http://www.call-to-adventure.com Comedy and Video Games by Play Magazine Editor and Los Angeles Performer/Writer Heather Anne Campbell Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:31:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The second film in my "...with" series, Avatar ... with Babies, is up at Funnyordie.com.  Thanks to the incredible effort by our director, Payman Benz, as well as the dedicated work of the entire cast and crew, it's featured in the Main Player today. The best feedback so far has come ... http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=725 Poop or Chocolate followed The Midnight Show in San Francisco, and wrote a really nice summary of the weekend's events here.  Please take a look -- you'll get some behind-the-scenes looks at what walking with TMS is like. http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=722 Here's the poster I designed for the February Midnight Show. [caption id="attachment_711" align="aligncenter" width="663" caption="The poster I made for the February Midnight Show."][/caption] I began with this image. Tickets available here. http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=710 I'm adrift on my new couch, several weeks after dragging it into my apartment from a stranger’s dusty house across town.  I’m encircled by remotes, controllers, instruction manuals.  Strewn across the sofa like debris, they float like the wreckage of some entertainment catastrophe.  My Street Fighter IV joystick, red and ... http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=704 Demon's Souls is tied for my Game of the Year, 2009.  From my review: No pause button. Constant, recurring death. Loss of XP. And brutal, challenging combat. Demon’s Souls: Welcome to the anti-casual game experience. Did you ever play Advanced Dungeons and Dragons? I did. The fun of D&D is the sheer ... http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=689 Here's the most recent poster for The Midnight Show! For all of the posters in the set, visit my Flickr Poster Collection. http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=686 Do you like Power Rangers?  I do.  That's why I auditioned for MegaBot, an original series that asks the question:  How long can the Rangers keep fighting the same monsters before they start hating each other? From the Megabot.Tv website: Seven years ago, five attractive, multi-ethnic students from Anytown High discovered mystical ... http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=675 A video I made with the help of The Midnight Show is up at Funny or Die.  There doesn't seem to be a way to embed vidoes from FoD here, so I'll just have to link to it!  Please enjoy. http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=656 This article originally appeared on Playmagazine.com It is harder to like something than it is to dislike it. Liking something requires vulnerability, honesty, acceptance. To dislike something, all one needs be is dismissive and closed. Teenage boys demonstrate this readily; the perplexity of endearment is generally not worth the effort. The ... http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=650 A video sketch I wrote for the UCB Midnight Show just went up at YouTube, Funny or Die, and various sites around the internet.  Click on the featured video to watch it right now! http://www.call-to-adventure.com/?p=640