August 2012
51 posts
REBLOG IF YOU'RE A ROLEPLAYER
…By definition.
5.0.4 Survival Guide - World of Warcraft →
Pre-MoP Archaeology
baenhizzle:
solrex:
[1] Don’t do it.
Don’t go into it for just one item.
Don’t go into it expecting timely rewards.
Don’t go into it unless you have several weeks in which to do nothing else.
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The truthiest truth you will read today.
Seconded. Also, guess what I spent this morning doing? :P
“Children have always read books written for adults, even while their own body of...”
– Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age (1999) by Eliza Dresang (via presentingbooks)
“[tw for brief mention of self-harm] “As soon as teenage girls start to profess...”
– a character from The Devil’s Mixtape. (via valjeans)
Every now and then, something comes along on your dash that opens your eyes and makes you question assumptions you didn’t even realize you were making.
This former teenage girl fell in love with Rush, RPGs, Russian literature, ancient history,...
From Draenor With Love - →
Photographic Height/Weight Chart →
calleo:
thevressclan:
For anyone who’s ever wondered what an Rp character should weigh or what they might look like at a given height and weight, here is your link. Pictures of real people at realistic heights and weights.
Because I’m sick of seeing 6’2” “muscular” 105lb characters.
Or “curvy” 5’6” 80lb women.
Reblogging to keep an eye on this. Although I’ll have to research on the...
Mists of Pandaria Faction Preview: The Lorewalkers →
https://store.qmxonline.com/Firefly-10th-Anniversar... →
Petit Computer and You →
THE BAEN TRAIN HAS NO BRAKES.: 102 Resources for... →
lechet:
102 Resources for Fiction Writers
goddessofcheese:
vulpesinculta:
Are you still stuck for ideas for National Novel Writing Month? Or are you working on a novel at a more leisurely pace? Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot,…
i miss the generations when a guy had to ask a girl out by asking her parents, where a girl could just be beautiful in a tshirt, where bubonic plagues decimated villages across europe and left a third of the population dead.
Nessie: real feminists don't gaze at males. →
amandapalmer:
i won’t link to the full review of our show the other night, or even name the publication (if you care, google), because i don’t want to give the writer the satsifaction of the hits. but can i talk for a moment about how incredibly much this pisses me off? thanks, i will. the…
baenhizzle:
Me: posts ‘ask me stuff’ thing, first time ever doing so Me: goes off and does other stuff for three hours Me: comes back Me: inbox empty Me: yesssss Me: that went exactly as expected Me: *sealclap*
I was supposed to ask you stuff? I just spent an hour answering you WHY DOES NO ONE TELL ME HOW THIS WORKS
I've already received my camwhore badge, let's go...
baenhizzle:
A: Who was the last person to piss you off? What did they do? B: Do you miss your ex? What would you do to get them back? C: If you had to choose between your best friend or your significant other dying, who would you choose? D: Everyone has a few demons, what’s your worst one? E: Have you ever cheated on somebody? F: Are you a virgin? G: Do you believe in ghosts? H: If...
“The gaming industry is actually in the process of changing,” Ms. Sarkeesian...”
– Sexual Harassment in Online Gaming Stirs Anger - NYTimes.com (via valkyrierisen)
english teacher: never kill off your main character it shows poor writing skills
shakespeare: excuse you
Steven Moffatt: excuse you
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: excuse you
Emily Brontë: excuse you
J.K.Rowling: excuse you
John Steinbeck: excuse you
Me: excuse you
George R R Martin: ha ha ha, sweet summer child.
...
what about starting off dead? (⌒_⌒;)
Rape Culture In Gaming
baenhizzle:
fozmeadows:
About a week ago, I wrote a post on Penny Arcade vs. Rape Culture, which sent my blog traffic skyrocketing after it was linked on Reddit. However, both in comments on the post itself and elsewhere on Reddit, quite a few people seemed to be missing the point: or, more specifically, misunderstanding what rape culture actually is and how it applies to gaming. One...