Can’t do Hip Hop :(
En Juillet 2006, j'avais un petit projet vidéo en tête - monter un mini slasher en utilisant des jouets sur un green screen, avec les moyens du bord et la collaboration de Marianne David. Le générique de fin se voulait ridiculement long, avec des cris et des pleurs d'une des…
Leverage – Role Playing Game
The rich and powerful, they take what they want. You steal it back. You and your crew used to be the bad guys, but there are worse people out there. The weak and the helpless need you. You provide... Leverage. Over the last few years, I've had the chance of…
What’s at the end of a classic Super Mario Level?
In a little twitter discussion with the fine folks at RetroNouveau, an argument broke over whether it was an axe or a lever that was used to open the drawbridge at the end of the classic Super Mario Brothers levels. Bruno Georget came up with shattering proof that it was…
Taste of Dread
Last weekend, at the 5 th installment of the Roludothon - a quarterly social gaming event in Montreal, I've had a change of trying out Dread. Dread is a very different breed of RPG than any I've ever encountered - its core mechanic revolves around Jenga. Lets start with the…
Chaos Scar for Kids
D&D Birthday Party DMed for a group of 12 year-olds this week-end. I had already been DM for them 2 years ago and have been trying to schedule something with them ever since. This game was a birthday request from the birthday boy himself – a request I find myself…
Mouse Guard – First Contact
Learning to play Mouse Guard has me figuratively standing on my head, my feet helplessly flailing in the air in desperate attempts of achieving that sacrosanct performance level I always strive for. Truth be told, from my understanding, Mouse Guard plays in the exact opposite way I have ever played…
Revenge of the dailies
Painting walls, hauling furniture and chatting with ChattyDM for the better part of a day can yield some interesting discussions. While I've been planting the seeds of a return to DnD within my old gaming group, my DM (let's call him Steve, because that's his name) is considering selling his…
PSN Store lacking features
I love my PS3. I have nearly more games after a year of PS3 than I had during my PS2's life time... and I loved my PS2. The PSN - PlayStation Network - is great. I love that it is free. I love that you can buy games online -…
StartCraft – The Board Game
I've had the pleasure of sitting with my friend, co-worker and business associate Alain and his brother for a night of StartCraft : The Board Game. Lets skip analyzing the packaging (pretty & impractical) or the material (very nice - lots of figures, good quality). We jumped right ahead at…