YouTube Review: RollPlay & Misscliks

I have been playing Palladium Fantasy on and off for the last ten years or so. Over the time, I have changed both as a player and a game master (GM). Through TotalBiscuit on YouTube, I came across JP McDaniel's RollPlay series. In it, JP McDaniel, Ryan Moore, Geoff Robinson, and Geneviève Forget play Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition with their Dungeon Master, Neal Erickson. With only webcams and a screen showing the Roll20.net's map and dice rolling features, they are able to offer hours upon hours of entertainment full of gut-wrenching laughter, and all the feels the Internet has to offer.

3D: The Fad That Won't Die

3D technology in films has been around almost as long as film itself. The "gimmick" of 3D was most popular in the 1980s and 90s. Sadly, this gimmick never actually died. As technology has become more advanced, especially with digital cinema and computer generated animation, 3D has become more popular than ever. Many people are unwilling to accept change, most notably with the advent of digital film vs traditional film. While 3D movies can work in some ways, old gimmicks and new ones hurt these movies more than anything.

NASCAR as a Society

NASCAR is described as a governing body for motorsports. In other words, it is a government. But what kind of a government is it? One has to only look at its actions to see the sad truth about the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

NASCAR as a government is a lot of things all balled up into one. For starters, it is Socialist. Every car is generally the same. All cars must meet the template, and the engines are so close there is no advantage to any party. The facade, both figuratively and literally, gives the illusion that there is some discrepancy between the different manufacturers. They say there is a ton of competition in NASCAR because the cars are so close, but that is really a lie. When everyone is the same, it is not competition. Competition is when manufacturers develop new cars to try to be the best, forcing other car companies to make theirs better. That is true competition.