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Saturday Apr 23, 2005
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Gamers Aaron Duran
Gamers ain't easy to love and they're squishy to hold. They'd rather roll dice for glory and gold. Over stressed pants and faded Crown Royal bag, And each day brings level 12 Orc to frag. Chicks won’t date him, an' jocks coat his hair in gum, It don’t matter, he...
Wednesday Mar 17, 2004
The Hardest Writing of All Aaron Duran
I enjoy writing in all its forms (with the exception of poetry, not in me). I love nothing more then sitting down at a computer or a pad and pen and bringing tales to life. The characters jump out to me, they come to life before my very eyes. Indeed,...
Thursday Mar 11, 2004
Breaking Up is Hard To Do Aaron Duran
Your friendly neighborhood Geek is a kind-hearted man. He doesn’t like to drop the bomb on people, but sometimes a line must be drawn in the sand and a stance must be made. That line was drawn a week ago. And so, I had to make the sad, sad call…...
Saturday May 29, 2004
One Night Stands Are Healthy Aaron Duran
Tolkien had resurgence in the popular culture. 30 years ago lanky men (and some women) decided they wanted some plot to their epic battles. So, a small rather unassuming man from Wisconsin came up with some rules to add a little depth to his tactical combat. Making some Xerox copies...
Tuesday May 4, 2004
Age Matters Not. Aaron Duran
Whew, someone has been slacking lately. I wish I could blame it on a Denubian Slime Devil, but truth be told, I’ve just been a big ‘ol lazy Geek. To be fair, I am in the middle of moving… Yea, that’s it! Anyway, few days ago I found myself cleaning...
Wednesday Aug 4, 2004
Total Immersion Aaron Duran
First off, I want to warn some of you that half of this rambling will be extremely boring, in fact you will likely be rolling your eyes thinking, "yes, yes, I know all this already, get on with it". But most of you won’t so your friendly neighborhood Geek is...
Wednesday Dec 8, 2004
My Andy Rooney Moment Aaron Duran
Some folks speak to a therapist, others their family, some choose their pastor or priest. Not your friendly neighborhood Geek. No, I am (with frightening regularity) finding revelations at my local gaming store. Much like the realization that even geek girls wouldn’t have dated me back in the day, I...
Wednesday Mar 2, 2005
Rolling Dice For Justice! Aaron Duran
Honestly, I was going to do one of those wanking “look back and remember” bits, but those are lame. Thankfully, Agent X saved you all from that. (Although it should go without saying, Agent X is not his real name, but you, can’t give away names and all that). So,...
Tuesday Apr 12, 2005
Sticking to the Code Aaron Duran
Most people know of the Code of Men. Its very similar to the Code of Vegas, but not limited by geography. To those who do not know of such code, its fairly simple: 1 - Bros. before hoes. 2 - No Pooftahs! (Not really a part of the code, but...
Wednesday Mar 9, 2005
Jews For Tiamat Aaron Duran
I spent close to an hour trying to come up with a better title. Every time I thought of a new one, it just didn’t fit. Plus, anytime I can play on an actual existing phrase, I’m gonna’ take it. Besides, the above title gives me images of Topol riding...
Friday Dec 10, 2004
Like Stryper, But With Funky Dice. Aaron Duran
Okay, so I must confess that your friendly neighborhood Geek made a pop culture mistake, (I make a lot, but I’m fessing up to this one). To those who are just joining us, I mentioned the ONLY role playing game (before I found Star Wars) that was sanctioned and approved...
Monday Feb 23, 2004
The Final Geek Taboo Aaron Duran
I’ve long since come to terms with my pop culture geek status. I love Star Trek (except Voyager, SCREW Voyager), I love Star Wars (that love is waning though), I love horror movies, and I love comics. But, I have one final love… A love that even today I do...
Tuesday Jun 21, 2005
Like Crack, Except Plastic...and Legal. Aaron Duran
For the first time in a good long while your friendly neighbor Geek found himself with a completely free weekend. Tempted I may have been to sit on my butt and frag digital demons all weekend I decided to get out of the Hall of Justice and wander the city....
Wednesday Jul 27, 2005
The Top-5 Most Pretentious Role-Playing Games Aaron Duran
You can always tell when your friendly neighborhood Geek gets all kinds of busy, the postings slow down a bit and the ones that do make it to Al Gore's internets are cop out Top-5 lists. As such I present to you the, as the title suggests, the top-5 most...
Tuesday Apr 11, 2006
From Girl to Gamer... Aaron Duran
Since I got a couple of emails asking me if "that chick on Rick's show is right", I though I would re-post this little gem for you fine readers... Plus, I'm lazy and a repost helps eat up valuable bandwidth and time! Like a certain radio show host, I repeatedly...
Friday Nov 11, 2005
So Many Characters...So Few Games! Derek M. Koch
Wizards of the Coast virtually created the collectible trading card game with Magic: The Gathering. I never played Magic, but I was familiar with the rules and how it worked, which meant I was familiar with the rules of a lot of the other collectible card games that hit the...
Thursday Aug 10, 2006
You Game What You Snack... Aaron Duran
Everyone knows that ages old cliché; you are what you eat... If that were true, then your friendly neighborhood Geek is a big ‘ol juicy taco with spicy... Um... That is a little unsettling, let us move on from said image… Anyway, I think that cliché is pretty much bunk,...
Wednesday Sep 6, 2006
Updated Repost - Fair is Fair Aaron Duran
Okay... I know I promised that I would lay off the reposts for a while... Well, too bad... deal. However, this lie is not without merit... With Football season about to go into full swing and major magazines defending the roleplaying antics of grow men pretending to coach football teams,...
Friday Jan 19, 2007
Like the Mafia, But With Less Killing Aaron Duran
There have been literally dozens of articles written about the very topic I am about to touch upon. It is also just as likely that I will come across as a Johnny come-lately hack for writing this article... Well, too bad, it simply needs to be written. However, my version...
Monday Apr 9, 2007
Big Thanks! Aaron Duran
Sup Null Units! I wanted to give a big thanks to all the folks who made the Geek in the City Game Night re-launch a success... Be sure to check this site and Guardian Games for a list of upcoming events and start thinking about a game for next month....
Friday Jun 8, 2007
Giving Back... Aaron Duran
Yea, I made a terrible copy of Batman as my first Dungeons and Dragons character, what's it matter to you?! Okay, I should probably back up. It was the summer of 1987. I had yet to enter the terribly awkward teenage years (though through a cruel act of genetics, I...
Tuesday Sep 25, 2007
The Day the Dice Died Aaron Duran
As the loyal GeekintheCity readers know, your friendly neighborhood Geek had to employ MI5 style tactics to maintain my dice-tossing ways back in the day. With D&D masking tactics that would make Q's head spin, my skills at transforming the Van Richten's Guide to the Ancient Dead into Cracken's Rebel...
Monday Feb 11, 2008
20 Questions from yo’ Dungeon Masta’! Aaron Duran
Over the past 72 hours, your friendly neighborhood Geek received a grip of emails from readers. All of them asking me to post my D&D questions mentioned on the Rick Emerson Show. (They also wished to berate all the so-called Rush fans that fled from D&D trivia). As I love...
Monday Aug 25, 2008
If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? Ersogoth
Or, If the Dice Say No, You Gotta’ Go! Warning, this article lands in the inflammatory, political and anti-religious camp. Don’t come complaining after you read this. You were warned! (Then again, this is akin to telling a Kender to not open something, isn’t it?) After 8 years in the...
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