Cory Doctorow in a world of Shakespeares

By: Unknown on 04:59

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

...except when I don't. 

Last week I saw this doo-dad making the rounds in some of the blogs I follow.  My buddy Pat pointed it out to me a couple weeks ago.  Poor bastard writes like Dan Brown according to iwl.me's widget.  The thing is, I don't know what text he used.  I got Cory Doctorow as my result when I fed in my review of the Wraeththu rpg.  But this post about morale apparently reads more like Chuck Palahniuk.  And my OD&D module is in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft, while my little essay 'On System' apparently leans towards P.G. Wodehouse.  I always thought I wrote like a love child of Douglas Adams and S. John Ross that had been dropped on his head as an infant, but what do I know?

Gutenberg.org makes this game super-easy to play with various dead writers.  Hamlet, it turns out, sounds quite a bit like the works of William Shakespeare.  So does Act 1, Scene 1 of Vortigern, a hoax once passed off as a work by old Willy.  But then Samuel Butler's prose translation of Homer also sounds like Shakespeare.  Kit Marlowe's Faustus (the 1616 verson) also sounds like Shakespeare according to this widget.  So does Keats' unfinished play King Stephen.  Now I'm starting to get pissed off.  Who doesn't sound like Shakespeare to this machine?  A random chunk of The Faerie Queen?  Shakespeare.  Some William Blake poetry?  Fucking Shakespeare!  Chaucer's Wife of Bath?  William goddamn Shakespeare!!!

What the fuck?!  I write like four different dudes but all these guys are William Shakespeare?  I'm honestly a little afraid to put some Emily Dickinson into the box.  If it came out Shakespeare I would probably go on a homicidal rampage.

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I love toys like this

By: Unknown on 03:53

Scott Pilgrim avatar creator, found via Comics Alliance

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ridiculous quiz results time!

By: Unknown on 17:49

I came across this quiz over at Dungeoneering Dad.



You are a d8: You are the true adventurer! Dragons rescued, princesses slayed, and all that business while O Fortuna plays in the background. Your social calender is crammed with heroic deeds, and you've personally saved the world from ultimate destruction at least twice. You are reliable, perhaps a bit predictable, but overall a shining example of what happens when courage meets determination.

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

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I'm not exactly sure what this is

By: Unknown on 13:47

Your BrainHex Class is Seeker.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Seeker-Conqueror.

You like finding strange and wonderful things or finding familiar things as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions at BrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Seeker: 19
Conqueror: 16
Survivor: 12
Achiever: 7
Mastermind: 7
Daredevil: 6
Socialiser: 3

Go to BrainHex.com to learn more about this player model, and the neurobiological research behind it.

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By Thrazar's Katzbalger!

By: Unknown on 09:28

So here's a fun little toy I found via a link on my buddy's blog. It takes a text input (a name) and puts it through mathemagraphical transmogrifications to turn it into some sort of fantastic weapon. For example, I type 'Thrazar' and got this:


A katzbalger is obviously a blade of some sort but I had to look it up on the Wikipedia to find out more.

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fra-gee-lay

By: Unknown on 17:41

So while I've been busy with holiday season stuff James "the Commish" Mishler of Adventures in Gaming has seen fit to give me a major award!



Oops! Wrong image. This is the award he actually gave me:


Per the rules of this game I must now share the love with five others deserving of recognition.

Stuart's Neitherworld Stories is a very cool blog. I know him personally and he's also a really nice guy.

The RPG Pundit is an ornery cuss, but a very insightful and entertaining one.

Berin Kinsmen, a.k.a. Uncle Bear, deserves some sort of award just for being able to keep up such an awesome stream of content for as long as he has. Rock, rock on!

Levi Kornelsen is the coolest dude in indie gaming.

Edsan runs the coolest Mutant Future/Empire of the Petal Throne blog on the planet.

The Fine Print:

• Each Superior Scribbler must in turn pass The Award on to 5 most-deserving Bloggy Friends.


• Each Superior Scribbler must link to the author & the name of the blog from whom he/she has received The Award.


• Each Superior Scribbler must display The Award on his/her blog, and link to This Post, which explains The Award.


• Each Blogger who wins The Superior Scribbler Award must visit this post and add his/her name to the Mr. Linky List. That way, we'll be able to keep up-to-date on everyone who receives This Prestigious Honor!


• Each Superior Scribbler must post these rules on his/her blog.

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Sunday funnies

By: Unknown on 18:46

From today's installment of Stephan Pastis' Pearls Before Swine.

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Bring 'em on!

By: Unknown on 12:04

16
-by way of Jonathan at the Core Mechanic

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