And leather, too.
What started as an unintentional innuendo in Settlers of Catan has evolved into an announcement of two new reviews for dice and rolling. Specifically, dice cups and dice trays.
And while we’re on innuendos, let’s not forget that role-playing game that had an entire section of their combat chapter devoted to Marital Arts. Hey, it made for some interesting reading. Gamer Bling just wishes he could remember the game’s title. Argh.
Gamer Bling now has a picture of the dark side of the moon other side of the Ultimate DM Screen of Dooooom!
That’s right, secret details that were heretofore unknown to mortal gaming minds. So read it now before Scully and Mulder try to find out why Gamer Bling’s website suddenly vanished…
One of Gamer Bling’s loyal readers has not-so-humbly requested that his character art be presented for your persual as well, with the purpose of giving you readers a greater indication of the breadth of mad art skillz possessed by the top… men at AvatarArt. (And probably also so this loyal reader can win a $5 bet, but Gamer Bling is okay with that.)
So here it is. Take a look. It’s pretty keen.
Well, almost. Gamer Bling’s newest review is of a product that comes darned close to that elusive “11″ rating in bling factor.
Oh, and expect another two or three reviews over the next week.
Gamer Bling got a very touching email this morning. It concerned a mutual friend named Paul Randles, who died five years ago. Gamer Bling worked with Paul, who was always charming, optimistic, and energetic, and everybody loved him. In many ways Paul was the yang to Gamer Bling’s yin.
Paul had a Christmas stocking at his cubicle year-round. It was always filled with snackage of the chocolatey sugary sort. All you had to do was say, “Every day is Christmas,” and you could help yourself. Nom nom nom.
So one day Gamer Bling found a Rage TCG card titled “Every Day is Halloween” (complete with bloody werewolf) and pinned it up in Paul’s cube while he was away. A while later, a booming laugh resounded in the office as Paul discovered it. The card stayed on his wall until the day he resigned his position at WotC.
In any event, Paul’s life was cut short by pancreatic cancer. Gamer Bling was one of the last to see him; we talked a bit, but mostly GB sat with Paul while he dozed and his wife ran some errands. Within two weeks, Gamer Bling was at his funeral.
Gamer Bling brings all this up because five years later, Paul’s last game design has been released. You can take a look here. See also the February 12th entry at the Paizo blog.
Why is this a Valentine’s love message? Because co-developers Mike Selinker and Bruno Faidutti had the entire advance paid to Paul’s widow Katty. This means they did five years’ of development and sales work for free.
“Free,” as you may know, is a word that Gamer Bling truly loves. Especially when it involves dedication, effort, and personal sacrifice.
So, if you would, please make the time to check the game out. Gamer Bling, and the hundreds of good friends Paul had, thank you for it.
That’s all Gamer Bling is going to say.
Other than you have to get your store to preorder a truckload of 4e.
Like right now.
Yesterday, in Moscow, a lovely young lady was killed in a carjacking.
Anna Loginova was a Russian model-turned-bodyguard. She was skilled with firearms, martial arts, and the sword… katana, by the looks of one of the publicity stills. She was hot, lethal, owned an all-female bodyguard service (some of whom had KGB training), and you know she had one of those sexy Russian accents.
And Gamer Bling thought people like her only existed in James Bond movies. Once again, truth is stranger than fiction.
How sad that she is gone, yet how great that she was ever here in the first place.
Gamer Bling has two news tidbits from Q-Workshop for you today.
The first and less important piece of news is that the self-described crazy Poles have revamped their dragon dice. You may remember the dragon dice from Gamer Bling’s less-than-excellent review of their clarity and inking. Well, the new dragon dice have put the old ones to shame, while still keeping within the concept. Click here to see a nice JPG of the new, better inked, more detailed, not-yet-in-my-chainmail-dice-bag dragon dice!
Second, and infinitely more important, is that Q-Workshop is hosting a new dice design contest! With prizes! And stuff!
Naturally, since we’re talking about a contest involving blingy dice, Q-Workshop turned to Gamer Bling for the assistance of his discriminating palate in all things gamerrific. Of the judges, only Anne Stokes is cuter than yours truly, although Kevin Cook gets props for his big, um, props. In his photo.
Click here to check out the rules, regs, judges, and prizes. Enter, and win. That is, if you can best the amazingly beautiful entry that Gamer Bling will submit.
What, you think Gamer Bling agreed to judge for any reason other than the chance to blackball every other entrant? Sheesh. You need to go read about Gleek. Gamer Bling wants the prizes all to hisself.
And it’ll save on shipping costs for the dice tower and bag.
And where there’s a steal, you know your favorite psyckobold Gleek is involved!
AvatarArt has heard the wails of fear and anguish from deep within Gamer Bling’s arteriosclerotic heart. His desperate pleas so damaged their hearing that they have succumbed and offered to placate Gamer Bling’s whinings!
In all seriousness, the top… men at AvatarArt have made two very generous offers to their patrons. Gamer Bling will not steal their thunder by telling you what it is. Instead, you need to go read the comments section at the bottom of the Custom Character Portraits review.
Sheesh. If they keep this up, there’ll not be enough of their till for Gleek to pilfer!
Well, Gamer Bling is kind of lame. But he enjoyed his vacation, so you can all just suffer and die. Which you doubtless did for lack of knowing the final chapters of the great tale of the creation of Gleek.
So go check out the latest update on Custom Character Portraits.
In the mean time, Gamer Bling is close to completing four other reviews, so more is on the way.
Have a happy new year!
