Community plays Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Here's last night's episode of Community - - they play a great game of Dungeons and Dragons.

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Link roundup

1. A description of a very strange consultation with John Maeda. And another consultation with more photos.

2. This is the last season of Ace of Cakes.

3. Here's a meme I'd like to see take off - - drawing your Dungeons and Dragons character.

*Previously: Pen ward's D & D character.

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Go Gnolls

Gnolls t-shirt by Lee Bretschneider. Wikipedia says:

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, gnolls greatly resemble humanoid hyenas.

Preorder it to get a free print of your choice.

He also now has on sale postcards featuring the dieheads I previously posted:

Link roundup

1. New book features "an absurd comedy about a group of adventurers (elf, halfling, bard, dwarf, assassin, thief) going through an existential crisis after having discovered that they are really just pre-rolled characters living inside of a classic AD&D role playing game." (Probably NSFW.)

2. Here's what the latest batch of kidrobot's Dunnys look like.

3. Another reminder of how little fun Comicon is.

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Dungeons and Dragons Player's Guide illustrations

A few of Victoria Maderna's illustrations for the Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Strategy Guide. She has various prints on sale here, and the guide (featuring a cover by Mike Krahulik) is 34% off at Amazon.

Vintage Listerine bottle (link roundup)

Vintage Listerine bottle. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. How to use Dungeons and Dragons rules to quit smoking. Via these sites.

2. Creepy, yet cute Santa.

3. Inspector Gadget, Penny, and Brain as part of The Simpsons.

*Previously: A Night of Dungeons & Dragons (With Girls).

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Rocky Balboa was a G.I. Joe character (link roundup)

Rocky Balboa was (very briefly) a G.I. Joe character.

And a few more links:

1. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons costumes circa 1983. Via.

2. World War 2-era Japanese subs found (sunk) near Oahu. Via.

3. Zombie in a bag figurine.

*Previously: Homemade Snake-Eyes mask.

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Rocky II poster (link roundup)

Rocky II poster spotted here.

And a few more links:

1. Above the Law is running a serialized murder mystery. Here's one of the early, funny lines:

He reached his sparsely furnished cell in the law offices of MakoProphet, a D.C. appellate boutique, and turned on his +6 vorpal laptop. Tyler had a tendency to let his imagination wander. He scored high on Intelligence and Dexterity, but less so on Strength and Charisma.

2. Funny photo of Bill Simmons.

3. Photo of a smug owl.

*Previously: Super Punch-Out Rocky Parody.

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Here's what roleplaying will look like in the future

Cyborg geeks play Dungeons and Dragons in this t-shirt design by Ian Summers. If you'd like the chance to buy it, vote by clicking on the voting widget:



Which reminded me of the very funny Summoner cinema featuring an unusual selection of friends roleplaying:



*Previously: Clever Dungeons and Dragons monster illustrations.

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Raygun Gothic Spaceship and Spacegirl (link roundup)

Photo of the Raygun Gothic Spaceship, invite to the related Galactica Gala, and face-painted space girl who attended the gala.

And a few more links:

1. iTunes probably already downloaded it for you if you've subscribed, but the first podcast of series three Penny Arcade/PvP/Wil Wheaton playing Dungeons and Dragons has been posted.

2. Post-apocalyptic hover car.

3. Shiva in a swimsuit.

*Previously: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are American Gothic.

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Origami Owlbear

Origami Owlbear by Joseph Wu for a Owlbear redesign contest.

Go here to see the results of the previous Mindflayer art contest.

*Previously: Owl Man.

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Clever Dungeons and Dragons monster illustrations

Jared Hindman created several Dungeons and Dragons monster illustrations, which have been posted here. The one you see above is for the shapeshifting Barghest Savager.

*Previously: A geekier than usual D&D character.

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Highlights from Rivet Gallery 80's Cartoons art show

A few of my favorites from Rivet Gallery's new show "We'll Be Right Back... After These Messages." You can see all of the artwork here. Links below are to the artists' personal sites:



Masters of the Universe class photo by Chris Lee.






Tiamat, Thundarr, He-Man, and Voltron by Scott Campbell. You know, speaking of the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon, I highly recommend this post by Mark Evanier about his script-writing for the show. It's eye-opening to hear him describe how he was forced to insert the following theme into every episode: The group is always right...the complainer is always wrong.




M.A.S.K. by Clinton Reno.




Danger Mouse by Daniel Elson.




Rainbow Brite by Shannon Bonatakis.

*Previously: Spencer Brinkerhoff III draws my favorite Thundarr villain.

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Dungeons and Dragons shoe design contest

RYZ Wear is hosting a Dungeons and Dragons shoe design contest. You can vote for your favorite here. The "Goblin Stompers" you see above is by Jared von Hindman.

A previous contest was based on Magic the Gathering. This was the winning design:



You can order a pair here for $100, and see the runners up here.

*Previously: Hyrulean Vans.

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Trailer for Offline (link roundup)

O F F L I N E from Matthew Santoro on Vimeo.

Stylish sci-fi action and lots of jump cuts in the trailer for Matthew Santoro's Offline. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Make your own Sims plumbob (unless you live in Singapore, where EA is giving them away).

2. Scott Kurtz has immortalized the dwarf character he uses in the Dungeons and Dragons podcasts into a t-shirt.

3. Filipino, hipster, crab.

4. Jabba as the Penguin, Batman as Vader, etc. Via these sites.

*Previously: Clever Dungeons and Dragons t-shirt.

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Plush Steve Jobs (link roundup)

Plush Steve Jobs on sale here.

And a few more links:

1. I haven't tried it yet - - but here's a guide to putting on duvet covers.

2. Rolling Stone has a fascinating interview with Sean Penn. For example, he talks about his childhood friends:

One lived in Hawaii, came home to Malibu to visit — this is later, in his mid-20s — intentionally ran over somebody with his car, got out of the car, stripped naked and started screaming about God. That was one of them. One guy we surfed with, we used to go to Zuma Beach in the morning before junior high school. We took a bunch of quaaludes before we went out surfing, and he just drifted off into the ocean, and nobody ever found him. Another guy I surfed and played Little League with, he was dealing and doing blow and shot himself off the edge of a cliff in a car. Another guy killed his mother. Another guy I was in jail with, actually — I think he's dead now.

3. Official Dungeons and Dragons character based on the clever work of Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. They're at their best when they're trying to be lame.

4. Win a custom Dunny by Jon Paul Kaiser. Via.

*Previously: Macintosh paper toy.

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Dungeons and Dragons t-shirt (link roundup)

ACDC/Dungeons and Dragons logo on sale in various colors at Zazzle.

And a few more links:

1. Chocolate-covered, cream-filled dessert called "Mini Dickmann's."

2. Vintage photos of a man being strapped into the electric chair at Sing Sing.

3. Photo of a disturbingly creepy guy at a disaster scene.

4. Funny comic strip about sudden stunningly powerful gusts of wind.

*Previously: Photo of Disaster Girl.

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Warning about blind box toys (link roundup)

The Kidrobot store in Miami wants everyone to know that they lowered the price on Jon Burgerman's "Heroes of Burgertown Mini Figures" to $5.95 each. Don't fall for it. It's the worst type of blind box set. Imagine if you spent $6 and got stuck with this:



I can't believe Kidrobot allowed it. I highly recommend you pay a few extra bucks and shop at Tenacious Toys, which sells identified blind box toys. TT also recently unveiled a brand new and much improved store website.

And a few more links:

1. There's still time to try to win a Faded Line Clothing Co. t-shirt.

2. The first episode of the second season of the Penny Arcade guys playing Dungeons and Dragons has been posted. I haven't listened to it yet, but the first season was hilarious, and I've never played D&D. And this time they have special guest stars.

3. Another interview with moot of 4chan. He kept his involvement with the site a secret from almost everyone he knew for nearly five years. Relatedly, here's discussion of possible ways to make money on the site. Via.

4. Tomopop has a new t-shirt.

*Previously: Pentagon seems to be dominated by Dungeons and Dragons fans.

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Now that's one geeky D&D character (link roundup)

Bayesian Empiramancer found here. This might help explain the reference to you (if you're smarter than me.)

And a few more links:

1. Photos from an upcoming episode of Dinner Impossible that will feature a meal at Yahoo. With Robert Irvine!

2. Rolling Stone explores the dark side of female teachers sleeping with high school guys. Here's a truly creepy line:

"Thanks," Ms. Tapp said with a slow, amused smile. She was slim, blond and sporty, in khakis and a blue-striped rugby shirt. Jason remembers thinking that it looked like the shirt Steve always wore on Blue's Clues.

Via.

3. If Pac-Man and the ghosts were hip-hop teens.

4. Alternate poster for Tom Cruise's Valkyrie.

*Previously: More weird Pac-Man links.

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Potion of Ogre-Like Might coffee mug

Potion of Ogre-Like Might coffee mug on sale for $15 here. Via these sites.

*Previously: Grumpy Coffee Mug.