Monthly Archives: October 2012

Ben’s Famous Fast ‘N’ Easy(tm) Chicken Tikka Masala

When it comes to "foods people could eat every day", did you know that Chicken Tikka Masala is the only dish that appears on EVERY HUMAN BEING’S LIST OF THOSE FOODS? That’s right! Even the die-hardest seventh-level Vegan cannot resist … Continue reading →

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Red Dwarf Season 10: Episode 01

Here’s what I think of the British situation comedy Red Dwarf. Just so we can all calibrate ourselves. So you know where I came from. Ahem. I think it’s the best situation comedy ever, and one of the top-five shows … Continue reading →

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Roody Yogurt Reviews IF Competion ’12 Games! (Part Two)

The Lift by Colin Capurso More so than any other type of game, weapon pedantry is really annoying in CYOA (“OH NOES YOU CHOSE THE KNIFE WHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE CHOSEN THE CROWBAR!”). Starting off with that kind of situation … Continue reading →

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Roody Yogurt Reviews IF Competion ’12 Games! (Part One)

Transit by Shaye Transit is a game from the perspective of someone separated from a friend at a foreign airport, with no means of communication. Looking over the prose again as I write this review, I see humor where I … Continue reading →

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Roody Yogurt’s Midwest Gaming Classic Thoughts

I intend to use this thread to chronicle the cool things I see at the Midwest Gaming Classic each year. Here are my thoughts on this year: For some ten years, the Milwaukee area has been lucky enough to have … Continue reading →

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Pinback’s Cool of the Day: BALLOONS

Today a bunch of hot air balloons flew over our place! Like, close enough where the people in them were saying, not yelling, “Mornin’” and taking pictures of us while we took pictures back. Apparently in this area that’s not … Continue reading →

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