In the depths of the indie area at PAX I found Card Hunter and after playing 20 minutes of it, I want more. I want more right now.
Card Hunter takes place as though you are playing a tabletop RPG with a crazy DM guiding the whole thing. More on that aspect later though. The game is set on a grid based board that is clearly on a table and with characters that are made to look like 2d cardboard cutouts. It’s a look that works beautifully. All that is missing is a slice of pizza off to the side of the board.
Anyway, you have control of three adventurers in turn based strategy RPG combat. All attacks, magic, and movement is done via cards drawn randomly from each character’s deck. There are also defense cards that work just like you’d expect: when attacked, there will be a dice roll to determine if you effectively block. There are dice rolls all over the place and it’s great.
After clearing the first stage against a few enemies, I was shown the equipment screen. Each character can equip different things based on their class and the cards they get to use in battle come from the equipment itself. So if you equip a stronger sword, the cards from the old sword are removed and replaced with newer, better ones.
As I went to leave this screen the DM showed up and described something horrible. While leaving the dungeon, my entire party was ambushed by a dragon. What followed was a tough battle that required smart use of each character’s cards and proper placement. The whole time I was impressed because this was just the demo and so much more game and encounters like this awaited me.
Then I got to see the world map screen. I immediately scrolled to the edge to see how big the map is. It’s huge and that isn’t an exaggeration in the slightest.
When Card Hunter gets released it will be a browser based game and also free. Free. FREE! I would gladly pay for what this game promises.
While I didn’t get to play it, there will also be PvP involved to sweeten this deal. Currently there are three classes and three races to choose from but more could be added down the line and what they have now is more than enough to have fun with.
I was told that they estimate a beta for Card Hunter happening in the next month or so with the official launch in late 2012, early 2013.
Did I mention free and that I can hardly wait? I did? Well ok then. Check out their website for more info: http://www.cardhunter.com/.




alright haha doing this question again because i only got a couple good answers last time(:
so i cleaned out my itunes & like nothing is left compared to how it used to be haha so i was hoping i could get some more reccomendations(:
i’m just gonna list everything i have so i don’t get repeats haha
ac/dc, adolescents, aerosmith, alice in chains, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, at the drive-in, bad religion, ballyhoo!, band of skulls, beach house, beastie boys, best coast, between the buried & me, big d & the kids table, black rebel motorcycle club, black sabbath, blondie, blue cheer, bowling for soup, buddy holly, b.b. king, cake, catch 22, cheap trick, chiddy bang, choking victim, chromeo, clutch, corrosion of conformity, cream, cypress hill, de la soul, dead boys, dean martin, descendents, dmx, down, dropkick murphys, dr. dre, eagles of death metal, endeverafter, eric clapton, faith no more, flogging molly, foo fighters, frank sinatra, franz ferdinand, fu manchu, gorillaz, grace potter & the nocturnals, guns n’ roses, gwen stefani, hanoi rocks, humble pie, ice cube, ice-t, iggy pop & the stooges, james brown, janis joplin, jet, jimi hendrix experience, jonathan tyler & the northern lights, justin timberlake (lol), kaiser chiefs, kanye west, katy perry, ke$ha, kid cudi, kyuss, lady gaga, led zeppelin, leftover crack, less than jake, ll cool j, l.a. guns, mac miller, madonna, marvin gaye, mastodon, matt & kim, megadeth, metric, mgmt, mickey avalon (haha), monster magnet, motley crue, motorhead, municipal waste, nas, neon indian, new york dolls, nirvana, no doubt, nofx, notorious b.i.g., n.w.a, operation ivy, pink floyd, priestess, prima donna, primus, public enemy, queens of the stone age, ramones, ratatat, rebelution, red hot chili peppers, reel big fish, reverend horton heat, white & rob zombie, run dmc, sam adams, skid row, slightly stoopid, snoop dogg, social distorton, spinnerette, steel panther, steve miller band, stevie ray vaughan, stray cats, streetlight manifesto, sublime, suicidal tendencies, sweethead, the beach boys, the beatles, the black crowes, the black keys, the dead weather, the dillinger escape plan, the dirty heads, the distillers, the doors, the drums, the go-go’s, the hives, the killers, the mighty mighty bosstones, the pink spiders, the police, the raconteurs, the specials, the strokes, the subways, the suicide machines, the sword, the temptations, the vines, the white stripes, them crooked vultures, thin lizzy, tool, t. rex, vampire weekend, van halen, weezer, wiz khalifa, wolfmother, wu-tang clan, 2pac, municpal waste, d.r.i., young l, lil b, the pack, fall of troy, black flag, fugazi, anthrax, the melvins, exodus, testament, & i think that’s it haha. i’m probably forgetting some but that’s alright haha that’s good enough.
thank you(:
I like stoner rock. Let’s talk about it!
1 What is your favorite old (60s/70s) stoner rock band?
Mine is Blue Cheer
2 What is your favorite 90s stoner rock band?
Mine is Fu Manchu or Kyuss
3 What is your favorite modern stoner rock band?
Priestess or Wolfmother for me.
4 Favorite stoner albums?
Wolfmother – Wolfmother
Blue Cheer – Outsideinside
Just talk about stoner rock/metal!
Wolfmother is stoner rock, though.
And who’s the dude who said Metallica and Kenny Chesney?
My other favorites:
Atomic Bitchwax
Black Sabbath
Queens of the Stone Age
Sleep
Truckfighters
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anewargueaskewbamboobantu
bayoubeaucoupbedewbellevuebestrew
bijoublewblueboobreakthrough
brewcanoecashewchewclue
construecoocorkscrewcoupcrew
cuckoocuecurfewdebutdew
dodrewdueensueeschew
ewefewflewfluflue
fonduegluegnugoogrew
gumshoeguruhaikuhairdohebrew
heretohewhinduhoodoohorseshoe
how-tohuehughiglooimbue
intoiqissuejackscrewjew
kazooknewkudzukung-fulean-to
lieululumake-domanchumantoux
menumewmildewmilieumiscue
misdomoomuumuunehrunephew
newontooutdooutgrewperu
pewpoohpreviewpurlieupursue
purviewqueueragoutredorenew
rescuereviewrevueroughhewrue
screwsee-throughshampooshoeshoo
shrewsinewsiouxskewskiddoo
slewsloughsluesnafusnowshoe
spewspruestatuestewstrew
subduesuetabootatootattoo
therethroughtheretothrewthroughthumbscrew
tissuetotofutootrue
tututwoundoundueunglue
unscrewuntountruevaluevendue
venueviewvirtuvirtuevishnu
voodoowahoowherethroughwheretowhew
whowithdrewwooyahooyew
youzebuzoozulu
OR
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IT ALSO CANT BE
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canoe, chew, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, coup, coups, crew, cue,
dew, do, drew, due, eschew, ewe, few, flew, flu, flue, fondue,
glue, gnu, goo, grew, hew, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, Jew, knew,
lieu, loo, Lou, moo, new, ooh, pew, phew, poo, pooh, q, queue,
redo, renew, rescue, review, roux, rue, screw, shew, shoe, shoo, Sioux, skew, slew, spew, stew, strew, Stu, sue, Sue, tattoo, thew, threw, through, Tippecanoe, to, too, true, two, u, undo, untrue, venue, view, voodoo, whew, who, woo,
yew, you, zoo
1 syllable:
breaux, du, due, hugh, jus, knew, lieu, new, ru, su, to, vu, whew, wu
boo, shoe, do ,foo, knew, shoo, hugh, lou, goo, sue, too, moo,coo, zoo, haroo, kadoo
Poo, goo, do, boo, coo, zoo, you, to, too, blue, loo, woo, noo, sue, sew.
and many more.
true, boo, cue, poo, drew, to, too, two, rue, threw, through, clue, due, woo, and probably many more
Zoo, Too, To, Two, Coo, New, Through
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GREAT THANKS!!!!
in my travel and tourism class i am supposed to create a bucket list..( a list of destinations that i want to visit before i die) it should be ten destinations with the activities that i wanna experience while i am in those destinations..five of those i should explain thoroughly..and my mark will be on presenting it..and on grammar and spelling..and knowledge and communication…the knowledge part is the one im asking for help in..i actually dont want something that is way too known such as the great wall of china cuz its such a repetitive topic..so i actually made the list but im asking for more creative and more places to wonder about..i am a SUPER romantic person so i run for natural and beach scenes..not the old stuff like the colosseum or anything..i dont like man made things…anyways i chose some either ways…here is the list:
1) aurora borealise/austrlis, northern/southern poles…just to enjoy the natural scene with a hot drink in my hand.
2)bora bora islands, french polynesia…to swim in the waters of azure transparent ocean…
3) the grand canyon, colorado usa….hike and explore the place…
4) manchu piccu, peru….. explore the place and take pictures with my friends
5) the great barrier reef, australia… dive in the coral sea and explore the marine life
6) banaue rice terraces, philipines…experience and learn the way that they plant the rice thing
7) the nabatean city ,petra,jordan…..walk between the massive rock and land masses enjoying the watever scene
8) the colosseum of rome…take a guided tour with friends and then go the close gladiator school or rome
9)antelope canyon arizona usa…walk between the smoothely carved rocks…with the sun rays hitting through
10) the blue hole, belize……just dive and sail in the waters..
now gimme some OTHER creative ideas of palces that are a super WONDER…and no one evn knows abt if ya can..something u’ll say HOLY…when u see it…ok? plzzzzzzzzzzz i need that help =)
Hi there, all. I’m thinking of going as Toki Wartooth from Metalocalypse this Halloween, and it seems like it’d be really simple and cheap to create. I figure I would just get a large blue t-shirt and use a pair of baggy shorts or pants and big black boots that I have and just part my hair to the side, since mine’s practically identical to his.
BUT, being a female makes this costume slightly more difficult than it would seem. Case in point: the moustache. Toki has a Fu Manchu moustache, which would probably be easy to find in any Halloween store if it was black, but his is brown.
So, I’m thinking I might be able to make one either out of fake fur from Jo-Ann fabrics or even cheap hair extensions, and just stick ‘em on with spirit gum. Failing that, I might just draw it on with brown make up. Ideally, though, I want it to look as realistic as possible, so if anyone knows how I could make it, or maybe even alter something from a costume store, it’d be a great help if you could tell me.
Here’s some reference pics:
http://www.furiacontralamaquina.com/blog/uploads/dethklok/Toki.JPG
http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/109/b/AAAAAjFGxzYAAAAAAQm-XQ.jpg
http://th06.deviantart.net/fs24/300W/f/2008/019/9/b/Toki_Wartooth_by_min_miau.png
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/williamsstreet/images/thumb/f/f2/Toki_Wartooth.jpg/200px-Toki_Wartooth.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/toki%20wartooth/llthoraxll/Toki.jpg?o=10
OOH! And if anyone can tell me where I might find a sewing pattern for a bear like the one in the last picture, please tell me. I think it’d be an adorable last touch. Thanks!
Could you rate this out of ten please?
Thomas Gillie was strange. Heck, the villagers of Haven’s Gate thought he was the strangest wizard on planet Earth. On the few days they didn’t think this, they thought he was the most unfortunate boy on planet Earth. And probably the rest of the universe too. For one, Thomas’s parents chose to give him a human name. Secondly, Thomas liked associating with humans. And thirdly, Thomas was a wizard that seemed to have absolutely no magical ability in him at all. He, however, never noticed the snide mutterings about him, for he chose to utilise his time by staying at home by either playing with his pet griffin or snuggling up beside the fireplace to read a book.
On the afternoon this story begins, he was sat in the cosiest armchair nearest the window, reading a human book, or the magical creatures liked to call them – the Folk. He never understood quite why this was, the feud between the wizarding world and the magic-less world. Thomas much preferred to be sat in traitor clothes than wearing those itchy and uncomfortable sky-blue cloaks. He had always wondered why wizards chose to ignore the fact that human clothes were so much comfortable. But then again, wizards and witches didn’t understand a whole lot about the world.
At thirteen, he was remarkably short for his age, had constant short, straw-coloured bed hair, wide grey eyes and constantly had light stubble under the nose. Why does it have to be like that? He often though to himself. It could have been a full-on handlebar or a long, oriental-style Fu Manchu, but no, it has to be long enough for everybody to notice but too short to be considered cool. Today, he was wearing a plain white t-shirt and khaki shorts – both remarkably clean, considering a child of his age. This style of dress did not, in any way, endear him to his fellow villagers any more than running around the square in nude did.
Thanks a lot. I have spent a long time planning a whole new world which, hopefully, is different from Rowlings ( who I am a big fan of.) Thanks again for your advice!
i have a 10,000 gallon aquarium that has all the fish, inverts and corals you can think of. I wan to add eels and lionfish in but i dont know if its ok. This is a list of all the ones i want to get: chain eel, fire coral eel, ghost eel, snowflake eel, zebra eel, black and blue ribon eel, banded eel, banded snake eel, chainlink eel, goldentail moray eel, japanese dragon moray eel, White-eye Moray Eel, Whitemouth Moray Eel, Black Volitan Lionfish, Dwarf Lionfish, Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish, Volitan Lionfish, Antennata Lionfish, Fu Manchu Lionfish, Miles Lionfish, and Radiata Lionfish. Out of all those which would be the the most dangerous to the reef tank and which can i keep. I need a professional answer.
alright haha so i just totally cleaned out my itunes, & pretty much nothing is left lol especially compared to how it used to be. that’s where you guys come in(:
i’m just gonna list everything i have so i don’t get repeats haha
ac/dc, adolescents, aerosmith, alice in chains, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, at the drive-in, bad religion, ballyhoo!, band of skulls, beach house, beastie boys, best coast, between the buried & me, big d & the kids table, black rebel motorcycle club, black sabbath, blondie, blue cheer, bowling for soup, buddy holly, b.b. king, cake, catch 22, cheap trick, chiddy bang, choking victim, chromeo, clutch, corrosion of conformity, cream, cypress hill, de la soul, dead boys, dean martin, descendents, dmx, down, dropkick murphys, dr. dre, eagles of death metal, endeverafter, eric clapton, faith no more, flogging molly, foo fighters, frank sinatra, franz ferdinand, fu manchu, gorillaz, grace potter & the nocturnals, guns n’ roses, gwen stefani, hanoi rocks, humble pie, ice cube, ice-t, iggy pop & the stooges, james brown, janis joplin, jet, jimi hendrix experience, jonathan tyler & the northern lights, justin timberlake (lol), kaiser chiefs, kanye west, katy perry, ke$ha, kid cudi, kyuss, lady gaga, led zeppelin, leftover crack, less than jake, ll cool j, l.a. guns, mac miller, madonna, marvin gaye, mastodon, matt & kim, megadeth, metric, mgmt, mickey avalon (haha), monster magnet, motley crue, motorhead, municipal waste, nas, neon indian, new york dolls, nirvana, no doubt, nofx, notorious b.i.g., n.w.a, operation ivy, pink floyd, priestess, prima donna, primus, public enemy, queens of the stone age, ramones, ratatat, rebelution, red hot chili peppers, reel big fish, reverend horton heat, white & rob zombie, run dmc, sam adams, skid row, slightly stoopid, snoop dogg, social distorton, spinnerette, steel panther, steve miller band, stevie ray vaughan, stray cats, streetlight manifesto, sublime, suicidal tendencies, sweethead, the beach boys, the beatles, the black crowes, the black keys, the dead weather, the dillinger escape plan, the dirty heads, the distillers, the doors, the drums, the go-go’s, the hives, the killers, the mighty mighty bosstones, the pink spiders, the police, the raconteurs, the specials, the strokes, the subways, the suicide machines, the sword, the temptations, the vines, the white stripes, them crooked vultures, thin lizzy, tool, t. rex, vampire weekend, van halen, weezer, wiz khalifa, wolfmother, wu-tang clan, & 2pac.
i’m probably forgetting some haha but that’s good for now(:
thank you(:
haha yeah sorry i didn’t realize the list was that massive.
i’m actually not a huge radiohead fan, but thank you(:
I am looking to write a comparative paper about the two and was looking for a thesis that would help jump start my 6-7 page paper. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You.
Cathy Song
“Lost Sister”
1
In China,
even the peasants
named their first daughters
Jade―
the stone that in the far fields
could moisten the dry season,
could make men move mountains
for the healing green of the inner hills
glistening like slices of winter melon.
And the daughters were grateful:
They never left home.
To move freely was a luxury
stolen from them at birth.
Instead, they gathered patience;
learning to walk in shoes
the size of teacups,
without breaking―
the arc of their movements
as dormant as the rooted willow,
as redundant as the farmyard hens.
But they traveled far
in surviving,
learning to stretch the family rice,
to quiet the demons,
the noisy stomachs.
2
There is a sister
across the ocean,
who relinquished her name,
diluting jade green
with the blue of the Pacific.
Rising with a tide of locusts,
she swarmed with others
to inundate another shore.
In America,
there are many roads
and women can stride along with men.
But in another wilderness,
the possibilities,
the loneliness,
can strangulate like jungle vines.
The meager provisions and sentiments
of once belonging―
fermented roots, Mah-Jong tiles and firecrackers―set but
a flimsy household
in a forest of nightless cities.
A giant snake rattles above,
spewing black clouds into your kitchen.
Dough-faced landlords
slip in and out of your keyholes,
making claims you don’t understand,
tapping into your communication systems
of laundry lines and restaurant chains.
You find you need China:
your one fragile identification,
a jade link
handcuffed to your wrist.
You remember your mother
who walked for centuries,
footless―
and like her,
you have left no footprints,
but only because
there is an ocean in between,
the unremitting space of your rebellion.
Turtle Soup
You go home one evening tired from work,
and your mother boils you turtle soup.
Twelve hours hunched over the hearth
(who knows what else is in that cauldron).
You say, “Ma, you’ve poached the symbol of long life;
that turtle lived four thousand years, swam
the Wet, up the Yellow, over the Yangtze.
Witnessed the Bronze Age, the High Tang,
grazed on splendid sericulture.”
(So, she boils the life out of him.)
“All our ancestors have been fools.
Remember Uncle Wu who rode ten thousand miles
to kill a famous Manchu and ended up
with his head on a pole? Eat, child,
its liver will make you strong.”
“Sometimes you’re the life, sometimes the sacrifice.”
Her sobbing is inconsolable.
So, you spread that gentle napkin
over your lap in decorous Pasadena.
Baby, some high priestess has got it wrong.
The golden decal on the green underbelly
says “Made in Hong Kong.”
Is there nothing left but the shell
and humanity’s strange inscriptions,
the songs, the rites, the oracles?
Hard rock, blues rock, stoner rock, sludge metal…I’ll be open-minded.
Please, no screaming or growling vocals.
Oh, and PLEASE no 3oh!3, The Academy Is…, Jonas Brothers, Mayday Parade, Paramore, or anything of that nature. That is hardly rock music.
Also, no Metallica, Distrubed, Slipknot, Iron Maiden… or any nu-metal.
Some bands I already know of/listen to:
Clutch
Led Zeppelin
Fu Manchu
Kyuss
Black Sabbath
Sleep
Lowrider
Queens of the Stone Age
Electric Wizard
AC/DC
Dio
Wolfmother
Spiritual Beggars
Acid King
Aceyalone – Rapps On Deck
The Addicts – Viva La Revolution
Alkaline Trio – Armageddon
Anacron – A Prototype
Angry Amputees – She Said
Assorted Jelly Beans – Rebel Yell
Authority Zero – Everyday
Bad Religion – Big Bang
Blind Iris – Drive
Blue Collar Special – Don’t Wait
Bracket – 2 Rak 005
The Browns – American Werewolf In Calgary
Busdriver – Imaginary Places
Camarosmith – It’s Alright
Cannibal Ox – Iron Galaxy
The Clash – White Riot
Clutch – Impetus
Crash And Burn – Crazy And Stupid
Dan The Automator feat. Kool Keith – A Better Tomorrow
Deltron 3030 – Positive Contact
DJ Qbert – Cosmic Assassins
Dropkick Murphys – Time To Go
Electric Frankenstein – Annie’s Grave
Entombed – To Ride, Shoot Straight And Speak The Truth
The Explosion – No Revolution
Five Horse Johnson – Mississippi King
Flamethrower – I Want It All
Frog One – Blah Blah
Fu Manchu – California Crossing
GBH – Crush ‘Em
The Hellacopters – (Gotta Get Some Action) Now!
The Herbaliser feat. MF Doom – It Ain’t Nuttin’
High On Fire – Hung, Drawn And Quartered
The Hookers – The Legend Of Black Thunder
Hot Water Music – Remedy
In Flames – Embody The Invisible
J Live – Braggin’ Wrights
Jane’s Addiction – Suffer Some
Juggaknots – The Circle Part 1
Jurassic 5 feat. Percy P & Big Daddy Kane – A Day At The Races
Kiss – God Of Thunder
Kiss – Lick It Up
Kiss – Rock N’ Roll All Night
LA Symphony – King Kong
Lamont – Hotwire
Living Legends – War Games
Mastodon – Crusher Destroyer
The Midnight Evils – Loaded And Lonely
Mike V & The Rats – The Days
Mr Complex – Underground Up
Mr Dibbs – Skin Therapy
Mr Lif – Phantom
Murs – Transitions As A Rider
Nas – The World Is Yours
Nine Pound Hammer – Run Fat Boy Run
NOFX – The Separation Of Church And Skate
Orange Goblin – Your World Will Hate This
Paint It Black – Womb Envy
People Under The Stairs – The Next Step Part 2
Quasimoto – Low Class Conspiracy
Queens Of The Stone Age – You Think I Ain’t Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire
R.A. The Rugged Man – King Of The Underground
Refused – New Noise
Rise Against – Like The Angels
Rubber City Rebels – (I Wanna) Pierce My Brain
S.O.D. – Milk
Smoke Blow – Circe Of Fear
Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
Solace – Indolence
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
Strike Anywhere – Refusal
Sublime – Seed
Superjoint Ritual – It Takes No Guts
Supernatural – Internationally Known
Transplants – California Babylon
Unida – Black Woman
Wildchild – Secondary Protocol
Turbonegro – Sailor Man
LOL. I didn’t type all of this, I copied and pasted it from google.