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 […]
40k: A New Direction?
As the latest rumors would have it, Games Workshop is apparently taking a new direction in overall product design and marketing strategy. Thanks to The Bolter and Chainsword for this interesting post (who, I should mention, originally took it from Dakka Dakka). New Direction of Games Workshop A lot of what is said in the […]
This is (Not) a Tribute
At the behest of one Scott Kurtz we have created this week’s comic, yes that’s right I say we because Dave had as much a helping hand in this one as I did. Hazzah collaboration! We have taken a slight alteration to it, of course, and featured my beautiful new kitteh as well. The praying cat […]
Exclusive Interview with Warren Ellis about DOKTOR SLEEPLESS
If you live at all in the comics world, chances are you’re familiar with Warren Ellis. His biggest splash was in the seminal work Transmetropolitan, combining Hunter S. Thompson-style gonzo journalism with a cynical, megalopolis future. More recently, I adored his superhero tale Nextwave, easily one of my favorite comic series of the last year. […]
YouTube of the Week: Trailermania I
With so many possibly great movies coming out this summer, I thought I’d post a few trailers for your amusement, starting with the one that has equal potential for great and terrible.
To Brighten the Day
That Jack Thompson will not stop at attempting to fully insert his foot fully into his mouth, no matter what. Thankfully, some excellent truth-seeking coverage is provided by Kotaku, if you look hard enough you can find a hidden message in their ‘Read More’ section: (Read it like one long sentence. Obviously via Kotaku and […]
Inq. of the Week: Transformers!
Last week Dave asked you what length of board game you prefered, and the consensus looks to have come out that most of you prefer 20 minute to 1 hour long games, after that 1-4 hour and the insanely quick less then 1 minute long games. Surprisingly no one hates boardgames, and no one likes […]
The Wii is Taking a Turn to the Dark Side
While I’ve been an avid fan of console systems and games that Nintendo has produced since its origin, I’ve been slightly disheartened by the game selection in recent years. Nintendo repeatedly has had the fewest titles for their systems since the Nintendo 64 and too many of the select few making production are going down […]
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