Caped Crusader
On Father's day my Dad was in Regina working so obviously I had no big plans with him. He's not really the outing type anyways unless it involves golf. A couple of years ago a friend and I went out golfing with my Dad around Father's day. It was an interesting experience let me tell you.
My Dad takes the game very seriously, every stroke counts, every penalty, and he doesn't believe in mulligans. The funny thing was that he refuses to rent a golf cart when he plays. Personally I think half the fun is in tearing around the course on the cart, which we did that day. So you have a 60 plus man walking toting his bag, while two twenty somethings are screwing around in the golf cart taking it easy. It was fun until the groundskeeper gave us heck for parking on the green. Who knew?
I should suggest that to him again when he comes back to town. Although he's working so much scheduling could be a problem.
So on Sunday afternoon we convened to play the tabletop game of Exalted that I run. It's an excellent game by the way with a huge developed world, and an interesting combat system. The only drawback is that it's a difficult game to run for the storyteller. Anyways we usually play at a friend's house, but he said we couldn't because he hadn't had time to clean. I protested saying that none of us would really care, but I can understand his reluctance. So we played at Whyte Knights, a gaming store on Whyte Ave. that sells mainly used role-playing books. Back in the day I played there a lot, and it was kind of nice to go back. The nostalgia was soon dispelled as the next table over was occupied by a very large group of loud obnoxious role-players playing something like D&D. Now it would be hypocritical for me to call someone a geek, but if the shoe fits...
The session went all right with me being a little anxious about one player in particular. I have come to realize though that he will never be happy in a game so there's not much I can do.
After the game we went to see Batman: Begins, and I could say with authority that it is now my favorite comic book movie of all time. It was seriously very good. Good acting from Christian Bale, good acting from the supporting characters without them dominating the scenes. Gary Oldman playing an understated soon-to-be Commisioner Gordon was my particular favorite. Anyways trust me if you haven't seen it, and you're a comic book geek you have to go right away. Even if you're not into Batman. I've never really read any of his comics, and it was probably better going in not knowing all the particular details of backstory. That way the changes they made couldn't upset me.
I guess the only downside was is that they never showed the Serenity trailer before the movie.
My Dad takes the game very seriously, every stroke counts, every penalty, and he doesn't believe in mulligans. The funny thing was that he refuses to rent a golf cart when he plays. Personally I think half the fun is in tearing around the course on the cart, which we did that day. So you have a 60 plus man walking toting his bag, while two twenty somethings are screwing around in the golf cart taking it easy. It was fun until the groundskeeper gave us heck for parking on the green. Who knew?
I should suggest that to him again when he comes back to town. Although he's working so much scheduling could be a problem.
So on Sunday afternoon we convened to play the tabletop game of Exalted that I run. It's an excellent game by the way with a huge developed world, and an interesting combat system. The only drawback is that it's a difficult game to run for the storyteller. Anyways we usually play at a friend's house, but he said we couldn't because he hadn't had time to clean. I protested saying that none of us would really care, but I can understand his reluctance. So we played at Whyte Knights, a gaming store on Whyte Ave. that sells mainly used role-playing books. Back in the day I played there a lot, and it was kind of nice to go back. The nostalgia was soon dispelled as the next table over was occupied by a very large group of loud obnoxious role-players playing something like D&D. Now it would be hypocritical for me to call someone a geek, but if the shoe fits...
The session went all right with me being a little anxious about one player in particular. I have come to realize though that he will never be happy in a game so there's not much I can do.
After the game we went to see Batman: Begins, and I could say with authority that it is now my favorite comic book movie of all time. It was seriously very good. Good acting from Christian Bale, good acting from the supporting characters without them dominating the scenes. Gary Oldman playing an understated soon-to-be Commisioner Gordon was my particular favorite. Anyways trust me if you haven't seen it, and you're a comic book geek you have to go right away. Even if you're not into Batman. I've never really read any of his comics, and it was probably better going in not knowing all the particular details of backstory. That way the changes they made couldn't upset me.
I guess the only downside was is that they never showed the Serenity trailer before the movie.
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