Category: Art, Gaming, & Fun

  • Guild Wars 2 for the Mac Without Re-downloading the Whole Game

    Today, ArenaNet announced Guild Wars 2 for the Mac (beta).  As excited as I was for that announcement, I wasn’t looking forward to downloading the client all over again.  With some digging, I discovered that I could simply copy my GW2.dat file from my windows installation to the mac install.  Here’s how: Make your Windows client GW2.dat…

  • Heroes of Newerth: Patch 0.1.39 Released

    Heroes of Newerth has released patch 0.1.39 that brings in 2 new heroes (I’ve updated my HoN/DotA equivalents post appropriately)! Wretched Hag Equivalent of the Queen of Pain in DotA Succubus Equivalent of the Bane Elemental in DotA For those interested, the full changeset is as follows: Version 0.1.39 ————– General: – Added PSR and…

  • Heroes of Newerth: DotA Hero Equivalents

    As I’ve posted many times on this blog, I’m a huge fan of DotA (Defense of the Ancients). It is only right that I suddenly become enamored with Heroes of Newerth (HoN), a game by S2Games currently in beta that matches the functionality of DotA and adds a layer of awesomeness on top. I’ve played…

  • Art: Self Portrait

    I have finally decided to join the countless others out there and draw a self-portrait. Overall I don’t think it turned out too bad. Drawn with an Intuos 3 in Photoshop. Self Portrait by =borkweb on deviantART

  • Literal Translation Music Videos

    We all know that music videos can be quite abstract and often times downright weird…the connection to the lyrics are often a stretch. Well, the guys over at DustFilms have taken a few music videos and have changed the lyrics to describe what is happening in the video. The result? Awesomeness! Check out one of…

  • Art: Dark Jedi

    I’ve had some free time recently so decided to whip out my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet and see what I could drum up. I had a few commissioned drawings waiting on the wings – all three were character drawings of members of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. As usual I have uploaded them to my Deviant…

  • JamLegend – Rock Band Online…and Social

    [[innerindex]] Wow. Its all I could say when Adam sent me an invite to JamLegend – a Guitar Hero-esque game that is a pleasant mix of playability, art, and social interaction. I wasn’t expecting much when I got the invite, but as soon as I played through my first song, I was blown away. The…

  • Artwork: Troll Physical Adept

    Tonight I figured I’d whip out my Wacom and try drawing my new Shadowrun character. This guy is a Troll Physical Adept named Alexander “Pygmy” Cohen. Drawn and colored in Photoshop. Approximately 2.5 hours. Overall, I like the way he turned out.

  • TSNG 3: D&D Character Sketches

    To help myself get into my new Dragonborn character in my friend’s 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons campaign (TSNG 3), I’ve whipped up a couple of drawings. This first one is a quick 1-hour sketch of my character clad in some scale armor and pointing at something. I did a very rough coloring job on…

  • It is Official! Knights of the Old Republic MMORPG

    Exciting news! BioWare‘s secret MMO project has been unveiled and my hopes are being realized! Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Massively Multi-Player Online Game is slated for release in 2009, and if all goes well, this MMO will deliver where Star Wars Galaxies failed. BioWare has a track record of developing outstanding computer…

  • Diablo 3 Website Launched

    [[innerindex]]The exciting news of Diablo III was confirmed to the world this morning when Blizzard unveiled it in its week-long splash screen! Shortly after my previous post on the topic, the Diablo III website was launched too! The site, as is typical with Blizzard sites, is gorgeous…here’s some info that was gleaned. Storyline It has…

  • Diablo 3 Officially Announced!

    Blizzard has had a splash screen that changed daily for the past 5 days, today was its final day and I was extremely surprised to see that it revealed what has long been rumored…Diablo 3! This is exciting news! The graphical announcement looks freaking awesome and I look forward to the link on the announcement…

  • D&D 4th Edition NPCs: Minions

    I received my Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition books on Monday and have been reading over them throughout the week. Because of the difference in rules from versions 3.5 to 4, I plan on covering a number of topics related to some of the new features of 4th Edition. Minion NPCs happen to be the…

  • Cyanide & Happiness Graces the Chalkboard at ROFLCon

    So, as I mentioned, I’m at ROFLCon and one of the attendees whom I was excited to see was Cyanide & Happiness. After their session on Making it Big (also on the panel: Homestar Runner, Rooster Teeth, etc) – Cyanide & Happiness graced the chalk board with a wonderful piece of art: Sadly, Matt Chapman…

  • ROFLCon 2008

    I’m at ROFLCon in Boston this weekend and there are a number of really cool guests here and speaking. Some quick names/groups: Leeroy Jenkins (Ben Shulz), Homestar Runner, xkcd, StuffWhitePeopleLike, I Can Has Cheezeburger, LOLCode, LOLCatBible, Cyanide & Happiness, and many more. The conference has been fun thus far with some great swag; loose talks;…