Do Lawtalkers Dream of Electric Sheep?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Yes, AG's quote is from the arcade version.

In the hope of sparing RT an unnecessary C&D letter, it should be noted that Gauntlet was hardly "the arcade version" of D&D. It was just one of many "dungeon crawl" arcade games seeking to capitalize on the D&D cache amongst the quartered nerd set. I think there was an officially licensed arcade game or console video game, but it wasn't Gauntlet. Gauntlet was just the awesomest knock-off.

Gauntlet is to D&D::Spy Hunter is to James Bond

[tmdiva]

I'm the Exclamation Point. So I'm supposed to get along best with Slave, Wonk and John Phoenix. Riiiiiiight.

_________________

You are a bundle of... well, something.
You're often a bundle of joy, passion, or drama.

You're loud, brash, and outgoing. If you think it, you say it.
Definitely not the quiet type, you really don't keep a lot to yourself.

You're lively and inspiring. People love to be around your energy.
(But they do secretly worry that you'll spill their secrets without even realizing it.)

You excel in: Public speaking

You get along best with: the Dash
__________________

[Fugee]

Originally posted by tmdiva
I'm the Exclamation Point. So I'm supposed to get along best with Slave, Wonk and John Phoenix. Riiiiiiight.

Once again, we are sock puppets. I'm also an Exclamation Point. However, I am good at keeping secrets.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by tmdiva
I'm the Exclamation Point. So I'm supposed to get along best with Slave, Wonk and John Phoenix. Riiiiiiight.

_________________

You are a bundle of... well, something.
You're often a bundle of joy, passion, or drama.

You're loud, brash, and outgoing. If you think it, you say it.
Definitely not the quiet type, you really don't keep a lot to yourself.

You're lively and inspiring. People love to be around your energy.
(But they do secretly worry that you'll spill their secrets without even realizing it.)

You excel in: Public speaking

You get along best with: the Dash
__________________

2!!!


S_A_M

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
In the hope of sparing RT an unnecessary C&D letter, it should be noted that Gauntlet was hardly "the arcade version" of D&D. It was just one of many "dungeon crawl" arcade games seeking to capitalize on the D&D cache amongst the quartered nerd set. I think there was an officially licensed arcade game or console video game, but it wasn't Gauntlet. Gauntlet was just the awesomest knock-off.

Gauntlet is to D&D::Spy Hunter is to James Bond

I not only played; I went to conventions. I have won "Associate Geek-off" contests with the prior sentence.

LessinNhaTrang, Vietnam

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by dtb
1. What kind of nincompoop do you have to be not to like Queen?!?

To weave a couple of threads together, I really liked Queen when I was 10 and playing AD&D. I wore out my cassette of "The Game" and was partial to the song "Dragon Attack." Brian May is an underrated guitarist. Blur especially owes a debt to Mr. May.

Having said all that, the Queen reference was a joke and a callback to the old SNL sketch where Dana Carvey as Casey Kasem declares Queen the #1 rock band of all time. Surprisingly, I couldn't find this sketch on YouTube.

As I cannot top Atticus' analogies, I offer this

(Spree: article from The Believer about playing a game with E. Gary Gygax. Includes the bonus sexist line: "If you are not between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, or if you happen to be a woman, you may not know what Dungeons & Dragons is, exactly, or why you would want to get involved with it, even in the context of an essay in a respectable magazine such as this one.")

[ltl/fb]

Do they vibrate?

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Every so often, KCRW puts out a CD with a collection of stuff that they've played.

I think I have most of these. Their "Rare on Air" volumes 1 & 4 are phenomenal. Volume 1 starts with Leonard Cohen reciting a poem and ends with David Wilcox singing what may be the saddest song ever written. Radiohead, Ozomatli, Jeff Buckley, and Soul Coughing are on volume 4. They're both out of print but used copies are easy to find online.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I agree with all of this. I'm sure there is some underlying sexism (and some not-so-underlying sexism, such as that preposterous Hillary Cried! crap that went on around the time of the NH primary), but her biggest problem is not sexism. See points 1 and 2 above. I don't find the Obama campaign all that different from the excitement that Bill Clinton's '92 run generated (especially among young voters). Hillary can't generate that kind of excitement and the reason why has more to do with her last name than it does with her gender. IMO.

2.

Meet the Press mentioned a Pew Foundation Poll that surveyed how "likable" voters across the board found each candidate. The results weren't that surprising:

Obama - 50 percent likable; 35 percent said somewhat likable; 10 not likable.
Clinton - 26 likable, 37 somewhat, 33 not likable.
McCain - 21 likable, 55 somewhat, 18 not likable.

Tim Russert asked James Carville about that poll, and he said, "Well... people think she's smart, experienced, tough and not a particularly likable person." Even her supporters acknowledge that Hillary Clinton has not been able to overcome the perception that she's not warm or authentic. Some of that problem may be chalked up to sexism, but I think that what Hillary has done, how she has done it, and what that says about who she is causes a greater problem for her in the polls. Then again, she won today, so I could be wrong.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Yep. No girls for you, son. No girls for you.

S_A_M

Hey! I met my current boyfriend back in eighth grade playing D&D in the geometry teacher's classroom at lunch.

Well, either there or the drama club.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by tmdiva
I'm the Exclamation Point. So I'm supposed to get along best with Slave, Wonk and John Phoenix. Riiiiiiight.

_________________

You are a bundle of... well, something.
You're often a bundle of joy, passion, or drama.

You're loud, brash, and outgoing. If you think it, you say it.
Definitely not the quiet type, you really don't keep a lot to yourself.

You're lively and inspiring. People love to be around your energy.
(But they do secretly worry that you'll spill their secrets without even realizing it.)

You excel in: Public speaking

You get along best with: the Dash
__________________

Me too.

[John Phoenix]

Originally posted by Fugee
Once again, we are sock puppets. I'm also an Exclamation Point. However, I am good at keeping secrets.

That's fitting. Didn't you and Slave make out one time?

[John Phoenix]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Me too.

How YOU doin'?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
In the hope of sparing RT an unnecessary C&D letter, it should be noted that Gauntlet was hardly "the arcade version" of D&D. It was just one of many "dungeon crawl" arcade games seeking to capitalize on the D&D cache amongst the quartered nerd set. I think there was an officially licensed arcade game or console video game, but it wasn't Gauntlet. Gauntlet was just the awesomest knock-off.

VALKYRIE NEEDS FOOD...BADLY!

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Me too.

Me 3.