The Drunken Lizard Pub

@Evnissyen

Folk metal is kind of is an umbrella description but usually describes two very different metal styles that often incorporate acoustic instruments. First there is music that is kind of a combination of traditional ethnic folk music (usually of the band's country of origin) and more ...

I'm really into Yellow Magic Orchestra right now (think japanese kraftwerk, but so much more!), Roxy Music, and Daryl Hall (yes, of Hall and Oates) right now (I guess experimental late 70s early new wave/pop is my current fascination, heh). His first solo album Sacred Songs is experimental and rocks ...

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4066/game_design_essentials_20_rpgs.php?page=1

Another article discussing influential rpg video games (10 western computer ones and 10 japanese console ones). This one focuses on design elements that make them different, and their heritage to D&D. Interesting ...

The sequel is supposed to be out this fall with... multiplayer!

cross platform C/C++ IDE, use with many different compilers
http://www.codeblocks.org/

great, simple, IDE for many different languages. have to know your compiler command lines...
http://www.geany.org/

free painting and natural media art program, pro version is better than Corel Painter and is ...

looks like a fine lua framework. i've used pygame and this looks similar.

This looks interesting, still have to play it. I've also always been fascinated by the possibilities of ascii graphics done in a modern way.

I've used pygame a couple of times and I personally think it is a great starting point for games programming. I've only recently moved on to c++ now after going back to school, and it made c/c++ much easier to learn. Technically an engine like Eschalon could be made with it as well, although pygame ...

I'm against the crossbar on the A. It's too distracting.