tharkad on Games

A blog mostly about my board gaming experiences.

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When dreams become reality.

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This moment captures everything perfectly

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“It’s euphoric, to be honest. It was something I was not expecting. I’m kind of still processing it. I’m so proud of this team and as a sub you just want to help your team however you can, bring energy to the game.” 

  ↳ Kelley O’Hara | First International Career Goal

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Love Kung Fu Kelley O’Hara? Christie Rampone? Sky Blue FC is your team. 

NWSL streams basically all their games on youtube. If you don’t watch, Kelley’s going to introduce her foot to your face (or just, like, continue being awesome or whatever).

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL4xu08EDu0ZFZsBJUB0chw

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At last.

At last the Twitter universe has been moved to action (through the #StopGamerGate2014 hashtag and associated) and shown just how in the minority Gamergate has always been. It’s terrible that it had to come to a threat of a mass shooting to get there, but the shameful, mealy-mouthed,...

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Being good to each other is so important, guys.

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Sometimes I’m bad at games, sometimes I’m okay at them, and sometimes I’m having one of those days where I can’t even turn on the damn console.

Bad-at-Games is community-funded! If you’re interested in helping me keep this thing running, and you want some rad stickers, please consider contributing. Thank you!

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And even a bonus slide for any remaining queries:

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Mod note: 

Feel free to erase this bit here if you reblog, but I just wanted to explain why I made this. Very recently I got into an argument online with a white woman about a film that executed a white savior trope. I explained all the things I found problematic in the film and why I thought it was racist, and she told me that I was both nit-picking and white-shaming. I was also called a hypocrite and a racist (against white people).

I could see that this white woman was set in her willful ignorance, and that any further arguing would only make me more frustrated and her more self-righteous. So instead, I made this (lovely, if I can so myself) powerpoint rather than metaphorically bashing my head against a brick wall in continuing a conversation with her. 

May this help you in all your efforts, even if it couldn’t help me in mine. 

- Jennifer 

P.S. So I don’t know if someone has made a powerpoint for racism before (I’m sure someone has), but I haven’t seen one. Please link it to us if you have! 

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my 10 year old brother’s entries so far for the pokeddexy!! they’re all super cute i’m really proud of him!

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Don’t Play These Games With Friends

Some free advice that I urge you to take to heart.

And with that Season One of Robot Game Squad comes to a close. It’s been very fun and fulfilling but like a British TV show I’ll be back when I have more stories to tell. Thanks for coming along for the ride and I hope to be back at it soon.

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Cookie Clicker

When I started playing Cookie Clicker I was making 0.1 cookies per second. I’m now making 41,886,981,021.6. Yes that 41 BILLION cookies per second. It’s actually an interesting game to give to kids to get them to understand large numbers better. But the Grandmas are kind of creepy.

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The Should Have Sent a Poet

Yes the HD reissue of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen. But for a true fan of the game as Casandra is, it’s on a whole other level. Thanks to Casandra for her guest drawing of Wind Waker Link.

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Oh, I do hope you enjoy Attack on Titan!

Oh it's amazing...and brutal.

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Attack on our Psyche

And actually it got way WAY worse. No spoilers but Attack on Titan is one of the most emotionally brutal shows I’ve ever seen. Casandra and I spent the summer going through the first season. But we have two to go and we haven’t brought ourselves to the point where we can watch them. Could anything more bad happen to these people? But yeah - it’s a great show!

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Tales from the Dining Room Table: Shadows over Camelot

We got a chance to play Shadows over Camelot recently and it had been way to long. We’re certainly now in a golden age of cooperative board games but back in the mid-2000’s there was not a whole lot to choose from. Much of the fun of Shadows comes from the players being able to work on different quests. Some of them are solo quests but others can have all the players join. Here’s where the communication comes in. Sure you could just play with your cards on the table but then it’s just sort of a puzzle. We have a good time skirting around describing our hands in a fun way. My family does not play with the Traitor rule but if your group is into it that adds a whole other dimension to the game. It was fun to get it on the table and I’m looking forward to our next game.

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Her And Reggie Fils-Aime

Our family has suffered a terrible loss as my Father-in-Law Larry Best passed away last week. This comic is dedicated to him and all the love and laughter he brought to our lives.