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Add 4.5 Gigabytes to Your Dropbox for Free
Lifehacker has a great post about adding 4.5 gig to your Dropbox by participating in a beta test. It does require a bit of work (uploading 4.5 gig of files for the test), but I already got 2 gig in upgrades in about 2 hours. Warning: this is bandwidth intensive, so if you are on [...]
Secrets to Getting a Free 20 Gig Dropbox Account
Dropbox is the handy online storage tool I wrote about a couple of years ago. I thought it was handy tool for game groups. I used a 2 gigabyte free account for a while, but noticed I was filling it up very quickly and constantly managing space was a hassle. I am also incredibly cheap [...]
Livingdice Goes Black Tommorow to Protest SOPA
I may not have much traffic relative to Google and Wikipedia, but I do enjoy the right to publish my rantings freely. That said, the Stop Online Piracy Act is a pathetic attempt by large media companies to control the Internet using Gestapo-like tactics. By the way, I do not use the Nazi analogy lightly. [...]
GAMA Trade Show 2012 Hotel Alert
Update: I just checked and the Bally’s site is now showing the correct pricing for GTS 2012. All appears to be well. I just booked my flight and hotel for the GAMA Trade Show 2012 and noticed something odd. Assuming you are staying at the site of the convention (Bally’s), you can use the [...]
Kickstarter: Papercrafted.com Toys and a Steampunk Mouse
Tyler from Papercrafted.com has a cool kickstarter project running for papercraft toys and games that deserves some attention. Click on the link below to check out the rewards. I am quite fond of the steampunk mouse myself. Trask, The Last Tyromancer
Cthulhu Wrapping Paper from Gaming Paper
Too long have reindeer and cute Christmas trees dominated the holiday. The time of weaklings is no more, now is the time of Cthulhu…wrapping paper. Erik and his merry band of cultists over at Gaming Paper have a Cthulhu Wrapping Paper project up on kickstarter that needs supporters. I am doing my part to [...]
Whither Trask?
Some of my regular readers may notice a lack of activity on Livingdice. Fear not, I am not letting the site languish without good reason. I recently made some major changes in my personal life, nothing awful mind you, just significant changes that forced gaming to a back burner. Can you believe it is over [...]
GAMA Trade Show Best of Show Winner 2011–Star Trek: Expeditions from Wizkids!
Every year GTS rolls around and Livingdice faces a brutal task. We choose the one game that stands above all others, the “GTS 2011 Best of Show.” We do our level best to give every game an equal shot, regardless of company size or marketing budget. Earlier winners include the groundbreaking, but sadly unsuccessful “Ex-Illis” [...]
GAMA Trade Show 2011 Exhibitor Coverage – Part 13
Today’s GAMA Trade Show 2011 exhibitors include Green Ronin, Bandai, Three Sages Games, Gamers Rule, and Cactus Game Design Company Green Ronin Green Ronin had a nice spread of all there recently released books. And they seem to have new stuff around every corner. Most exciting (to me at least) was the Dragon Age RPG: [...]