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Books / Re: Half-Blood Prince
« on: March 10, 2005, 03:50:11 PM »
I think the books are great with a lot of character and good pacing. As for the movies, though it has the most edited out when compared to the books, Prisoner of Azkaban is clearly the best of the three so far.

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Video Games / Re: Devil May Cry 3
« on: March 04, 2005, 01:32:46 PM »
The shotgun rocks in Timesplitters and it's sequel. Not great from long range, but you can take someone's head off with it (literally) at closer ranges.

As for Devil May Cry 3, maybe I'll pick it up if it truly is difficult. The disappointing thing about the second one is that there was no difficulty to the game at all. What fun is that? Make it difficult, but not impossible, please. The first game rocked and rocked hard (other than the script and voice acting).

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Books / Re: Orson Scott Card and Ultimate Iron Man
« on: March 04, 2005, 11:41:14 AM »
I've read this first issue now and you know, I'm liking it so far.

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Books / Orson Scott Card and Ultimate Iron Man
« on: March 03, 2005, 04:23:37 PM »
The first issue of Ultimate Iron Man as written by Orson Scott Card was released yesterday. I'm a bit anxious to read it. He's one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to see what he does with Iron Man.

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Role-Playing Games / Re: The old Marvel Superheroes RPG
« on: February 24, 2005, 02:59:42 PM »
One of my favorite characters I ever created was a mute who spoke to people through a pet rock (he had limited telepathy and could communicate with inanimate objects). He was a former hollywood stuntman who got his powers when he fell into some chemicals. He sits at home during the day, collecting disability checks and watching an unplugged television (the TV talks to him). By night he uses a gateway to go anywhere he might wish to fight crime.

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Role-Playing Games / Re: The old Marvel Superheroes RPG
« on: February 22, 2005, 12:51:29 PM »
Here's a link to just about anything you could want concerning the game:

http://www.marvelrpg.net/

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Movies and TV / Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« on: February 18, 2005, 04:47:02 PM »
It's by Stephen Chow, who most recently made Shaolin Soccer. I love that movie, so I'm hoping this one will be equally fun.

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Movies and TV / Re: Watchmen
« on: February 18, 2005, 02:41:58 PM »
Night Owl is the correct name. The "happy face guy" is The Comedian. Kevin Spacey would be good as Rorshach, but so would Gary Oldman.

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Role-Playing Games / Re: The old Marvel Superheroes RPG
« on: February 18, 2005, 02:12:40 PM »
It's a d100 system. The main thing I like about it though is that there's no heirarchy in the advancement system. You advance individual stats. You pay for advancement and influence die rolls from the same pool of "karma." It also encourages imagination in how you use powers by rewarding extra karma points for unorthodox thinking.

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Role-Playing Games / Re: The old Marvel Superheroes RPG
« on: February 18, 2005, 01:53:01 PM »
Thank you.

I'm a big fan of the game, as it avoids all of the things that have irked me from other RPGs. I would challenge anyone to come up with anything that cannot be done with the system. It doesn't have to pertain to superheroes. I maintain that I could, with minimal effort, run a game in any genre with the system of the the old Marvel RPG.

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Site News / Re: Introduce yourself - right on!
« on: February 18, 2005, 01:49:02 PM »
Hi, all!

I'm Dirtius Maximus. I'm an illustrator for a small publisher of educational materials for grade schools. I love a good story and I'm working on my own story that I hope someday to publish as a series of graphic novels. A true geek, I'm a lover of sci-fi, fantasy, RPG gaming, and video games. But I'm a discerning geek, a geek snob if you will, who delights in only the finest in entertainment and abhors slipshod craftsmanship.

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Role-Playing Games / The old Marvel Superheroes RPG
« on: February 18, 2005, 01:39:39 PM »
Anyone play this? I'm talking about the one published by TSR years ago. I personally love the system for its versatility and fun.

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