T w e n t y S i d e d
Sometimes initiative is a little odd.
– Shamus Wednesday Mar 28, 2007
Ah, nothing like awkwardly staring into your character sheet knowing full well you’re about to have fuck-all to do for at least the next two to three turns besides move 30 feet in a given direction.
The Best of 2016
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2016.
Overthinking Zombies
Let's ruin everyone's fun by listing all the ways in which zombies can't work, couldn't happen, and don't make sense.
PC Gaming Golden Age
It's not a legend. It was real. There was a time before DLC. Before DRM. Before crappy ports. It was glorious.
Quakecon Keynote 2013 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
Shamus Plays LOTRO
As someone who loves Tolkein lore and despises silly MMO quests, this game left me deeply conflicted.
This is one of several reasons I’m enjoying my current Ranger character more than my old Paladin character
The opposite pole of this is certain builds in Pathfinder 1e where you don’t have enough swift actions for everything you’d like to be able to do in addition to your regular turn. It’s more than possible that you’d like to do three and can pick only one of them, as my son discovered the day before yesterday. :D