The Elf and Dwarf

News bits:  A director has been found for the JLA movie, Californian’s can now buy any video game at any age, WoW shuts down erotic role play guild.  Topic of the week:  How do you tell your friends and family you’re geek?  Do you establish the level of acceptance first?  How do you feel about being outed?  Oh, and in email we respond to a letter about games to books/movies.

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If you don’t follow the Wife Aggro Podcast you should hop over there and give a look.  Sethanon and Ragemore (as in ‘whine less, rage more’) have invited Rorlins to sit in a few times to talk about various gaming issues.  It’s a very well done show and worth checking out.  Especially if they invite Rorlins back again.

http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/09/17/blizzard-disbands-extreme-erotic-roleplaying-guild/

 Yep an extreme erotic RP guild got nailed.  Apparently Blizzard is NOT okay with people using their game to particpate in, and encourage what would be illegal actions in the real worlds in their game world.

Harkens a bit to the various slash fic and similar “mature” fanfic circulating which was recently purged from Live Journal.

Narnia, Potter, Eragon, The Golden Compass and more are the focus of our discussion on movies gone to film.  The Elf and Dwarf go through what they liked about the books and what they liked about the movies and how they liked them as pairs.  If you have a question or comment drop us a line at theelfanddwarf@yahoo.com.

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So what are the best changes from books to movies?  Already we know that Dragons of Autumn Flame is headed to the “big screen” (well if you have a home theater), and we’re itching to pour some kudos on Stardust for making a “grown up” fantasy movie.  But what else has transitioned, in the sci fi/ fantasy genre’s from the paperback to the box office?  What’s your favorite?  What’d you hate?

We’re back on the virtual airwaves bringing you our review of the second largest fantasy and science fiction convention.  We’ve got the inside scoop straight from the actors on new TV shows coming up and fan favorites returning.  This is the first episode with our new content format and we’re just happy to be back at it.

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The Elf and Dwarf are not dead but are indeed planning a return to the virtual airwaves in the near future.  Fresh off the fun of Dragon Con we will be back at it, expanding our shows’ topics to include all things sci fi and fantasy.

Just an FYI from over on WoW insider:

 Do not Spoil the last Harry Potter Book on the forum.

http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/07/12/beware-of-posting-spoilers-on-the-official-forums/

Fera commented back in our thread about being addicted that she was pretty sure her friend was indeed a WoW addict.  So how do you approach this?  I know this will be an email feature this week (not a show topic persay) but I’m curious what everyone else has to say on this to help us kick ideas around.

So there’s the real question there:  How do you have an intervention for someone who is, per the definitions, addicted to online gaming?

Part of me likes the idea of using a talking dog ala those new anti-pot commericials floating around where the dog goes up to the girl and says “I don’t like it when you get high”.  But, sadly, talking dogs seem in short supply at PetLand so something else is in order.

On a serious note I’m a little stumped for now.  Guess I’m off to use my Search Fu.  How about you?

Adeldia’s cold has worsened and she was unable to return this week.  But in an effort to fill her microphone, we’ve invited several friends to comment on a variety of RP related topics.  This week we are joined by Jim Moreno of /rolecraft and our guildies Mabon and Askashia for a panel-of-experts-style discussion.

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