I believe, I want to believe, that we will get a good anime live action adaption from this decade of movies. Crying Freeman, came out in 1995. Alita Battle Angel may be our best chance. Look at the names attached. The writers include James Cameron. In it, we’ll see Christoph Waltz, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer […]
Archives for July 2018
Mutant: Year Zero dishes out a Bundle of Holding
There’s a Mutant: Year Zero computer game coming up but this Bundle of Holding isn’t related to that. This is a way to get the RPG from Free League Publishing called Mutant: Year Zero which I reviewed and greatly enjoyed back in 2014. You’re a mutant based in the Ark, a community in the middle […]
Nostalgia will whack you in the face thanks to this pixel perfect cartography
There’s a trick computer games do to create a 3D effect. They take a 2D map and characters and rotate the image until a corner of the rectangle points at you. It’s a way to suggest a depth in perception that isn’t there and is sometimes called two-and-a-half-D or fake 3D. This is the trick […]
Turn back the darkness: Delta Green – The Labyrinth on Kickstarter
Delta Green: The Labyrinth takes the H. P. Lovecraft inspired roleplaying game up to date with modern America. This is the world of alt-right activists, to Reddit rants and dangerous live streams. You can follow the Kickstarter here. [Back this Campaign] A pledge of US$20 gets you the PDF download of Delta Green whereas US$45 […]
$72,000 for original Magic: The Gathering Card art
Shahrazad has sold for $72,000. Illustrated by Kaja Foglio is a stunning oil on illustrated board with a matted image area of 7″ by 5.5″. It’s signed and in excellent condition. If you have a Shahrazad Magic: The Gathering card which uses this painting then be mindful that the card alone usually sells for north […]
Rule 63 Cosplays from the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
There are always plenty of great cosplayers at Comic Con, but some of the most fun are those highlighting Rule 63 (that for every pop culture character, there is another version of the opposite gender). This year was no exception and some of the best costumes at the entire convention were those featuring a gender […]
Vice Press with limited The Prisoner poster
It’s 50 years since The Prisoner first aired in the US. Vice Press have an official license to mark the occasion and have teamed up with the famous poster artist Paul Mann to do so. The Prisoner poster will be hand numbered and restricted to just 50. The poster will be on 50cm by 70cm, […]
D&D: Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron published for 5e today
Hours ahead of when the official news was expected, Wizards of the Coast’s social media announced that in addition to Ravnica that the latest campaign setting for D&D 5th edition would be Eberron. And you can buy it today from the DMs Guild. This isn’t a review of the book but an executive summary of […]
Dungeons and Doggies run wild on Kickstarter
Fancy playing an intelligent doggo in your next dungeon-crawling quest? Now you can thanks to Russ Charles and this Kickstarter campaign. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing, this Kickstarter has about a week left to run, and it will kickstart. How come I’m so sure? It’s funded by 1261% already. That’s £190,000 against […]
In space, no one can hear you plot: A review of The Singularity Trap
I spent one of my precious Audible tokens on The Singularity Trap, so I hoped it would be good. If you’re not familiar with Audible, then the tokens are a blessing and a curse. It’s a subscription service, and you get one token a month. You can get whichever audiobook you want with them – […]
