A scandal that seems to have exploded over the weekend despite actually happening two months ago: Sony, who has some problems in the PR department, decided to throw a big event to celebrate the launch of God of War 2 in, appropriately enough to the game’s story, Athens. They also decided to go the extra […]
Game Design, the Slacker Way
First, I want to recommend some other game design blog reading that is not my own: The Importance of Being Elegant takes a good shot at attempting to define elegance in board games and providing means by which we can evaluate a game for elegance. Good stuff that I need to dive into further. Sometimes, […]
Starcraft Boardgame has a Release Date
I’m sure you’d rather see the announcement of Starcraft 2, but at least it’s something to tide over you Zergling fans out there. The Starcraft boardgame will be released in September of this year (and unlike Blizzard, Fantasy Flight is known to get its stuff out on time.) The game will be in the FF […]
Interview: Fellowship of the Dice
Back in December, I tried to round up all the D&D and gaming related movies on DVD that I could find. Even in the course of four months, even more have come out. One of the most promising of the new releases is the Mocumentary/Documentary Fellowship of the Dice, which was just released on DVD […]
YouTube of the Week: Micheal Bay Should Just Make This Edition
The original Transformers movie cast as Lord of the Rings. Strangely compelling. I found this, along with a number of other potential candidates, at The Trailer Mash (I rejected the many 300 parodies there, but the Anchorman one is worth checking out).
Inq. of the Week: Spring/Summer Movies
Last week, we asked if you thought there was “more than meets the eye” to the new Transformers designs. Most of you thought that they looked awesome, with a strong contingent for merely pretty good and a wish that they had gone more old school with them. As I pointed out in Trailermania I last […]
The Many Fates of Mario Mario
I’m currently blasting my way through Super Paper Mario, which is ridiculously fun and old school, but may be a tad too short. So here’s a couple starring-Mario webcomics and art pieces that have caught our attention recently: Sticky Note Theatre: The Untold Enemies of Mario Perry Bible Fellowship: Mario Too VGCats: Koopa! Thrice Fresh: […]
Boardgames That Grab
Continuing in my series of articles comparing game design to other forms of creative expression…. (don’t worry, the semester is almost over.) There’s a current trend in writing that I call “grabbiness.” That’s the ability of a piece to grab you right from the beginning: to suck you in and make you want to read […]
YouTube Game Trailer of the Week: Poor Samus Strips Again Edition
I made another exception to my YouTube only policy- this video of Master Chief and Samus fighting Matrix style has a lot going for it, if only marred by a bit of excessive cheesecake.
Dragon, Dungeon Magazines to Cease Publication
Just over the wire from GamingReport: Dragon Magazine and Dungeon Magazine, the 30+ year old magazines of D&D, roleplaying, and much more, is ceasing publication. In 2002, the rights to both magazines was handed off to Paizo Publishing, which mainly consisted of writers and editors who were doing the magazines anyway. However, it sounds from […]
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