Jon Blake’s House of Fun series of children’s books has sold over 60,000 copies. In the Cardiff author’s adventures the aliens are called the Spoonheads. In the Doctor Who episode The Bells of St John it is expected that the BBC will introduce a new villain known as the Spoonheads. The teaser image of the Doctor […]
Villains & Vigilantes RPG creators win legal battle over game
After a 20 month legal battle, Jeff Dee and Jack Herman have regained the rights to Villains & Vigilantes the roleplaying game they created in the 70s. The tussle over the rights of the game was between Dee and Herman and Scott Bizar of Fantsay Games Unlimited. In the end Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey […]
Regulators clear Activision Blizzard over any Nuketown 2025 wrong doing
UK regulators have found that Activision Blizzard did nothing wrong in how they advertised and later handled the pre-order bonus of the Nuketown 2025 bonus map for Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Xbox. The authorities received official complaints about the advertising which argued that the map had been withdrawn too soon after […]
Real life Batman hands suspect over to police
In Bradford, United Kingdom, a man dressed as Batman handed over a suspect to Police at the Trafalgar House Station. The suspect was charged with dealing in stolen goods and on other fraud offences. A Police spokesman said; “The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains […]
$50K Megadungeon ensnares backers and publisher in legal woes
The question “Is the $50K Dwimmermount RPG Megadungeon doomed? was asked about a month ago. It seemed the designer of the dungeon, the person who collected almost $50K worth of Kickstarter funds, had dropped off the grid. Kickstarter makes it clear that sometimes projects, even if backed, don’t happen. That’s the risk you take as […]
Warlock Purple resolves Eldar army court case
Magistrates in Sevenoaks, England, acquitted 28 year old Christopher Kelly from stealing £300 worth of Warhammer 40K miniatures. Kelly had been acused to taking two cases of models from Thomas Gunyon while they travelled back from a tournament in Nottingham. The model carrying cases were supposed to contain an impressive collection; six fire dragons, two […]
Atari goes bankrupt
Atari has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the States. This gives the iconic video games firm the ability to solider on for now, without predators swooping in to grab the brand name, while it tries to find a last minute save. Atari was the market leader for gaming consoles in the 70s. It […]
Administrators take down HMV.com
HMV was one of the few places to buy anime in-store in the UK. Fopp was another; but was owned by HMV. HMV.com was also one of the few places British shoppers could buy anime online. HMV called in the Administrators, had its shares supsended and stopped taking vouchers and gift cards. It’s still possible […]
Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows’s Neonomicon banned from library
Neonomicon, published by Avatar Press in 2010, was the first ever winner in the “Graphic Novel” category at the Bram Stoker Awards. The graphic novel has now been banned from one American library after a complaint from a parent. Their 14 year old daughter had managed to use an adult library card to get access […]
$100 million Smallville law suit settled
There are a number of legal battles around the way Warner Bros handled the money for Smallville. One such battle, the one between the production company Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros has now been settled. We don’t know the details of the settlement but the suit was aiming to take $100 million from Warner. Tollin/Robbins […]
