From the monthly archives: October 2011
Dice Guys Audio Podcast 008: Halloweenie?
It’s the Halloween show! Well, sort of. Mike picks a Halloween-y game, but Jason doesn’t. But October means Spiele time in Essen, Germany, so we talk about the game conference’s Top 10 Games for 2011. There is SCIENCE! in our Brain Flakes. And Halloween […]
Dice Guys Audio Podcast 007: Adventures on Cardboard
Like your boardgames served up Indian Jones style? We have a couple of those this week. Mike reviews his Pick of the Week from the last podcast — is he vindicated for picking an unopened game? And has the […]
Ok, this week’s die isn’t exactly a die at all, but I want one. And, since I want one, it means I put it in the Dice Bag. It’s the MAGIC D20 OF DESTINY!
It’s basically a Magic 8 Ball shaped like a D20, so you get the idea. Ask a question, shake it up, […]
If the title of this article doesn’t grate on your nerves you should probably pick up a copy of English Is Fun! A team of Toronto based teachers developed this board game over a five year period to capture the interest of their students. The game uses print, audio, and […]
Well, it isn’t exactly CNN, but CNN did let it hit their homepage in the Living section, so I guess that makes it as mainstream as we get these days. Geek Out, a blog hosted at CNN, has an interview with Enrique Bertran of NewbieDM.com and rpgKids.com. The interview covers how Enrique got into designing an […]
Attention Geeky Ladies in the Winnipeg area! Girl Geek Dinners will be holding a Geeky Jewelry and Board Games night on October 25. The plan is to make geeky jewelry and then break out the board games to finish off the night. If you are going to be in Winnipeg on October 25th, or want […]
Dice Guys Audio Podcast 006: It’s in the Bag!
Nothing really pithy to say here, so let’s get on with the notes!
SHOW NOTES
Mike talks some more about the website being even more ready for human eyes instead of just search engine crawlers, but nothing else […]
Update March 23, 2012: This article still gets a lot of readers, so we need to point out that Abraham has announced on his store site that he has retired from the dice making business. While he still plans to create dice to show on his blog he says he “might put for sale only […]
That slow part of the day that pays the bills, also known as my “day job” is spent working behind the front desk of a hotel. In this line of work you meet all kinds of people and personality types. On average people are reasonably friendly and a little tired from their travels when they […]
If you have cable television or don’t mind hitting the G4TV website now and then to see when it gets posted, Attack of the Show‘s new Game Night segment is a good 3-4 minutes of mini-review fun. Mad Men‘s Rich Sommer hosts, and when he isn’t kicking checker boards, he covers three tabletop games. In […]
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Jason’s Random Encounters
Check out the things I randomly find on the internet...
-- NSFW BIG BAD WOLF :One of the strangest things I've seen in a very long time! Well worth the click.
-- Dragon Age: Redemption Episode links and commentary videos! : Felicia Day's new web series based on Dragon Age II. Such a fun web series!
-- Police brutality on Wall Street : Wow! Someone other than the Suicide Girls is actually covering what is happening on Wall Street!
-- Pumped Up Kicks : 70's Robot Dance Guy just went home and cried after seeing this.
