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Robert

I live in Greensboro, North Carolina. There, I teach English (mainly composition and Shakespeare) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I moonlight as a dungeon master who currently runs two campaigns in the same world. Every weekend, I perform improv comedy at a professional improv club in downtown Greensboro. My top three favorite things are: pie, cats, and sandwiches. If you can somehow combine all three and not hurt the kitties, I’ll be your best friend forever.

The End of Paragon Tier: A Remembrance of HP Lost

It’s been a while, loyal readers (hopefully more than all both of you), and I have much to express.  Recently, I finished up the paragon tier of my uber-campaign and have learned quite a bit about running mid- to late-game RP scenes and combat.  The systems change, and the paradigms shift when you play mid-

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Gaming
Robert

Wizards of the Coast Launches New Character Builder!

This past week, Wizards of the Coast launched its new character builder for Dungeons & Dragons.  The new layout is sleek and stylish and provides an easy-to-learn user interface for all your character building needs.  Check out the visual tour off of their main website here.  I’ll have a review of all of its ins

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HumansVsZombies
Gaming
Robert

Yes, Yes, a Thousand Times YE…BRAAAAAAINSSSSS…!

I’ve played in two iterations of this epic game and must say that it is the most phenomenal game of tag ever conceived. Last spring, I wrote an article or two on Humans vs. Zombies, the game sweeping the nation’s colleges and universities. UNCG, my current homebase of operations, just finished its third game of HvZ,

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Robert

The Game Designer Next Door: Dr. DM’s Interview with Dave Dobson

If any of you tuned into “30 Rock” two weeks ago (ep. title “The Fabian Strategy”), you may have concluded two ideas: 1) Tracy Morgan should always be on “Cash Cab” for the sake of genius comedy and 2) Jack Donaghy plays Snood. The indie-developed flash phenomenon has been mentioned several times out in the

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ApocalypsePreventionInc
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Robert

Indie Table-Top RPG Spotlight: Apocalypse Prevention, Inc.

Everyone remembers how pretty much every minute of Men In Black was engagingly awesome. And then everyone remembers that one minute from Men In Black II that was… um… awesome… right? You know… the one with Lara Flynn Boyle practically naked… that’s pretty much it; that movie was rough. However, one of the most entrancing

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