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Review of Devil May Cry: The Chronicles of Vergil
I’ve seen some Devil May Cry anime. I can’t immediately connect it with the plot in The Chronicles of Vergil except we’re dealing with battles against demons. The Chronicles of Vergil is a thin but glossy hardback graphic novel from Titan Comics. Written by Izu and with Patrick Pion as artist and Robin Recht on […]
Gaming history: A First Survey – Science Fiction Hobby Games
Do you know much about the origin of the roleplaying games hobby? Perhaps you know Gary Gygax published Dungeons & Dragons in 1974? A gamer geek might remind you that it was Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax who published the game. D&D was actually a cariation of the Chainmail war game too. Neal Tringham is […]
J.R.R. Tolkien reads the Namárië in Elvish
We know Tolkien as the author of the Lord of the Rings. He was a professor and a linguist. He actually created Elven languages to support Middle Earth. He wanted them to have a certain sound. The poem above is spoken, by Tolkien himself, in the Elbish tongue Quenya. It’s easy to hear the pattern […]
Wizards without Coats: Barbarian
You’ve levelled up and unlocked a new skill. Hurrah! There’s a big difference between reaching the cast “spell” skill and the “spell skill”, though. This blogger needs both and has neither.
Wizards without Coats: Watchtour
Know the lyrics to Jimi Hendrix’s famous “All Along The Watchtower”? Could they be a reference to a D&D game?
DC/Vertigo lose Collider name
DC and Veritgo had one issue of a series called Collider out. The series had sci-fi writer Simon Oliver partnered with Robbi Rodriguez. The series followed The Federal Bureau of Physics as they investigated things like time loops or temporary failure in gravity. If you have an Issue 1, print run 1, Collider I’d keep […]
Stunning “Justice Magazine” covers
Deviant artist Stanley Lau has mocked up some fantastic covers for “Justice Magazine”. They show some famous superheroes and villains but not just from American staples as Jun the Swan shows. Lau is from Singapore. At the end of this collection there’s a Livestream video that shows some colouring work from the Poison Ivy production. […]
Wizards without Coats: Toenail
What types of relic has your brave hero risked life and limb to collect or protect? The bones of a Saint? The teeth of a dragon? The crystal resting place of the soul of the great king?
A review of Elysium: The Art of the Film
Elysium: The Art of the Film is a glossy hardback from Titan Publishing and Sony Pictures. The book has a forward by writer/director Neil Blomkamp and then Mark Salisbury takes over. The movie is set in the future, in 2154, when two classes of people exist; the very wealthy who live a life of perfection […]
