Games
RE-ZORK VI: Brian VS The Manowarrior
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreAn Open Letter to ABC RE: Your so-called ReaLARPy show, The Quest
Greetings ABC television network. Eugene Pendergrass here, you may know me from such extraordinarily exasperated open letters as, “An Open Letter to The CW RE: Your imbecilic decision to cancel Arrow,” “An Open Letter to www.isleyunruh.com RE: Your comically inept attempts at fictional cartography,” “An Open Letter to Peter Jackson RE: Restricting The Hobbit to Three Movies,” …
Read MoreIO5M 12: The Top 5 Best Lord of the Rings Themed Board Games
Welcome back to my most infrequently occurring Monday feature! I’m speaking, of course, of Infrequently Occurring Fifth Monday (IO5M), where I come up with a new “top 5″ list on a quad-yearly basis. Today I’ll be looking at some of my all time favorite board games that take place in that wondrous land of mystery and…
Read MoreRE-ZORK V: The Reluctant Adventurers
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreRE-ZORK IV: Ms. O’Shea and the April Fool’s Day
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreRE-ZORK III: Katie’s Metalfest-Quest
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreRE-ZORK II: Jessica’s Escape from Princess Tower
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreRE-ZORK I: Danny’s Quest to Wizard Mountain
In the early days of computing, before Graphical User Interfaces were commonplace, nerds still needed games to play on their primitive computers. Thus the text based interactive fiction game was born. While the Zork series wasn’t the very first instance of such a game, it was unquestionably the first success in interactive fiction, and phrases…
Read MoreWhy I don’t like Dungeons & Dragons.
As many of you may have been aware (due to me spamming the internetz with the live blog, 24 hour live webcam feed, live tweets and facebook updates), a couple of months ago I was part of a 50 hour marathon Dungeons & Dragons game. Starting at 5:00 PM on Thursday, I played until 5:00…
Read MoreDescent into the Dungeons of Dread: DAY FOUR
I was recently asked to take part in an epic 50 hour long marathon game of Dungeons & Dragons in Washington DC. Sadly, I was not able to attend. Thus, I was forced to send my nerd alter-ego Eugene Pendergrass in my place. The results were not pretty. This was day four: 10:36 AM – I must have…
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