http://diceofdoom.com/blog The Dice of Doom is a blog about gaming, being a gamer and general interest content suitable for nerds. Tue, 01 May 2012 13:26:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Dice of Doom podcast is a lively discussion about role-playing games, focusing heavily on Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu and Warhammer along with many other gaming systems. We have been gaming for longer than we care to freely admit and we have a wide range of interests and experiences in gaming in general (everything from obscure games printed in the 1980's to the most recent tabletop wargames). We like to take a lighthearted approach to our discussions and mix them up with other nerdy news and content as well. RupertG yes RupertG rupertg@diceofdoom.com rupertg@diceofdoom.com (RupertG) © Dice of Doom Dice of Doom Podcast dnd, d&d, dungeons & dragons, rpg, roleplaying, gaming, roleplaying games http://diceofdoom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Podcast-Logo-New-SQ-SM.png http://diceofdoom.com/blog Sydney, Australia http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/09/the-philosophy-of-horror/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/09/the-philosophy-of-horror/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:38:29 +0000 Cuchulain http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1443 For those of you who love horror fiction and roleplaying, yet also don’t mind a bit of academic/philosophical speculation, let me introduce a wonderful resourse: Collapse volume IV. This is a special edition of an academic journal on philosophy, this … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/09/the-philosophy-of-horror/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/09/our-dice-of-doom-follow-friday-recommendations/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/09/our-dice-of-doom-follow-friday-recommendations/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:32:41 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1372 For those of you on Twitter, you would already be familiar with the #followfriday tradition. For those of you who are not familiar, on Fridays, people all over Twitter recommend people you should be following (because they are interesting, fun, … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/09/our-dice-of-doom-follow-friday-recommendations/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/epic-geeky-clean-order-unboxing/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/epic-geeky-clean-order-unboxing/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:21:24 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1207 Around the Dice of Doom offices (OK, we don't have offices, but if we did... we'd obviously have more money... now I'm just sad...) we are big fans of Geeky Clean soap. Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/epic-geeky-clean-order-unboxing/feed/ 10 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/zom-b-gone-day-07-a-successful-trial-no-zombies/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/zom-b-gone-day-07-a-successful-trial-no-zombies/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:03:56 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1139 So here we are at the end of the epic week of the Zom-B-Gone trial. I shall miss Steve, the little skull in my soap. I shall miss our early morning chats as he assisted me in getting clean. Geeky … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/zom-b-gone-day-07-a-successful-trial-no-zombies/feed/ 2 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/zom-b-gone-day-06-other-repellents-required/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/zom-b-gone-day-06-other-repellents-required/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:57:39 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1135 Due to the enormous success of Zom-B-Gone by Geeky Clean in protecting me from the threat of daily zombie attack I have come up with a list of other repellent soaps that I would find quite useful. Ex-girlfriends Auntie Betsy … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/zom-b-gone-day-06-other-repellents-required/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-05-extended-testing-procedures/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-05-extended-testing-procedures/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 10:51:09 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1122 My in-laws spent the weekend in Canberra (Australia’s Capitol) this weekend and returned with variety of souvenirs. I got a skull eraser and a nose pencil sharpener. I think they are both awesome. My wife, on the other hand, got … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-05-extended-testing-procedures/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-04-kinder-surprise-edition/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-04-kinder-surprise-edition/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 09:47:45 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1116 Not much in the way of activity yesterday in the zombie department. My wife did point out however that the dice soaps were very much like the Kinder Surprise of soap. I thought that that was quite funny… Now for … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-04-kinder-surprise-edition/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-03-still-no-zombies/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-03-still-no-zombies/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 10:46:47 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1081 While I can safely report no zombies on day three (boring I know…) we did have an interesting discussion over lunch at work. Where are the Vampire Repellent soaps? I thought that that was a very good question. There was … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-03-still-no-zombies/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-02-no-zombies/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-02-no-zombies/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 21:22:42 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1074 I have to admit, in my life I have encountered very few zombies. It is the first question I get asked when people find out I am road testing a zombie repellent. It seems that many people are quite skeptical … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-02-no-zombies/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-01-no-zombies/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-01-no-zombies/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 22:40:04 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1070 After the initial excitement of receiving my Geeky Clean order and wanting to try all of them at once I opened only the Zom-B-Gone soap and put it next to the shower so that I would not forget to use … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/zom-b-gone-day-01-no-zombies/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/geeky-clean-soaps-have-arrived/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/geeky-clean-soaps-have-arrived/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 12:33:20 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1060 My wife arrived home today, a box looking like those that I get models and books in from the US, under her arm. Ripping apart the label that said “Customs has opened this parcel for inspection” (I can only imagine … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/geeky-clean-soaps-have-arrived/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/custom-nerd-jewelry-chessex-polyhedral-dice-pendants/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/custom-nerd-jewelry-chessex-polyhedral-dice-pendants/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 08:54:33 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1038 Long promised on their home page, Chessex (our favorite dice people…) have finally released their gaming dice jewelry.  As of writing their website still says they are coming soon, but order numbers and pictures are available in their catalog (link … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/custom-nerd-jewelry-chessex-polyhedral-dice-pendants/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/staying-clean-the-nerdy-way-d20-soap/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/staying-clean-the-nerdy-way-d20-soap/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 20:00:45 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1003 I just have to say, anyone can buy me this anytime… You know, normally when you receive soap as a present you’re all like “what are you trying to say dude?” And they’re all like “your eau de dirty sock … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/staying-clean-the-nerdy-way-d20-soap/feed/ 2 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/10/the-gamers-the-movie/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/10/the-gamers-the-movie/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:55:08 +0000 Cuchulain http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=520 I seriously can’t say enough good things about this movie. I love it to death. A group of nerdly college guys get together to play a session of (thinly veiled) D&D; the camera moves between the players and the characters. … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/10/the-gamers-the-movie/feed/ 18 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/awesome-nerdy-tattoos-seriously-nerdy/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/awesome-nerdy-tattoos-seriously-nerdy/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:27:01 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=415 I was in the Gold Coast, QLD on the weekend, and I met a really nice nerd chick with amazing tattoos. I got to chatting to her about them and she was kind enough to let me take photos (she … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/awesome-nerdy-tattoos-seriously-nerdy/feed/ 30