Gaming in the Universe of... The Watchmen Part 6

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's off to Work I Go

Movie Mash-ups
A friend of mine and I were playing a game of Movie Title Mash-up on Facebook.  This game takes two movie titles and smooshes them together at the common words.  We spent about three hours back and forth coming up with these: If you think of some others please leave them in the comments. 2012 Angry Men Snakes on a Plain, Train and Automobile White Christmas with the Kranks My Fair Ladyhawke Vanilla Sky High White Nights of the Living Dead 9 1/2 Wolverines: Origins The Hunt for Red October Sky Star Wars of the Roses A Shark Tale of Two Cities Princess Mononoke and the Pea Snow White Fang Men

Life Near an Iowa Cornfield: Sept 27, 2009
Where to begin? PIT #3 is back at Timothy Christian and giving Mrs. VandeVort as hard a time as his brother did when we first moved to the area.  He his happy that his enforced review of the Yellow Belt form for Tae Kwon Do is over and we are now studying the Camo Belt form.  His skills as an RPG gamer are growing, enough that I’d consider taking a family vacation to a nearby convention. PIT #2 is now a sophomore (*shudder*).  With his sister gone, he’s establishing his own identity.  He’s a member of chorus, the drama department, AcDec, and the “I can put a car into a sideways spin on gravel” club.  He’s trying to conv

The view from my chair: Franchise Characters
It’s no secret, the Vulcan Stev household enjoys movies.  The subject of movie franchises came up the other day during one of our many movie discussions.  “What’s a Franchise Daddy?” PIT #3 asked. “A movie franchise is a series of movies set in the same fictional universe, telling stories usually revolving around the same key characters and most often released by the same studio,” is the definition we arrived at. “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, and James Bond were three franchises that jumped immediately to mind.  The discussion then evolved to the actors who made the roles famous.  How some actors will fo

Tweet Libs: How to Play Dungeons & Dragons
How to Play Dungeons & Dragons from the Wikipedia page Before the game begins, each player creates his or her character and apologizes for the details (described below) on a character draft.  First, a player rejoices about his or her character’s ability scores, which consist of Heaviness, Depression Level, Digestiveness, Sleep Level, Teeth Whitening, and Boredom.  Each edition of the game has ridiculou

Vulcan Stev Family Movie Review: GI Joe The Rise of Cobra
Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje …  Heavy Duty Christopher Eccleston …  James McCullen / Destro Grégory Fitoussi …  Baron de Cobray Joseph Gordon-Levitt …  The Doctor / Rex Lewis Leo Howard …  Young Snake Eyes Karolina Kurkova …  Courtney A. Kreiger / Cover Girl Byung-hun Lee …  Storm Shadow Sienna Mill