I got rid of the Kotaku link as really Kotaku is about “lol bewbs” and “lol gay” which is too far below my level to really care any more. Once they stop being a porn site that caters to 12 year olds I’ll start caring. Instead I replace it with a link that is more mature and relevant to my interests.

I went with some friends yesterday and was reintroduced to Magic: The Gathering. I had set the game down back around the time of the Ice Age expansion and didn’t look back. Pausing only briefly to pick up the Pokemon Card game, which is a pretty awesome game into itself.

It was a draft play, so I was at the same advantage as other people. I still lost though. Guy had some kind of nasty green deck.

Things that I didn’t quite like with the way it was run was that..once you lost.. it was over. In Pokemon, if you lose, you play someone else until the tournament is over.
Also, in a Pokemon draft, you built a deck with the cards you got. In Magic, you take a card then pass the rest to the next person.
They still have the “you can only use these expansions” rule as Pokemon, which of course is only there to sell more cards. That at least doesn’t change.
Some likes though are that you can use any card sleeve, instead of the Pokemon solid non-holo color or Pokemon backs. Then again this also prevents people from using their hentai honey sleeves against 6 year olds.

Other things that changed are new rules, like “kicking” things. Kicking was fun. I’ll have to play more with the new cards though, as I only have some lands and that which came in the three packs I got.

Honestly I want a card game with sexy men in it. That was why I was so into YuGiOh, I could build a Black Magician deck :3 While that might have made my deck suck a little bit, at least I had something to look at.

I am on the look out for a First Person Dungeon Crawler forum that is about those kinds of game only. I have found various RPG forums or ones dedicated to a certain type of those games, but none that actually take in that broad of a spectrum.

That being said, I continue to enjoy the Let’s Plays of various people doing Wizardry and other 1PDCs :D

If you don’t know already, D&DO is now free to play. The way they manage this is by letting you buy “premiums” like level caps, races and jobs. I took a look at the game, being interested in it.

I have to say… I can see why people didn’t play the game much. Character creation is a joke really. Sure you can pick hair style, hair color and all that… but you can’t change the face too much save the nose. You forever are stuck with this middle aged grizzled looking human/elf character no matter the combination of nose and mouth.

I didn’t like that. I like my men pretty, this didn’t allow me to make a pretty man. So I’m not feeling connected to the character at all.

Some pluses though are the narration and the way you proceed. It makes it feel like your playing D&D, however without the deep customization that even Neverwinter Nights allowed… it’s kinda pale. And different faces don’t seem to be a pay option either. :P

Another game I wanted to play but never had a chance. So I take a look at it now…and can’t find any buckets.