Geeks Get Paid

What's cool about gaming? Apparently, everything.

"...moderator of the forum (and occasional Chronicle contributor), co-authored Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Gear Up and Get Away

The escapist magic of the holidays' hottest games

"...Dungeons & Dragons: HeroesAtari, $49.99..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Scorched

"...action. Further complicating matters is a household that contains Dungeons & Dragons role-player Shmally (Cook), who morphs into a..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let Your Freak Flag Fly

Gonna let it all hang out at Dragon*Con, where 20,000 sci-fi enthusiasts meet up, make merry, and sometimes cop a feel.

"...scripture. In the Gaming Room, Dave Arneson, co-founder of Dungeons & Dragons, gives a history of the role-playing game..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

In Play

Neverwinter Nights is more than a game, actually: It's a gaming system to be built on.

"...have a tool with which they can build complicated Dungeons & Dragons scenarios -- and an online community eager..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Lindsey Simon

'Neverwinter Nights'

A revolutionary new RPG freezes out the competition.

"...living, breathing incarnation of those late-night pen & paper dungeons you adventured as a kid. But NWN promises more..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

The Hobbit

This 1978 animated Rankin & Bass production of Tolkien's The Hobbit works successfully on both a children's and a universal level.

"...of the Rings trilogy at a popular ebb and Dungeons & Dragons mythos riding on its coattails. Seemingly every..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Review by Michael Chamy

Web Award Emcee John Halcyon Styn

"...he says. Or they thought he was devoted to Dungeons & Dragons. But these days, after surviving the late-Nineties..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

Postscripts

Neal Barrett Jr. and Bill Crawford both win the Busiest Texas Writer of 2000 Award.

"...The Day the Decorators Came (chapbook); The Prophecy Machine; Dungeons & Dragons (novelization of the movie); and Dungeons &..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Capitol Chronicle

As Gov. Bush moves to D.C. in a wave of acclamation, the Legislature prepares to meet over redistricting and new legislation.

"...Dept. of Criminal Justice budget without necessarily authorizing new dungeons. Austin Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos told the Chronicle his "top..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Dungeons & Dragons

"...the eternally geeky, pre-pubescent role-playing game. Talk of a Dungeons & Dragons film has been percolating around Hollywood for..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postscripts

Is the movie better than the book? In the case of Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, that old argument seems a bit moot.

"...Barrett has also written the novelization of the new Dungeons & Dragons film and he'll be signing both books..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Caleb Carr, Dr. Phil and his son Jay, Neal Barrett Jr., and other assorted personages will be performing at Austin bookstores soon.

"...a story he originally published in Dragon magazine. More dragons: Barrett has also written the novelization for the forthcoming..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Short Cuts

Bad Dog Comedy Theater initiates Japanese anime midnight screenings.

"...calling 443-8229 or online at [email protected]... Effects-heavy films like Dungeons & Dragons and Vertical Limit are due in cineplexes..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...favorite fantasy role-playing game straight into the fireplace? Well, Dungeons & Dragons won't be quite so incendiary. Instead, it..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...1Non-Stop; Orfeu; Ran; RififiDEC 8Autumn Heart; Cleopatra's Second Husband; Dungeons & Dragons; Into the Arms of Strangers; Lawrence of..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature

What She Saw in Roger Mancuso, Günter Hopstock, Jason Barry Gold …

"...all -- Goth, punk, surf-punk, skinhead, sk8 (skateboarding), D&D (Dungeons and Dragons), SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), and just..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Review by Amanda Eyre Ward

The Intergalactic Nemesis: 'Not the mind-whammy again!'

In the Wee Hours, Heloise Gold's new dance-theatre collaboration with Mike Arnold and Tim Mateer, explores the nooks and crannies of our dreaming / waking double life in visually stunning, playful, and engaging vignettes.

"...relatively straight. In Intergalactic Nemesis, people get locked in dungeons with every opportunity to escape, and with no snide..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Monster Achievement

Diablo 2 Lives Up to the Hype

"...genre on its ear. A game that dripped graphics-laden dungeons, and fantasy galore. A game that burst onto the..."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Other Upcoming Titles

"...Baldur's Gate (Graphics Simulation, DATE) The stellar PC Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game gets a Mac counterpart...."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

The Speed of Technology

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...that trend goes back at least as far as Dungeons and Dragons, the fantasy game that early-Eighties-era adults claimed..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Fifth Elephant: A Novel of Discworld

"...my life of about 20 years or so -- post-Dungeons and Dragons, post-Tolkien -- when I became a bit..."

March 24, 2000 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Richard Garriott

Ready for a Few More Rounds

"...time when all parents thought that if you played Dungeons & Dragons you were going to kill yourself and..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Lindsey Simon

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...that spent much of his time alone, reading, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and thumbing through his parents' records --..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...He was bespectacled and a user of pocket protectors. Dungeons and Dragons and Atari 2000 home video games were..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...creatures, lost artifacts, spells, and unique buildings, caves, and dungeons. All apprentice sorcerers welcome...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Dungeons and Draggin's

My Short Vacation in Sunny Brittania

"...communities and cultures are no way new. MUDS (Multi-user Dungeons) and MOOS (Multi-user Object-Oriented Systems) are text-based forerunners of..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Year in Gaming

"...my living writing for trade magazines about games like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, but the hobby..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Good Games for Adventurous Imaginations

Away From the Computer Screen and Back to the Table

"...simple parlor games like Monopoly and Pictionary. Instead, think Dungeons & Dragons, Diplomacy, and Magic: The Gathering. Games like..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

A Double Shot of Wry

Author Neal Barrett, Jr.

"...Watters, publisher of TSR Publications, best known for bringing Dungeons & Dragons to the world. He met Barrett in..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Books Feature by Mike Shea

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