it in people’s hands, there was honest to God work, there was work in support of me creating art to come to peace with my childhood, and, like, I still feel that that’s the kind of stuff, like, if a church can give you that, it’s the f***ing best church I’ve ever heard of.
So, my brothers and sisters, what are we prepared to do? Are we better at being a community than the indie roleplaying scene? Is Jesus enough of a reason to rally together?
So, the big news at the Ben-Ezra house is that we acquired a Nintendo Wii. This is a really clever game console with a really nifty interface. In general, you just move the controller around. I have the game with tennis that they briefly show in the linked video. You really do just play like that. With the different games that I’ve played, I’ve discovered that there’s a bit of a learning curve to the controls, but once you get the hang of the control scheme, it’s quite intuitive. For example, we just got Worms: A Space Oddity. You actually throw your grenades by swinging the controller. Nuff said. It’s really cool.
And all of this made me consider the goodness of God. Getting a Wii isn’t a necessity. It’s definitely above and beyond just food and shelter. Yet, He gave it to us, because He loves us and He delights in our delight. Really, this thing has made me geek out in so many ways….
I think of what it’s like when I give my children a gift. They squeal and jump up and down and run off to play with it. And I sit there and smile, watching them.
I think that’s what God is doing right now.
I feel like I should say something, but I’m not really sure what. Besides, we’ve been in South Korea for 58 years, so I guess we haven’t beat that record yet.
Sigh.
Anger can be such a useful emotion at times, and angry music can be a great motivator. Of course, in our day and age, most angry music is yelling and screaming a la Rage Against the Machine. I’m not opposed to yelling and screaming music; however, that sort of music tends to be hot anger.
On the other hand, cold anger tends to be rarer, so I appreciate it when I see it. Like this song, which is about a factory fire in Fall River, Massachusetts on September 19, 1874. Melodic, yet furious.
I object to musicals on the ground that they violate my sense of reality. In real life, people don’t just suddenly burst into song and dance.
“You grow up watching the movies, and suddenly you get the chance to do it,” Johnson says. “There’s a reason it’s been so romanticized. Let’s be honest: A sword is cooler than a gun.”
As one who studied kenjutsu for about 18 months, I’d have to agree.
(I know that I’m going to draw objections on this one….)
This pretty much sums up the whole problem.
Warning: use of Anglo-Saxonism and depiction of animal abuse. (I’m kidding about the animal abuse.)
If I blog about this article, it means that the Bryan has already won. I must not do his evil bidding. I must not!
Oh, wait…..
