Extreme gamer makeover: Garage Edition

I am a married fellow with 3 kids, and the fact is is that the only room of the house that is truly mine is the garage. Sure it's not air conditioned, and its poorly lit, but hey, its better that being outside, right?? We bought our house in 2000, and I had this great plan to have one whole wall consist of shelves to store large plastic tubs of stuff, holiday decorations, etc. and then game in the middle of the room. Within a year I had a few mismatched plastic shelves and a large (4X8) gaming table. Not too bad, but it could have been better. Much better it turned out. In fact, I hadn't even considered the fact that all of my light was being provided by one single bulb hanging from the ceiling. The stifling summer heat was pretty miserable, too.
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Legendary artist Keith Parkinson recently passed away

Upon Graduating from Kendall School of Design in 1980, Keith took a staff artist position at a company called Advertising Posters. Contrary to the way it sounds the company had nothing to do with advertising or posters. They were silk screen printers that printed and generated all the art for the pinball, and blossoming arcade video industry. Keith had a hand in the artwork of many of the most popular games that mark the beginning of the video game industry. TSR was the next stop. During a five year stint as a TSR staff artist he contributed to a wide variety of projects.
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Evidence of Huge Ancient Crocodile Found

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID,
AP Science WriterThu Nov 10, 5:50 PM ET

In the era when dinosaurs ruled the Jurassic earth, a 13-foot oceanic crocodile with a short snout and a mouthful of deadly teeth hunted large creatures in the sea, scientists reported Thursday. Nicknamed "Godzilla" by its discoverers, the new find was much different from other marine crocodiles, which had long snouts with many small teeth.
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St. Paul Game Con

D&D claims day of fame

The curious and the cant-get-enough can learn more about gaming and meet enthusiasts at area events.

BY SAM STEWART
Pioneer Press

To most people, Dungeons and Dragons is an obscure fantasy game played in dark basements by nerds with no social lives.

But for Nick Postiglione, co-owner of the Source Comics and Games store in Falcon Heights, D&D is a versatile, social game that draws an incredibly diverse group of players.
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Michael Piller (co-creator of Star Trek DS9) dead at 57

Michael Piller Succumbs to Cancer, Age 57

Michael Piller, best known to television viewers around the world as the executive producer/co-creator of more than 500 hours of Star Trek, lost his long battle with an aggressive form of head & neck cancer o­n Tuesday, November 1, 2005 at 4:51 a.m. at his home in Los Angeles. He was 57. He is survived by his wife Sandra, daughter Brent and son Shawn.
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Bone of Hobbit-like species uncovered

Bone of Hobbit-like species uncovered

(AP) — Scientists say they have found more bones in an Indonesian cave that offer additional evidence of a second human species — short and hobbit-like — that roamed the Earth the same time as modern man.

But the vocal scientific minority that has challenged that conclusion since the discovery of Homo floresiensis was announced last year remains unconvinced.

The discovery of a jaw bone, to be reported in Thursdays issue of the journal Nature, represents the ninth individual belonging to a group believed to have lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. The bones are in a wet cave o­n the island of Flores in the eastern limb of the Indonesian archipelago, near Australia.

In 2004, scientists announced their original, sensational discovery of a delicate skull and partial skeleton of a female, nicknamed “Hobbit” and believed to be 18,000 years old. In addition, they found separate bones and fragments of other individuals ranging in age from 12,000 to 95,000 years old.
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Ogre Cave audio report for gamers!

Discussed: Games Expo 2007, the roleplaying market, the future of Games Workshop, and the changing tasks of local game stores. Also, Gen Con releases, recent new products, and our current faves.

good stuff from a few amateur journalists.

http://www.ogrecave.com/audio/

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Quest for Dragons on the History Channel

Thursday August 4, 2005 o­n the History Channel

A spirited exploration of the history, science, and legend of the worlds most notorious beast–the dragon, the best-known creature that never was. Throughout history, dragons influenced wars, science, art, and religion. They appear in almost every culture and many still believe in dragons.
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Dungeons & Dragons illustrator, Minneapolis native, dies

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – David Sutherland, the Minneapolis native and illustrator whose images helped lead the fantasy role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” to success in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died of chronic liver failure.
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Profit alert hits Games Workshop

Shares in fantasy games retailer Games Workshop have sunk by nearly 30% after the company issued a profit warning. The firm said it was "unlikely" to meet a sales target of between £151m-£162m for the year to 29 May, following a sales slowdown in the UK and Europe. Games Workshop said the sales shortfall would "impact materially" o­n profits.
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