A Dungeon, a Dragon, a Surface
A nerd over at CrunchGear got to spend some time with the mega-nerds of Carnegie-Mellon and their totally fucking awesome Dungeons & Dragons simulator/game/experience they’re developing for the Microsoft Surface (which I’ve still never even heard of another use for besides D&D, but whatever). The previous tutorials were nice, but seeing a group of nerds actually playing together while using it — and fighting a dragon while in a dungeon — made me want to start rolling up a half-elf fighter-thief right this insatnt. After you watch the video, head over to CrunchGear’s article for more details and pics.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.