Apparently Escapist Magazine has started a new webisode featuring porn stars (fully clothed) playing dungeons and dragons. And surprise, the girls almost all play elvin rogues. That used to be my go-to. Time to try something new, I guess.

Io9 interviewed one of the “actresses” on the web series, and I found some of the stuff said to be hilarious. For instance:

They’re not all porn stars: “We’re a medley of porn stars, strippers, models, a hair dresser and I am an ex-porn star/fetish model and currently an illustrator.”
As far as I’m concerned, most of those professions are pretty darn close to porn.

About this group of porn stars: “We are the next generation of sexy women in the media where most of our sexy comes from our brains.”
Unless it’s a zombie porn, I don’t think your brain is a necessary requirement for “sexy” in porn.

On what edition they’re playing: “A mix of AD&D and 3rd Edition. We don’t list our skills or use feats. Instead Zak likes us to play as if anything we could imagine up and do in real life, we could do in the game… The same with alignments – we don’t use them. He doesn’t want the skill list or alignment to limit what we think we are able to do or how to act.”
So you took out the math, critical thinking, and limitations. Understandable.

If you’re interested in checking out an episode, just press play.

My favorite comment from the io9 page is from schrodingers-katana. He says: “I’ve actually had a fair amount of luck in getting attractive girls who have no business gaming at the table for D&D and other games on a pretty frequent basis. Once you break them of the game’s stigma and reveal to them that a lot of their friends are playing with them it’s pretty easy to make a hot girl ONE OF US! ONE OF US!”

It’s true! D&D is a lot of fun if you play with friends that share your personality and humor. You can get your girly friends to join you if you help them get past the stigma they may experience.

Moral of the post: I probably wouldn’t play D&D with porn stars. Honestly, I think they would be pretty boring. Give me non-porn stars with a good sense of humor any day!

If you could play D&D with any person/profession, who would you want to play with?

Sources: Io9 and Escapist Magazine

Coolest D&D Dungeon/Game Room ever!

These guys are the coolest. And by coolest, I mean nerdiest. Their D&D room includes props from the movies and dimming lights, strobes, and fog machines, all able to be controlled by the DM.

The one thing that concerns me: You need a handmade skeleton key to exit the room. Seriously? You can get locked in this dungeon? I’d like to be able to get up and use the bathroom/ get more snacks when I play D&D, not have to beg the DM to release me. Yikes.

In similar news, Jill’s never played D&D and I am excited to introduce her. I’m looking at a couple campaigns/groups right now, and should be finding one for us to jump into shortly! Stay tuned.

Hello everyone!

I’m psyched to be joining Jill on this blog and all of her adventures. We’ll be joining forces to introduce each other to even more wonderfully geeky things, and I’m excited to get some videos up to show you all!

But today I wanted to start a discussion on something that’s always been tough for me: LARPing.

What is the fine line between “playing pretend” and “Live Action Role Playing”? Is there a difference? Are children who pretend to be superheros actually LARPing?

LARPing has some stigma attached to it, and I’ve been careful to name all of my close encounters with it as “interactive parties”, “flash mobs”, or “guerrilla street theater”. However, it might be time for me to look at my costumed self in the mirror and decide once and for all: am I a LARPer?

Take a look at some of my favorite LARP spoofs:

And now take a look at some photos from “interactive parties” and “flash mobs” I’ve been a part of.

Jill showed this to you all a couple days ago: me as “The Witch” from L4D. Francis doesn’t stand a chance!

Here I am hugging a robot before beating him up in the annual “Pirates vs. Robots vs. Ninjas battle”

And for the Harry Potter fans out there, here I am teaching a “Herbology” class (on miracle berries) at an Interactive Harry Potter party.

Tell me the truth: Am I a LARPer?

According to developer Peter Molyneux, Fable III will not be an RPG. Given the fact that the Fable series is arguably even classified as an RPG in the first place, it was announced that there will be no traditional leveling of our characters, no experience points and progression/leveling will be based on “morphing” weapons and by the manner in which we use them.

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Yes! Mass Effect 2 came out and I finally had the chance to go buy it! I have the worst attention span while in Best Buy, too much exciting, fun stuff to look at! Anyways, watch my video! I’ll post an ME2 update soon!

Xbox Live Gamertag: PUNXSUTAWNEY PA (Yes, like in the movie Groundhogs Day with Bill Murray)