Stark’s Command, by Jack Campbell writing as John G. Hemry, is the second book is his series following the military adventures of the titular protagonist. Consequently this is my obligatory[i] SPOILER WARNING that this review references events that occurred in the first book. If you have yet to read Stark’s War (i.e. the first book) […]
Archives for January 2014
I Can Has Numenera: A Review of Celestial Wisdom
A billion years from now, the Internet will still dominate our lives – but there will almost certainly be a lot less in the way of cat pictures, food porn, and spam sites about all-natural male enhancement… Numenera – Monte Cook’s runaway roleplaying Kickstarter success story of 2013 – works well when hitting upon themes […]
The Banner Saga; out today and looking great
The game funded on Kickstarter and is a finalist for Excellence in Visual Arts at the Independent Games Festival. The single player game is a Viking RPG in which travel, conversation and combat determines the outcome of their own storyline and their civilization as a whole. It’s a 2D game with tactical combat.
Magic: The Gathering movie coming?
In an exclusive Hollywood Reporter have news of a Magic: The Gathering movie. The rights to the film have been bought by 20th Century Fox and Simon Kinberg has been appointed to produce. Buying the rights to fantasy IP doesn’t mean a movie is coming but appointing Simon Kinberg is a sign than Fox is […]
FASA take Earthdawn 4 to Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/783548120/earthdawn-4th-edition [Back this Campaign] FASA are asking for $10,000 to help produce the next edition of Earthdawn. There’s 29 days still on the clock and the project, pending any cancellations, has already made target. $15 gets a PDF copy of the 4th edition Earthdawn Player’s Guide or Gamemaster’s Guide. $30 gets a polo short with […]
Doctor Who: Fan captures video of Peter Capaldi filming
Possible and mild spoilers here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9aT8Vm0prQ The footage shows the 12th Doctor in… um, a nightgown? He jokes; “This is not the Doctor’s costume”. It’s good to see Capaldi being happy to spend time with fans rather than get grumpy about them filming. That’s especially true since the production team did have to ask the […]
Xbox One ad is pretty scary
The Xbox One immersion trailer suggests things get pretty real. I like a bit of escapism in my gaming. This just looks scary and reminds me of Japanese horror movies. Once you start playing; you can’t stop playing.
Green Dragon Cake
This Green Dragon Cake popped up on Reddit and was quickly found to be the work of Rita at Touche Touchet in Columbia, MD. It’s great when the Reddit/Imgur combination works to give someone their credit. Look at all those detailed scales. Impressive stuff.
Here’s how to troll Xbox One players
This is funny. I say that as an Xbox One fan without an Xbox One. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Playstation 4 too and it’s hard to suggest that Sony has made any serious mistakes. I like the Xbox One because of the media integration. This integration includes the voice recognition. Xbox! Sign […]
Omnicorp brings world peace to CES 2027
We’re not yet entirely sure how far the reboot of Robocop will stray from the original but “Omnicorp” seems to have retained its role. This is a clever viral candidate video for the movie. In a mock 2027 CES presentation (launched while 2014 CES was on) we hear a company message for the evil Omnicorp. […]
