It’s not a contradiction to suggest a game can be anime-esq and gritty. Some of the best animes are noirs so Purgatoria: City of Angels caught my attention with their Kickstarter. You can read the campaign page here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1597847626/purgatoria-city-of-angels [Back this Campaign] In the Risks and Challenges section of the Kickstarter the RPGs creators acknowledge; […]
Archives for July 2015
As seen on TV: A review of the Dragon Age RPG core rulebook
Oddly, role-playing games have had a very good streak in bringing franchises to the table. Star Wars and Lord of the Rings both have very popular, remarkably well-done tabletop RPGs, for example. And now, the videogame franchise Dragon Age has its own tabletop role-playing game crossover…and it is every bit as good. Technically, the Dragon Age RPG has been around since about 2009, in […]
Boom! The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic Con reel
It’s not usual for so many bloggers to declare “a winner” from SDCC – let alone so early on. As reactions come in on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer the general response seems to be that Disney just won Comic Con. Do you agree? I must admit, although a clearly trying to be […]
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice – Comic Con trailer
The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer aired for Comic Con confirms a few theories. There are consequences of Superman’s super-powered rampage through the city. Bruce Wayne is entirely unhappy at the human deaths caused by the fight. That much is clear. The trailer also pops in Wonder Woman – fighting someone, Lex Luthor […]
Exclusive clip from The Dead 2: In India
There are bad places to be during a zombie uprising… there are also some very bad places to be! The wide open expanse of rural India is a bad place. The twisting slums of Mumbai are a very bad place! These unfortunate locations are exactly the challenge faced by an American engineer as he tries […]
The people of Hackerville
The Romanian town of Ramnicu Valcea is known by security experts as “Hackerville” and is considered by some to be the most dangerous town on the internet. Norton, the anti-virus, firewall and security company, have teamed up with the award-winning indie director Sean Dunne to create a documentary. It’s a look at the hacker culture […]
Doctor Who: Season 9 trailer
Wait right to the end for the mysterious Maisie Williams appearance. The strange flat humanoid alien shaking the girl is a Zygon. Already there’s some debate as to whether Maisie Williams is playing Susan. If you don’t know who Susan is then there’s some spoiler risks there for you but we’ll see that in semi-recent […]
Short film: The Alchemist’s Letter
Made possible by a Kickstarter, with the voice of John Hurt and with art direction by the Boxtroll’s Daniel Casey, The Alchemist’s Letter is stunning. The film picks up as the son of the alchemist finds a mysterious device, one that consumes memories, and a letter. As the contents of the letter becomes clear the […]
You can now play Magic: The Gathering on your iPhone
Wizards of the Coast have launched Magic Duels for the iPad and iPhone. The initial content release is Magic Duels: Origins, can be played for free and downloaded from the App Store. WotC say that there will be regular updates from corresponding Magic set releases and that with 100% earnable content players can continue to […]
The evolution of Harley Quinn [infographic]
Harley Quinn is a remarkable super villain in many ways; for a start her first appearance was as a TV toon character rather than in the comic books. Over the following 23 years she’s grown her profile and become a fan favourite. Batman and Joker fans are now looking forward the DC’s Suicide Squad movie […]
