{"id":135866,"date":"2018-02-11T12:22:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135866"},"modified":"2018-02-12T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:00:29","slug":"rpg-geeks-talked-cookbooks-like-rulebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/11\/rpg-geeks-talked-cookbooks-like-rulebooks.html","title":{"rendered":"If RPG geeks talked about cookbooks like they did about rulebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2008\/06\/alttext-0618\/\">High-sterical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Posted: 12:15 a.m. by LordOrcus<\/b> I&#8217;m so mad that there&#8217;s a new edition of The Better Joy Cookbook out. Thanks for making my old copy obsolete, you greedy hacks! For five years now, my friends have been coming over for my eggplant Parmesan, and now I&#8217;m never going to be able serve it again unless I shell out 35 bucks for the latest version.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Actually, if you get real cooking geeks talking about cookbooks, they will offer sometimes ranty critiques, especially for how certain books change over editions. But, joke-spoiling reality aside, as someone who has read the negative hyperbole over new editions of game systems, this article really hits home.)<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117110061237401811770\">Daniel Swensen<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6521379277902135985\/6521379276768086290\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-vqKp8gi_69M\/WoCX5oVbCRI\/AAAAAAAEqwQ\/huYKAriquOETeFW5ebyM1knCSFfUPEmQwCJoC\/B5%2BVir%2Bupset.gif?imgmax=660\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/YuZg9FnAAvB\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-sterical. Posted: 12:15 a.m. by LordOrcus I&#8217;m so mad that there&#8217;s a new edition of The Better Joy Cookbook out. Thanks for making my old copy obsolete, you greedy hacks! For five years now, my friends have been coming over for my eggplant Parmesan, and now I&#8217;m never going to be able serve it again &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/11\/rpg-geeks-talked-cookbooks-like-rulebooks.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If RPG geeks talked about cookbooks like they did about rulebooks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,22,726],"tags":[1429,1427,1428],"class_list":["post-135866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-gaming","category-geekery-nerditude","tag-change","tag-edition","tag-rules"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/B5+Vir+upset.gifimgmax=660.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12225,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/i_attack_the_darkness_by.html","url_meta":{"origin":135866,"position":0},"title":"I attack &#8230; the Darkness &#8230; by replacing the oven bulb!","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Jun-08 4:15pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Cookbooks are a lot like Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games. 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