In Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One the name given to gamers who specialise in 80s arcade games/retro-games are Gunters. The Gunters are searching for the famous Easter Egg that will give who ever finds it control of the Oasis. It’s a bit like the quest for the Holy Grail. We don’t yet have a virtual […]
The most popular RPG Kickstarter ever? Strongholds & Followers
Matt Colville is a gamer designer who’s worked on computer games like Evolve, the designer of the original Dune CCG and RPG, he worked on the Star Trek RPG, designed the Knights of the Dinner Table card game and even did the official comic for Critical Role. His Twitch channel has over 20,000 followers. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/255133215/strongholds-and-streaming […]
Go 8-Bit returns in February for retro esports on Dave
The UK TV station Dave will air the third season of Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit on Monday 12th of February. Both team captains Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon return along with gaming expert Ellie Gibson. Go 8 Bit evolved from a frantic, running and audience involved live show which used smartphones to allow […]
Join in Go 8-Bit stars with WiFi War’s fun public stream games
Watched games played on Twitch? WiFi wars lets you play along, in a team, on your smartphone. I first encountered Steve McNeil when he was one half of McNeil and Pamphilon’s Go 8-Bit and performing live shows in Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe. Since then Go 8-Bit has made it onto National TV and is hosted by […]
Paizo and Dynamite partner for Pathfinder Twitch charity marathon
The big press release from the two companies says that the Pathfinder, Worldscape and Starfinder marathon kicks off off tomorrow, October 11th, at 11am Pacific Time on the Official Paizo Twitch stream. The only problem with that is tomorrow is the 12th. I’ve taken a peak at Twitch. Right now in Paizo land there’s the […]
Magic: The Gathering’s Enter the Battlefield launches today
Today on twitch.tv/magic Wizards of the Coast will livestream a 12-hour marathon of the documentary Enter the Battlefield—Life on the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour. Tune in 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET/7 p.m. UTC to watch. For the less hardcore the edited documentary from Nathan Holt and Shawn Kornhauser will be available on Netflix and […]
Will sites like YouTube and Twitch ever replace TV?
How much live TV do you watch right now? I don’t watch much. I’ll be on Netflix, Crunchyroll or NowTV or I’ll be using my BT TV hard drive to watch what’s been recorded. If I’m watching live TV it’ll because I want to watch the show at the earliest opportunity. Does that seem familiar […]
Roll20 looking to pay someone to GM
Fancy using your experience as a GM to earn some money? Able to commit 15 hours a week? You should check out Roll20’s hiring post. In short; the growing company is looking for a part-time independent contractor to work with them. They don’t mention wage our hourly rate. The paid-for-GM will have to; Host at […]
