Continuing the spin-up of the hype machine for the Watchmen movie, downloadable episodic Watchmen video games are coming. The developer claims that this will give them more time to actually produce a quality game, unlike the vast majority of movie cash-in tie-in games. The games will follow the adventures of Nite Owl and Rorschach, I’m […]
Archives for July 2008
So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 3: What?
I started this series to share my views on starting and maintaining a RPG blog. I first explored the “Why” and then the “How” of RPG blogging, both of which applied, more or less, to all blogs. Today I want to delve in the specific aspect of RPG blogging which is the “What” of our […]
YouTubes of the Week: The Conchords are Flying
Wait, you might be saying, we’ve got some Bartoneus in your YouTubes of the Week? Oh noes! I can’t just sit back and let Dave do all of the work, after all, he did travel quite a bit over the weekend and deserves a break. Just this once. Besides, I simply must share something which […]
So you wanna write a RPG blog? Part 2: How?
A few days ago I started a series where I share my views on starting and running a (hopefully successful) RPG-themed blog. Last time I tackled the “Why” which covered the reasons to start a RPG-Blog. Today I’ll tackle the “How”. Blogging Platforms and Hosting: The very first things you have to decide are what […]
Time to make some Drow and Genasi Swordmages
In prepration for the launch of the new Living Forgotten Realms RPGA campaign, WotC has posted some preliminary rules for Forgotten Realms characters allowable in the new campaign. In the document you’ll find Drow and Genasi rules (with the Genasi being modular to a number of different elemental heritages) and a playable Swordmage class. It’s […]
Inquisition of the Week: Bat-sequel
Last week, in preparation for the release of The Dark Knight, we asked which Batman movie was your favorite. The clear winner, with 59%, is Batman Begins, the reimagining with an all-star cast that lead into The Dark Knight. The previous first Batman movie came in second with 20%, and the first animated Batman movie, […]
Chatty’s Questions: Heroes’ Feast
One of the philosophy of tabletop gaming I adhere to is Cheetoism, which basically boils down to: We game for the snacks. And also the dice. But mostly, just to hang out with friends and tell tall stories I used to be more hardcore about ‘THE GAME’ until I realized that my gaming friends weren’t […]
Oh Noes! Joss Whedon is onto my plans…
I know, I know I’m late to the party and almost missed it. I love Joss Whedon, I like Nathan Fillion and I have a schoolboy crush on Felicia Day (She’s Codex from The Guild). Add that Dougie Howser guy (Neil Patrick Harris) and you got the weirdest, geekiest thing ever created (yeah I’m in […]
Report Card: Space Marine Units (Part 3)
And now for the third and final installment of my analysis of every unit in Codex: Space Marines. The first part contains the overview and my grades for HQ, Troops and Transports. The second part contains my grades for Elites and Fast Attack. This final part contains my grades for Heavy Support and Ultramarines Special […]
One Sentence NPC Update
I haven’t forgotten about you. The One Sentence contest closed last week end. I formatted all entries posted on the blog and sent them to Johnn Four for processing. As soon as I hear from him, I’ll let you know. We’ll post the edited entries here and on Johnn’s site (I think). P.S. Did ya […]
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