Well I’ve met to post this for a while now but it’s pretty bloody obvious that this blog is on a hiatus now.

This blog has a history that was tied to a certain comic book store in Vancouver, Canada (You know, where the 2010 Winter Olympics were) called ELFSAR COLLECTION COMICS & TOYS. Sadly Elfsar had to close down in May so in many ways, it’s closing has also put the final nail into the coffin of this blog. If I had ANY thought of returning and sparking this sucker up, it’s all gone now. Elfsar was the spark that had me start REALLY bad reviews over on Happy Harbor Comics website. That went on for a while until I thought, why not just start my own blog doing the same thing and ranting about whatever else I wanted. So I did and BtS was born. It went through many looks & feel until finding the latest incarnation. Now don’t get me wrong, I do miss it at times but overall I think running this blog took a great deal out of me in ways I haven’t still realized. I managed this blog almost as much or more than working 8 hours a day and that got to be too much in general. That and I feel my appreciation for comic books lately has been at an all time low so I have little to talk about.

I know many friends I know wished I kept the blog up and running but never truly understood it was like feeding a forever hungry zombie… and I FUCKING HATE Zombies!

So for now the blog is again on a Hiatus. If you feel the fucked up strange need to listen to my rambles, you can catch me on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/RobertParizek

I’m not closing up shop as I like the digital footprint this leaves so feel free to browse and lick the carpet, you might find something you like. That said, I’m closing the comments now for the entire site and all older posts.

I AM GODZILLA

&

I NOW

RULE THIS

BLOG!

From this point forward there will be

no more Robert, only me on this blog.

My reviews, my rants, my raves

& other various tidbits I want to post.

No one else will…

“WHAT THE FUCK UP, BITCH!”

Oh SNAP, its Mechagodzilla!

“What’s happening, dude? Are you really doing a blog?! YOU?!”, MechaGodzilla

YES. Now shut up and let me finish up wha…

“Hey. Can I help?”, MechaGodzilla

Okay but remember who is in charge around here!

As I was saying, I Now…

“Ahem!”, MechaGodzilla

*sigh*

WE NOW RULE THIS BLOG. BEWARE!

No one is safe with Godzilla

& MechaGodzilla

now blogging on BtS!

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This is like a week old but Diablo III will be what I will be wasting countless hours and money upon! So excited about this and StarCraft II!

This one goes out to William S. and the fact that I went and procured a few books (yes one is a D&D book, the other may surprise some old cult fans) last week and this weekend to feed the roleplayer in me.

Snagged from Blog@Newsarama (I have dropped the whole Nu Newsarama rambles, if you want to see more on that check this out here) that Mightygodking.com put up these great ads, you can see more here:
http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/06/09/from-the-slushpile/

Also those who remember my rant about Final Cri$i$ and World War Bunk, well check this great article up on Comics Should Be Good!
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/06/13/fridays-editorial-conference/

Thanks for the heads up on this by a great editor and cohort at Z2H, Andrew Foley on his Zeros 2 Heroes blog post:
http://www.zeros2heroes.com/component/option,com_myblog/show,Who-s-Responsible-.html/Itemid,110/
Great article regarding the editorial decisions (or lack thereof) regarding Final Cri$i$ and Chuck Dixon no longer working for DC.

Lastly, I will get to any solits when they come online (I am hearing they will be up tomorrow) otherwise I am dog as a sick, offline and still crying in my tea about the loss of Captain Linden and Czech out of Euro’08. PS – I did not misspell colours, I just spelled it like us Canucks do. Stow your flames.

Gary Gygax, legendary co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died this morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. He was 69.

Blah. Another end of my childhood. This sadness me. Condolences to his remaining family.

More here on blog@Newsarama
http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-father-of-dd-passes-away/

More here on D&D website
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome

I want to mention this because it is important and I feel I need to clear the air on some things.

I left the Camarilla and I do not plan on returning to any LARP (live action role-playing) anytime soon.

Why? Well I have a number of reasons but here are three key points:

1. I will not be defined by the organization I am (or am not) apart of. The Camarilla has an interesting social scene which I am not interested in anymore. Also in Canada, the Camarilla is not a “National” organization but an Eastern-Centric org which ignores anything this side of the Rockies. Along with the ignorance of Western Canada the organization has not validated its worth for membership. Not in the recent 2 years has the org been worth the cost of membership. It does not give back to the members but many are just f**king blind to this and continue on because of the addiction, which leads to…

2. LARP does nothing more me anymore. If I was addicted then either I have grown tired of the “hit” or I have lost my addiction. I know that I have said this before but I have also walked away from both the Camarilla and LARP many times before so this is nothing new.

3. WIN WIN and super powers. As enjoyable as it can be – the two key parts to many LARP are WIN WIN & super powers. WIN WIN means the players always want to WIN. Having super powers which invalidate an actual story. If you can freeze an entire building or you are a 900 year old vampire who can read anyone’s mind – how enjoyable is that? Well for a while it can be but then it wears off pretty fast, I feel and will always destroy any good story. Although often the players lie to themselves to keep the addiction alive.

People often think LARP means playing Dungeons and Dragons live action and throwing ping pong balls while screaming “Lightening bolt” but that is not true. Although the other side is not true either – 99% of LARP is not well decor, well costumed and well acted (which was my addiction – the bad acting) and this can be hard for some people to understand and enjoy.

I leave LARP with all the good things I did and the fun I had.

To quote from the movie: The Girl Next Door

“…is the juice is worth the squeeze.”

LARP or the Camarilla are not Elisha Cuthbert and no longer worth the squeeze.

Another reason to leave… “Vampire: The Requiem for Dummies” is now out!

People have asked me and wondered about this live action role-playing (often known as LARP) that I sometimes mention. Now I have only been back to one game in 10.5 months and really it is not anything like the Golden Age I or the Golden Age I or even the recent Silver Age of the game(s). The club itself in the fringes of death and almost forgotten. Many people who are involved and come out and just riding the ship to its deathbed. Even with a large scale Convention happening in Vancouver (CAiNE) in April the lack of response from those involved is staggering. If they wanted this to not die they should do something about it but alas no.

Okay. That all said, this is what I wish the club would be, more like The Secret Snake Club with groovy club gear to wear, snakey cookies and secret code names. This is what the Canadian Camarilla should decide to change itself into and become something that stands out rather than dying away like the fad it had become.

The Camarilla clothing line. ROCK ON!!

Some people might remember me mentioning about the Camarilla organization? It is primarily a club for Live-Action-Role playing games written by White Wolf and entirely owned by White Wolf as of sometime in the late 90’s.

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