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Nurofen's maker misled consumers over painkillers' contents, court rules
(tags: health drugs medicine lies-damn-lies-and-statistics lies advertising Australia )
"One World of Darkness"
Interesting. Will have to see what they do with this. It's from White Wolf, i.e. effectively Paradox the game company, not from Onyx Path.
(tags: Interesting Gaming tabletop-RPGs World-of-Darkness )

A Look at Exalted’s new Solars - Prince Diamond
A discussion of the Exalted 3rd edition's signature Eclipse — Prince Diamond, who's a horseman, a diplomat, an exiled hero, and transgender.
(tags: Interesting exalted LGBT Gaming tabletop-RPGs )

Paradox Buys White Wolf from CCP
So, a bunch more computer games rather than MMO's? An interesting development.
(tags: Interesting Gaming World-of-Darkness exalted geekery tabletop-RPGs computer-games )
Kitten videos: an engineering approach
'Kittens have a fairly well known failure state: they fall asleep. Sleeping kittens are adorable, but kinda boring' What's the solution? Make something that checks a whole bunch of kitten videos and plays the one with the most movement.
(tags: awwww cute Kitty! cats Awesome silly Internet programming clever )

Profound Decisions - Equality And Diversity
Doing it right. The games are created settings, so they can be gender neutral.
(tags: equality LARP Awesome Gaming Empire-LARP discrimination )
Lidl can only afford living wage because of their extortionate pricing, insist business leaders
(tags: amusing business money living-wage NewsThump parody )

FROM THE EMPIRE - A LRP Documentary
Awesome documentary on Empire LRP, but most of which will cover most LARPs, big or small, contact or non-contact.
(tags: Awesome LARP Gaming is-my-hobby-becoming-cool-now-and-does-that-make-me-a-hipster )

The secret life of orcs
Rather good outsiders perspective on LARP
(tags: Interesting LARP Gaming geekery )

If Lord of the Rings was a Series of LARP Events
[Legolas fires an arrow.] Legolas: “Strike down!” [Arrow bounces off monster, who ignores it.] Legolas, noble elf, full of the grace and light of his people: “Fuck.”
(tags: amusing silly LARP parody Awesome geeky Lord-of-the-Rings fantasy books Gaming )
Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies
:(
(tags: death TV celebrity )
The Mad Max Furiosa comic, created entirely by men, is terrible about women
Le sigh. And after the film handled it so well.
(tags: comics sexism film bigotry fail You-Must-Not-Read-From-The-Book! )

Please Stand By
Teasers. Teasers never change…
(tags: amusing Gaming computers computer-games WANT )

Shock and horror as BBC reporter accurately describes Nigel Farage
(tags: amusing oops swearing UKIP politics Westminster BBC )
Human Rights Act to be replaced with Warhammer rulebook
"If you are claiming a right to privacy, for example, we roll two twenty-sided dice to determine your score, take away any debuffs – low income, being foreign – and measure it against the government’s own total."
(tags: amusing parody The-Daily-Mash silly Westminster human-rights Warhamster Gaming minature-wargames )

Magic: The Gathering Smiles at Trans Representation with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death | The Mary Sue
the very first trans woman in the game’s lore. In a story titled, “The Truth of Names,” …between gory descriptions of death and combat is a subtle story about identity and finding who you are.
(tags: trans Gaming Interesting Magic-The-Gathering CCGs )

FAQ - Warhammer 40,000 - Eternal Crusade
A 40k MMO, and one that seems to be the Odyssey of MMOs — heavily PvP based, with little direct power-up progression, and a progressing storyline.
(tags: Interesting MMORPG Warhamster Gaming computer-games )

50 sHAdes of VORpal — Kickstarter
What the fuck is this, I don't even… (appears to be a gaming version of potato salad)
(tags: WTF Kickstarter crowdfunding weird amusing Gaming RPG tabletop-RPGs parody )
Soldier killed in Canada shootings - BBC News
(tags: news Canada terrorism death military )

Alex Salmond to quit as first minister
(tags: news Scotland Scottish-independence politics Interesting UK )
Mayors: The Gathering – city leaders in fantasy playing cards
It's just like a collectable card game! Except for the utter lack of rules/stats/any real resemblance beyond the fact they're framed a bit like cards!
(tags: fail Gaming politics people-trying-to-be-cool-and-failing-miserably )

Pathfinder's new iconic shaman is a transgender dwarf
And they appear to have handled it with a lot of care and understanding.
(tags: Interesting Gaming equality trans-issues tabletop-RPGs pathfinder )
BBC News - Julian Assange speaks of 'leaving' Ecuador embassy
(tags: Interesting news Julian-Assange wikileaks crime law Europe rape international-affairs )

I Can Only Enjoy Video Games With Featureless Blocks as Protagonists
'If you're a burger chef or a spaceship and you want to be represented in gaming, then either make the game, or become an economic force to be reckoned with.'
(tags: sexism Gaming computer-games culture amusing Interesting parody a-rather-well-put-way-of-saying-that-hard-to-define-thing )
Church of England General Synod approves female bishops
Finally entering the Century of the Fruitbat. Though I do wonder if this'll result in a fair bit of splintering off.
(tags: news Christianity Church-of-England equality UK religion )

“High-Elf” Attacks Car with Machete in Portland, Oregon
Konrad Bass, warrior of Middle Earth, explained that he is a “high-elf engaged in battle with the evil Morgoth.” As Melkor, Morgoth could take any form, but after turning to the darkness, Morgoth usually took on the appearance of a “dark lord,” leading many to suspect that the red BMW, though a machine of Mordor, was not in fact Morgoth.
(tags: amusing life-imitates-LARP LARP Gaming drugs LSD WTF oops )

What is Twitch, and why does Google want it?
For the pokemons, obviously!
(tags: Interesting technology Internet Google social-media youtube Gaming computers computer-games business )
The Lives of Sociable Spiders - NYTimes.com
It's about spiders, but no photos (one non-autoplaying video though). Some are bold hunters, some timid nurturers. The latter 'eventually liquefy their own bodies to nourish the next generation', so they're hardcore childminders!
(tags: Interesting Warning:SPIDER(S) science insects biology psychology culture )

CCP Games Halts Development of World of Darkness MMO
:-( Thus die the hopes that the Glass Walkers and Virtual Adepts would get their chance to truly conquer the Digital Web...
(tags: Gaming tabletop-RPGs RPG Onyx-Path-Games World-of-Darkness MMORPG EVE-online sad bad-news )
comp.basilisk FAQ
(tags: Interesting living-in-the-future braaaaaains technology death )

Like Civilization And Clicking Things? You'll Love CivClicker | Kotaku Australia
(tags: amusing Gaming computer-games Internet kotaku )
A Tube map of London’s ghost stations
Suddenly I want to make or meet a bunch of NPCs named after these stations. "Ms Langley, Mr Waddesdon and Mark Lane are here to see you..."
(tags: amusing Interesting London tube transport history TFL )
TFL Etiquette Posters Made More Honest | The Poke
(tags: NSFW-for-swearing NSFW-text amusing TFL tube London transport culture-jamming advertising )
The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic
They tried to cast Magic Missile against the darknes... in our hearts
(tags: amusing history culture Gaming RPG tabletop-RPGs D&D moral-panic )
The code hidden in the books at the Western University library
What is art?
(tags: Interesting art-imitates-life-Jim-but-not-as-we-know-it cryptography university art Internet )

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