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Genre Police: Trenchcoats & Tragedy

August 12, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Film Noir City by Edouard Noisette

I know you’ve put the trenchcoat away since we did Gothpunk but it’s time to get it out again. Put it back on, find a hat and pour yourself some bourbon straight from the bottle. There’s a mystery to be solved and we’re gonna have to crack some writer’s knuckles to do it – let’s […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: deadlands, genre police, ghost in the shell, gumshoe, hellywood, Night’s Black Agents, Noir, Sin City, Sophonisbee Barca

New RPG studio offers up Gun-Fu with Purgatoria: City of Angels

July 13, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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. [Back this Campaign] In the Risks and Challenges section of the Kickstarter the RPGs creators acknowledge; Purgatoria: […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: anime, kickstarters, Noir, Purgatoria

Review of Quarry’s Ex

October 26, 2012 by James Leave a Comment

With the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise under way there’s a good chance you might be looking for some similar cloak-and-daggers fiction. If that is the case you could consider picking up for yourself a copy of Quarry’s Ex. The protagonist of Quarry’s Ex, however, is not a government secret agent but rather […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: book, crime, hitman, Noir, reviews, sleuth

Noir live action TV series

June 20, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Watch how I avoid making “Noir of the living dead” jokes as I reveal that Sam Raimi is involved in a Starz backed “Noir” live action. Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are co-producers; this is the Xena: Warrior Princess team, they are the same people who brought us Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Gods of […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Noir, Robert Tapert, Sam Raimi, starz, Steven Lightfoot

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