I kinda hate that D&D is practically synonymous with RPGs because it's really just one style of RPG and I've always preferred games that are more narrativist. Whenever telling people I have a tabletop game or something, I usually have to try and explain what it is, stop, roll my eyes, and say "it's like Dungeons and…

It's amazingly fun and interactive in a way that video games aren't. I'm an avid gamer too - over 600 games in my Steam library alone - and not a one of them can hold a candle to the interactivity even a mediocre GM can bring through having an actual human creating the story live in response to your actions.

Having been a GM for several years now, I can say that being able to flexibly adapt to new and unexpected inputs is the #1 skill you need as a GM. Trying to course-correct is just narrative laziness, it's trying to rob players of their agency and inherently harms the story, because player agency is sacred in RPGs -…

It really helps if all the players agree as to why they're playing. If you have two narrativists, two people who just want to screw around (I cast magic missile on the peasant! LOL!), and one person who wants to win and will powergame as hard as possible, they can be stellar players in their own rights and still fail…

The booze and Satanic rituals can really help you unwind and make new friends, too.

I'll take your word for it that the anonymous, newly-made burner account is who it says it is, because I actually find the implications of this even funnier than making a lazier reply like "timpster, is that you?"

You're aware those "got paid for doing nothing, click this not at all shady link!" posts are bots, right? They're not actual people.

Likewise. i09's readers are primarily fans talking about things they like, and that's a working formula for 'em.

Beware! They want to take over and...change the color temperature of your monitor!

I disagree with you there. I think saying that would sound incredibly arrogant and condescending. And assuming the reason you're arguing with someone is persuasion (either persuading your opposite, or persuading an audience), it seems totally necessary and called for to defend and support your own position even if…

That might still be preferable to the average Youtube comment.

I don't usually play internet detective (nor reply to myself), but I got curious.

Lifehacker is nowhere near as bad about it as most gawker sites. I almost forget Lifehacker is a gawker site because its commenters aren't the special breed of insane you'll see at gawker or, God forbid, jezebel. I've actually had enjoyable and educational discussions with lifehacker commenters.

It is indeed an assertion, but an assertion is not inherently incorrect. It's always good to at least attempt to explain why an opponent's assertion is irrational, mistaken, or predicated on a false premise when you can. All I'm saying is that people are too quick to dismiss anything they can label as a fallacy (especi…

Well, timpster1 is not the first timpster to make random posts hawking f.lux. So yes, marketer is not unlikely.

Always disappointed when these infographics don't include the so-called "fallacy fallacy." That is, "because you used a logical fallacy, your conclusion is incorrect."

Does f.lux pay people to promote it or something? Are you just a clever bot? I see more than a few posters who bring it up at utterly random times, and in unrelated topics.

It's called the Tetris Effect and is a well-known phenomenon. Basically your brain does the same repetitive task so many times that it tries to continue doing it even after you're done, sometimes hours or days later. Lots of games can have this effect, but especially games with very repetitive and monotonous screens,…

It's a small investment. It's cheaper than Kevlar.

Is it just me, or would Raiden have been 10 times better if he was always voiced by Chris Pratt?