Robert Asprin, RIP

Just found out that Bob Asprin, author of the Myth Adventures series, recently passed away:

On May 22, 2008, Bob passed away quietly in his home in New Orleans, LA. He had been in good spirits and working on several new projects, and was set to be the Guest of Honor at a major science fiction convention that very weekend. He is survived by his mother, his sister, his daughter and his son, and his cat, Princess, not to mention countless friends and fans and numerous legendary fictional characters.

He will be greatly missed.

Man, he was one of my favorites; I think I've read just about everything he's ever written. Not only was he known for the Myth series, he also edited the early Thieves' World shared world anthologies, and was a gamer and SCAdian to boot ("Yang the Nauseating").

He will be missed.

Another one for the "Going To Con" play list

"Hail To The Geek" by the dEAF pEDESTRIANS

Upcoming Convention Schedule

I know Brian and Tom asked about these, so I figured I'd post the dates for as many game conventions as I'm aware of this year, as well as which ones I'm planning on attending. Feel free to post any other events that should be included:

• SimCon: March 27 - March 30. I've signed up to run two events on that Saturday.
• UBCon: April 11-13. I'm planning on running two events here. We'll see how well attended they are.
• Western New York Savages: April 19. This is being put together by some guys out of Rochester and being held at SUNY Geneseo. Not sure yet how good the turn-out will be, but we'll see.
• Origins: June 25 - June 29. Can't go to this one; my sister's getting married that weekend ... more's the pity.
• GenCon: August 14 - 17. The big one; wouldn't miss this for the world!
• Con on the Cob: October 2 - 5. Another one I wouldn't miss for anything; just too damn much fun.

More shows as I find out about them. I know that Rod mentioned a date for the Creep Show this year, but I don't remember it off-hand. I'm sure he'll put it up soon ...

This'll kill a few hours

TV Tropes is a web site dedicated to cataloging the various tropes and clichés present in most modern media. I lost about an hour to it today. Be warned, it's a real time sink.

Whoa. Just ... whoa.

Dungeon and Dragon magazines cease publication in September.

Whoa. I can't say I'm overly surprised, considering the move to on-line publishing most companies have done, but it's still a bit of a shock.

Any bets on there being a wake at Gencon?

Shadowrun player convicted of holding up a lingerie shop

BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | 'Elf' lingerie thief found guilty

Yes, a man playing Shadowrun dressed up as his female elf character and held up a lingerie shop.

Hilarity ensues.

Of course, it would have had to be Shadowrun ... fuckin' elves ...

Warhammer 40K MMORPG

Just when I think I don't care about MMOs anymore...