Bruce's World Tour

Boston Arm

I arrived in Norwood, outside Boston, on January 9, 2007

Willow and I do NOT get along.

Bobo, however, Loves me. Bobo is Allan Maki's gorilla. Allan designed a lot of Aphus Lassel, the island occupied by Tuskers in Asheron's Call. Now he's a designer on Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. We shared a Corona.

Man, Sean's got a TON of toys, and this is just part of one shelf in one place. It's about 3% of his collection.

D for Devil!

Here I am with some of my new friends from the Asheron's Call Live Team.

I am clearly not intimidated by a Middle-earth Squirrel! I could take him easily!

Host Sean and the Turbine Sign. That's me on the sign.

Look at me! I'm walking around the Shire!

And Stormreach!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Ok... dude, that's what I call bad breath!

Me at Turbine's front desk.

Me with a map of Dereth, the world of Asheron's Call.

Here I am with Sean Dickinson, designer for Asheron's Call, wearing a monkey's hat.

Not all of the coders at Turbine are as lively as the others.

Here I am on Saturday in front of WGBH where Charlotte did her audition.

Look at me! That's Harvard! It costs $5,000 just to drive by the place!

The Black Rose, the Irish Pub at Fanneuil Hall (aka Quincy Market)

Yes, yes, yes, I can read upside down.

Smithwick's for Breakfast! Can it get any better?

Nice!

The Black Rose placemat.

Carol, one of my hosts, is a good kisser.

Blowing bubbles in milk is one of the funnest things you can do at a table.

Or second-most fun... wow. That much Smithwick's for breakfast and I'm blotto!

Here I am with horsie at Fanneuil Hall

That's Quicky Market, the center of three parallel plaza shop buildings. That one has all the nice fast-food, and stretches back about 535 feet, with another "front" that looks much like this one.

Cheers! This is a replica of the bar from the TV show. The real one is about a half-hour walk away, but it was raining, so we had to make do. I have some post-cards to bring with me on tour.

Sean in front of the Fanneuil Hall plaque.

Me. Same plaque. Can read better.

This is the Old State House, where history was made. Now overshadowed by modern block buildings.

Custom House, just to the south of Fanneuil Hall in Boston.

Here I menace the Doctor, Sir Edmund and Elannuir (from The Second Key)

Until they realize I'm no threat. Then we got along rather well.