Monthly Archives: May 2009

HM3: More ranged items

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve just made the updated “ItemRightRanged” set for the HM3 Alpha available, which includes a lot of the suggestions from Solander and others, primarily in the “Thrown Items” sort of category. It also includes the prize for our first Character … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: That’s the X-Ray Tech, sir …

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Jeff Hebert
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Random Panel: Too … many … JOKES …

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Exciting Comics” number 18, 1942.)

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HM3: Take a bow

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

I’ve just update the HeroMachine 3 Alpha with the “ItemRightRanged” set, featuring all manner of bows with a couple of arrows, a boomerang, a sling, and a javelin “thrown” in for good measure. If you have specific bows you want … Continue reading →

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HM3: More glasses

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

With many thanks to Solander for an awesome set of links in the comments to the last “glasses” post, I have updated HeadgearGlasses with seven new items, including a monocle, a really nifty “x” set of sunglasses, a steampunk mask … Continue reading →

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Mutant economics

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Matt Yglesias posted a link to this discussion over mutant economics at “Ecocomics“, a blog I frankly never heard of before, and I got a good laugh out of it: Tragically, most mutants use their powers to either save the … Continue reading →

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Random Panel: Inside “The Joan Rivers Experience”

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Exciting Comics” number 18, 1942.)

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Random Panel: The clothes make the man

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

(From “Exciting Comics” number 18, 1942.)

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Character Contest 5: Fantasy

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Although most people think “super-heroes” when they hear “HeroMachine”, the world of imagination is much broader than that. Your challenge for this week, therefore, is to design a character from the worlds of sword & sorcery — barbarians, rangers, halflings, … Continue reading →

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Character Contest 4 Results and Winner

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Jeff Hebert

Many thanks to the many entries for the “Angels and Demons” character creation contest! We had 74 entries, which is fantastic, and as in the first three contests the quality was quite high. After the jump I’ll display the ones … Continue reading →

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