Last year Wizards put out a
8 part podcast series of the folks at
Penny Arcade and
PvP playing an adventure with
Christ Perkins. A couple months ago
they started another with
Wil Wheaton (of Trek and
internet geekdom fame) added to the team. I've quite enjoyed listening to these on my morning commutes and with the
last episode wrapping up last week, I'm thinking I can't wait until they do another (and I hope they do)!
High points for me included the awesomeness of Jim
Darkmagic (of the New Hampshire
Darkmagics), the party Wizard. He pulled out the rolls and rocked the first series, and in this second he did not disappoint. Jokes of his legendary powers
throughout the series (You? You are not Jim Darkmagic. Jim Darkmagic is seven feet tall! With a shock of red hair!) had me laughing on the subway with people staring.
Of particular amusement in the final part was Jerry's (the Cleric,
Omin) consistent rolling of ones. We've all been there, and you feel sorry for him, as he sounds pretty upset during the final fight when he rolled double ones on his attack (
Wil used a power to give him a
reroll), but at the same time the banter directed at him was pretty funny. They posted a comic of his final attack with quotes straight from the recording:
And
Wil posted a power card of the attack he personally was going to use on Jerry if he missed: "
Wheaton's Vicious Cock Punch of Furious Anger"
Anyway, the point of this all is to say the series is a fun way to pass some time.
Ah Star Trek. The episode where the Enterprise encounters a giant Abraham Lincoln in space. For some reason she chose not to use the images I sent.
Actually, despite what you may think if you've never seen this episode, it's not bad. It also has the first canon appearance and reference to Kahless, the Klingon Jesus figure as well as Surak, a Vulcan historical figure.
It was quite well received and quite well done. Several have commented on the level of quality of the poster, which has a very professional ring to it.