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A few eagle-eyed readers might have noticed the Fear the Boot link and banner that have been appearing on the site for the past couple of days. The show is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying. They recently had me on the show for an interview and we talked about D&D, DM of the Rings, and a bit about me personally. It was great fun. If you want to know a bit about how DM of the Rings works behind the scenes or about my experiences as a DM in the past, then you should definitely give it a listen.

I never really got into podcasts before Fear the Boot, but I must say the show is quite enjoyable. It flows less like a talk show and more like an animated conversation between friends. It works really well.

If you want to dive in and see what the rest of the show is like, then I suggest starting around episode 40 and going forward from there. The archives are huge and it would take forever to hear them all, and I think the most recent episodes are their best work to date.

Thanks again to Dan, Chad and John for having me on.

Shamus Young is a programmer, an author, and nearly a composer. He works on this site full time. If you'd like to support him, you can do so via Patreon or PayPal.

Last night I noticed you can create a free 10-day trial for World of Warcraft, and download the software directly. Like an idiot I clicked and began the registration process. It wasn’t until I’d gotten halfway done that I realized what a stupid thing I was doing and backed away.

I’ve known for a long time that this game would suck me in if I was ever foolish enough to try it. Right now my time is carefully balanced between work, family, the website, the comic, and videogames. Something like WoW would upset this careful balance and quickly devour the time set aside for these other projects. Unlike single-player games, you can’t pause an MMO. You can’t pick it up and play for thirty minutes at a time and come away with a satifying experience. An MMO is a demanding hobby and I don’t have room for another one of those right now.

Still, if you’ve wanted to see what the fuss is about then it looks like now is a great time to try the game out.

Shamus Young is a programmer, an author, and nearly a composer. He works on this site full time. If you'd like to support him, you can do so via Patreon or PayPal.

Jay tagged me to participate this this meme. The idea is thus: Bloggers: The blogosphere is coming to an end. You have one last post. What is it going to be? What is the final summary of your blog? What is the one last gem that you want to leave with your readers? Urban Monk, the originator of the meme, is also bribing us by promising to donate to charity based on participation, but I wouldn’t be doing this if it didn’t amuse me.

So here it is, my final post, my secret revealed:

I’m not going to tag anyone. If writing a “last post” tickles your fancy, then please go for it. It’s for a good cause. (My hummer.)

Shamus Young is a programmer, an author, and nearly a composer. He works on this site full time. If you'd like to support him, you can do so via Patreon or PayPal.