Red Lights and Tickets

[tracker7]

Almost finished with the Spycraft job.  Damn, but I hate writing adventures.  Gimme sourcebook work any day.

Last night saw the first two NFL wild card games.  Seattle walloped the Redskins and Jacksonville darn near threw away their game against the Steelers.  The latter was a very ugly game, but Pittsburgh lost, so I was happy.  Today's games (Tennessee-San Diego and New York Giants-Tampa Bay) are different - I like all the teams involved about the same, but if I had to pick, I'd lean towards the Chargers (for the division) and the Buccaneers (for Jon Gruden and general pirate shtick).

NBC ran a promo for the upcoming Knight Rider movie/pilot.  That is a fine-looking Mustang-derivative.

I finished reading Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra yesterday.  I don't know what exactly I was expecting, but this wasn't it.  There was some very good work in there towards throwing in the flavor of mythic Egypt, but ultimately it just felt like a new skin on stock D&D.  Skull & Bones, conversely, has already presented some new ideas to me, and there are a few things I'm going to mine for 7th Sea use.

Haven't mentioned this elsewhere, mainly because I'm trying not to think about it, but my grandmother was hospitalized for a few days last week.  The results of her tests and scans won't be available for a couple more days, but her doctors believe that the aneurysm is expanding.

Now, time for a shave and shower.  Grind out about 1800 words of wacky East African action-adventure.  Watch more playoff games and play lots of Zelda.  Maybe a late show of No Country for Old Men. 

Comments

[cybogoblin.livejournal.com]

Hmm, Hamunaptra sounds like an odd mix of Crocodile Games' Age of Aegyptus and The Mummy. It looks like it could have potential, but then so have many other products.

Funnily enough, it appears that Hamunaptra was actually something far more interesting than what was presented in the movie - and something that might for quite an interesting setting.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I remember seeing some of the Age of Aegyptus minis, but never looked at anything else for it.

I guess, with Hamunaptra, I wanted more of a departure from the source rules. I'll probably mine this for some Mutants & Masterminds material, though.

[fishxxiii.livejournal.com]

I havn't heard anything impressive about Knight Rider yet. Michael Knight's illigetimate kid gets roped into being a detective partnered with some sort of autobot wanna-be? Some no-name soap star as the kid and will arnett as kitt? Must have been one hell of a promo you saw.

I saw a notice for World on Fire's release. Is it any good? I havn't been up to doing much so I havn't taken a look myself.

Been spending my gaming time playing Phantom Hourglass, learning to drum in Rockband, and failing my way through WoW.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Dude! You're back!

The KR promo was just the car talking about itself. Nothing spectacular, but I'm a shameless Mustang fan, so it was enough to make me smile.

I haven't seen WoF on shelves around here yet. If it hasn't shown up by the end of the month, I'm going to start pestering the FLGS. Right now, though, I've still got four books from the Green Ronin sale, Hollow Earth Expedition, and Iron Age to get through.

I've played a little bit of Phantom Hourglass, but right now, one of the GBA Zeldas (Minish Cap) has got me hooked. It reminds me a lot of the old Link to the Past game for SNES.

[fishxxiii.livejournal.com]

Back is a relative term. More like taking a peek out of my cave.

I've heard some good impressions of Hollow Earth, but Iron Age hasn't hit my radar yet. Of course, I havn't really been listening.

I did do some reading on 4th ed though. I know we're pretty much going to have to wait and see, but it has me worried. I see the same trends going on that I've been trying to avoid elsewhere. I've never been one to shy away from elitism (especially when it's a case of my own), but there's something about game designers telling me "I'm wrong, they're right, and buck up or move off" that sets me on edge. Couple that with dumbing down the system (I mean, "streamlining"), and radical system changes that mostly seem to be "because we can" and "to do something different" seems to be creating an atmosphere that pushes players away instead of inviting them in.

I played a bit of Minish Cap and I liked what I played. The Seasons and Ages really sparked an interest in me and I'd like to pick some of those up and play through them again. PH really gets you involved though. They really understood what the system was capable of and I'm really digging that.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

Wolvie sold me on Hollow Earth, and what I've seen from leafing through the book has me interested. Iron Age is one of the Mutants & Masterminds books I was most looking forward to, as that's pretty close to the era in which I started reading superhero comics.

The closest look I've given D&D 4th is Star Wars Saga Edition, and I really like that one, at least in theory. The playtest session I tried didn't work, mostly because I couldn't think straight while trying to run it.

I'm glad that the DS and Wii have proven themselves to be successful, and developers are figuring out ways to use the nifty control interfaces. I love the way combat works in Phantom Hourglass.