So it happens sometimes that I do things that confuse other people.

I don’t understand it either, but roll with me.

You have certain people who are “cuspers” in the nerd community. They like watching Big Bang Theory, or programming Pop Tart calendars (so they never eat the same flavor in the same week) but they have no fucking clue what Magic: the Gathering is.

Sometimes you’ll be doing something like rolling a character for your new D&D campaign and one of these Cuspers will look at you and say “Why the fuck do you have so many dice?” You’ll want to explain, but you run into a problem. It would take forever, they’d get bored, and they’d still be confused. I call this a lose-loser situation (of course, you get to be the loser).

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Posted by Cake-Pie
Dated: 13th April 2010
Filled Under: Games, Old Cakepie.com
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I knew that the really cool plans that I laid out in my pre-pax schedule were subject to change, and they did! Thursday: Joe Kozachek drove us from Burlington, Vermont and while he drove, I worked really hard at looking at stuff. We made it to Cambridge around 5:30ish where I took the Green Line
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Dated: 29th March 2010
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Thanks to the excellent media wranglers handling the expo, I was approved for my Kombo.com press pass for the event! This is awesome since I applied wicked late, and just whiskered my way in. From past experience, I know that gaming cons are usually packed with people elbow to asshole. Adding to that, anything that
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Dated: 11th March 2010
Filled Under: Games, Old Cakepie.com
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The world misses me. I know. Sorry, world, I’ve been out. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to be this way. I live in the cheerful, weather-lottery state of Vermont, formerly its own magical fairlyland Republic, long before Texas made it cool (true fact!). The great thing about living here is accessibility to bored nerds who have
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Posted by Cake-Pie
Dated: 8th February 2010
Filled Under: Games, Old Cakepie.com
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I’m hopeful that you’ve all had great Christmases, Hanukkahs, Kwanzaas, and Obligatory Ice Level Days. In case you’re uncool, and have never played a videogame before in your life, there is a time-honored tradition of including ICE LEVELS in games. These are awesome, because you get to slide around and crap. Why bother with the
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Posted by Cake-Pie
Dated: 29th December 2009
Filled Under: Games, Old Cakepie.com
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