Ken Newquist Jumping into Second Life is like jumping into a void, albeit one populated with the remnants of a half million flea markets. Moving around is awkward, and not just because your avatar inevitably looks like its been nailed to a set of wooden planks. The world’s interface makes it difficult to figure out how to … Read more
My reading list this month is dominated by books demands spawned by the two book clubs I’ve joined: the Secret Lair Book Club and my gaming group’s own graphic novel book club. The first two books are Market Forces, a Car Wars meets Wall Street novel by Richard K. Morgan and The Sky People, a … Read more
The heroes of Freedom City will once again take to the skies tonight as my gaming group returns to our Infinity Storm campaign for Mutants & Masterminds. Player schedules — both mine and the groups — have played havoc with the campaign, and as a result the campaign’s been on something of a hiatus since … Read more
This episode of Nuketown Radio Active is brought to you by the letter F. Also, StarGirl turns five, we buy a car-camping tent, Nuketown gets upgrades to its anti-spam capabilities, Critical Hits blogs about the life of RPG gamers, Reaper announces modern day miniatures, and the MacMommy figures out how to balance teaching, technology, and raising … Read more
“How many Harry Potter movies are there?” StarGirl asks me from the back seat of the Wrangler as we drive around Easton. The question isn’t surprising; she’s just watched Chronicles of Narnia and has decided she’s ready to watch the first Harry Potter movie. “Well, there are seven books,” I said, “but there are going to … Read more
It’s no secret to my gaming group that I’m getting burned out playing Dungeons & Dragons. I’ve wanted to try something new for years now, but as D&D 3.5’s variant rules (and even core rules) have proliferated with its end-of-edition publishing spasms, my desire to try something different has intensified. The Battlestar Galactica RPG was … Read more
Don’t watch The Mist. You may think you know how things go, having read Stephen King’s short story of the same name. You might like horror and think, “tentacled monstrosities from beyond the edge of time? I can deal with that.” But trust me. If you’re a geek dad or mom, and the kind of … Read more
Content’s been a little light around Nuketown lately, between the holidays, being crazy business at work, and the three seasons of Stargate: Atlantis that my friend Cory lent me. This has create a pent of demand in the writing portion of my brain, which is screaming for more work. To that end, I’ll be endeavoring … Read more
My gaming group’s been playing in the World of Greyhawk for more than a decade. Greyhawk’s a traditional fantasy setting, one of the first for D&D, and it’s very much inspired by the likes of Jack Vance’s Dying Earth, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, and Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It’s a … Read more
Our group has a long history of playing board games, and an equally long history of saying we need to play more of them. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, our Board Game Night seems to fall through the crack after a few months of Risk 2210, Settlers of Catan or some new game. This … Read more