Timewaster's Guide Archive

I had thought about picking up Talislanta a while back.  I downloaded the preview from their site and was blown away by the detail, originality, and fun of the game.  It's another one of those games that I'll probably pick up "someday."

Oh, man! I thought I was the only one who was completely freaked out by Lady in White!  When I was a kid, I couldn't even watch the whole thing.

I'm also a big fan of Scream.  As a big fan of horror movies, cheesy or not, it was nice to see a movie that broke the cliches.

I was lucky enough to watch the first half of The Kingdom last year. Very good stuff, though it got really surreal near the end of that half.  Haven't seen the last half of the episodes yet.  There was a rumor for a while the Stephen King was going to adapt it and remake it for us here in the U.S.

While most people thought The Blair Witch Project was pure cheese, I liked it and it scared the bejeesus out of me...still does.  A few of those scenes just stick with you.

Hoody Hoo!  

Congrats, Fell!  

Pretty quiet in here of late.  Thought I'd spark some interest to see what you all have been reading of late.

Here's my list:

1) If Chins Could Talk: Bruce Campbell.   My personal hero writes one of the most entertaining books I've read in years.  Not thought provoking, but certainly a lot of fun and a great look at low-budget movie production.  I churned through this baby in one sitting.

2)Lovecraft.  Autumn just feels like the right time to read from his classics, especially with Halloween right around the corner.

3)I Am Legend: Richard Matheson.  I finally got to cross this off of me "To be read" list.  A great story that provokes a good amount of thought.

That's about it right now.  I'm thinking of picking up Ender's Game sometime soon as it's another one on my "To be read" list.

Anyone else see this yet?

Creep city, man.  I love horror films and this is one of the better ones I've seen of late.  Very chilling movie that inspires a sense of dread instead of just a few scares. That said...

The only problems I had with it were:
1) VERY disjointed storyline.  Halfway through the movie the story takes this long turn that it doesn't need to go on as it resolves nothing and you find out very little.
2)Far too many cheap/fake scares.  C'mon people, just stop with these already.
3) The kid.  Suddenly, everyone wants to be Haley Joel Osmet (sp).  This kid has one moment where he truly shines and is just in the way the rest of the film.

This was my kind of movie, surreal horror.  Kind of like Muholland Dr. in mood, but nowhere near as intelligent.  Interestingly, Naomi Watts shined in both movies.

I really want to see the original Japanese version now.  Most say its superior in all ways and I'd like to see if that is true.  It's supposed to come out on Region 1/ Region 0 DVDs sometime next year, so keep your eyes open!

Hoody Hoo, Indeed!

My group is currently several sessions into our campaign and having an absolute blast!  Surprisingly, we hack only every other session or so as we get deep into role playing in the Little Keep on the Borderlands.  

This is some of the most fun, I've had gaming.  Then again, the fun you have gaming and the system you play most certainly don't have to be related.  It's all about the people...

Anywho, welcome to the boards, Slant!

I don't think Morrus at ENworld is trying to be underhanded...most people just submitted their homebrew worlds and were never going to do anything else with them.  I think the database is a good idea and the contest  is alright.  

If you're planning on using your setting commecially, though, then putting it up for public display would indeed be a bad idea.

ENworld is at http://www.enworld.org

IMO, it's the best 3E/d20 site on the net.  

Not necessarily  If you were contacted and accepted you can't let anyone know about it.  So Fell might have gotten in.  If he didn't, I'd love to hear his proposals.