Saint Nickanuck of the Tundra » Gaming http://saintnickanuck.com/blog Online Memorial Hospital Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:24:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Duke, I’m over your antics http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/07/15/duke-im-over-your-antics/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/07/15/duke-im-over-your-antics/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:31:48 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=796 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate why anyone expecting Duke Nukem Forever to be successful is likely making a poor choice.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/07/15/duke-im-over-your-antics/feed/ 0 a most rapturous card game http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/19/a-most-rapturous-card-game/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/19/a-most-rapturous-card-game/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 15:30:38 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=776 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, in which I clinically evaluate the card game Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/19/a-most-rapturous-card-game/feed/ 0 competitive face-stabbing http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/13/competitive-face-stabbing/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/13/competitive-face-stabbing/#comments Sat, 14 May 2011 01:22:01 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=770 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the card game Thunderstone.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/13/competitive-face-stabbing/feed/ 0 huge tracts of land http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/09/huge-tracts-of-land/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/09/huge-tracts-of-land/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 13:53:26 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=768 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, in which I clinically evaluate the card game Dominion.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/05/09/huge-tracts-of-land/feed/ 0 there may be cake inside this Orange Box, but that might be a lie http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/04/22/there-may-be-cake-inside-this-orange-box-but-that-might-be-a-lie/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/04/22/there-may-be-cake-inside-this-orange-box-but-that-might-be-a-lie/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:26:14 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=762 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate my geek sin of never having played anything in The Orange Box, and how I have now sought indulgences for said sin.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/04/22/there-may-be-cake-inside-this-orange-box-but-that-might-be-a-lie/feed/ 0 dropping a deuce on Drop 7 http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/04/07/dropping-a-deuce-on-drop-7/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/04/07/dropping-a-deuce-on-drop-7/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:56:29 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=749 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the lovely iPhone game Drop 7 and the not so lovely effect digital software distribution through iTunes has had on it.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/04/07/dropping-a-deuce-on-drop-7/feed/ 0 now I wait 10 hours for a peasant to craft my healing potions http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/03/17/now-i-wait-10-hours-for-a-peasant-to-craft-my-healing-potions/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/03/17/now-i-wait-10-hours-for-a-peasant-to-craft-my-healing-potions/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:43:41 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=743 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate Dragon Age: Legends, the Facebook tie-in game to Dragon Age 2.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/03/17/now-i-wait-10-hours-for-a-peasant-to-craft-my-healing-potions/feed/ 0 this is life. roll for damage. http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/03/03/this-is-life-roll-for-damage/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/03/03/this-is-life-roll-for-damage/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:22:21 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=722 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the webseries GOLD: Night of the Zombie King.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/03/03/this-is-life-roll-for-damage/feed/ 0 so, you want to know about the champion? http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/02/24/so-you-want-to-know-about-the-champion/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/02/24/so-you-want-to-know-about-the-champion/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:45:46 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=720 My weekly consultation is live at The Secret Lair, wherein I clinically evaluate the Dragon Age II demo, Rise to Power.

]]> http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2011/02/24/so-you-want-to-know-about-the-champion/feed/ 0 lurks the weekend, full and turgid with things http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2010/10/22/lurks-the-weekend-full-and-turgid-with-things/ http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/2010/10/22/lurks-the-weekend-full-and-turgid-with-things/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2010 01:49:34 +0000 Cmaaarrr http://saintnickanuck.com/blog/?p=680 It’s been one of those weeks.

Timing, cc by-nc-nd image from hdeb89 on Flickr

Timing, cc by-nc-nd image from hdeb89 on Flickr

Yeah, pretty much like that.

It so happens that this weekend is brimming with things to do, and I’ll be hitting up each of the below events at some point to be festive and decompress. If you happen to be in the Baltimore area, I heartily suggest you join in as well:

  • The Family Game Store’s Fifth Birthday Extravaganza – Our FLGS is the best on the planet, and is celebrating its fifth year, and we were among the first of its customers, and our presence is therefore mandated, so we will be participating in the revels with them on Saturday evening, October 23. There will be games and cake. It shall be a brilliant time.
  • The USA Science and Engineering Festival Grand Finale Expo – The “largest science festival in the nation” concludes this weekend with a massive free event on Saturday and Sunday from 10am – 5:30pm on the National Mall in DC. Laura will be helping out with space-related activities at Discovering the Universe (booth 435) on Sunday, while I will be pondering what mad mischief I can get into with the American Society of Microbiology (booths 1141 and 1143, also MWA HA HA HA).

  • Capclave 2010 – The regional science-fiction literary convention Capclave is this weekend in Rockville, MD. Laura and I have been twice before, and have found the experience somewhat underwhelming – both times it felt a bit like showing up to the meeting of a club you don’t belong to, rather than a welcoming fan community. That noted, this year’s guest of honor are the awesome Connie Willis and the VanderMeers, which makes it worth finding out if the third time is a charm. That, and hunting down a fanzine panel to attend. Heh.
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