Interactive ebooks are enjoying something of a popularity boost these days. On the heels of Gollancz stepping into the ring with A Land Fit For Heroes we know have Spanish Cubus Games working with Dave Morris (Fabled Lands, Dragon Warriors) and Paul Gresty on The Frankenstein Wars. You can check out the Kickstarter details here. […]
Short film: The Curse of the Sad Mummy
A musical animation – of sadness. https://vimeo.com/122721729 Our sad Mummy is Amumu from Riot Games’ League of Legends. The developer wanted to explore the character a little more and decided to contrast the slightly comical appearance of the large headed mummy with somber and sad lyrics. Does it work for you? Will you look at […]
Hellish weaponry: Shane Hensley chats about the weird west and The Sixth Gun
It’s the story of six legendary weapons that have existed from near the beginning of time and have the ability to warp (maybe even “reset”) reality.
Get your teeth into this: A review of Tokyo Ghoul
I was very happy when Tokyo Ghoul came to Netflix, I’d heard a lot about it but it had been proving to be challenging to stream legally in the UK. A geeky guy thinks he’s lucked out when a gorgeous and book loving girl takes a fancy to him. The twist? She’s a flesh hungry […]
Undead and Loving It: A Review of End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse
What is it with pop culture and zombies? In the introductory chapter of its new roleplaying game, End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse, Fantasy Flight Games breaks it down for you, plain and simple: Zombies are the perfect manifestation of the end of the world. Inexorable, unstoppable, contagious, and beyond understanding—whatever scares you, whatever you think could destroy the […]
Steampunk goes native in Savant’s Kali 47
If some of the steampunks in this Savant – Kali 47 look familiar it is because they’re from the League of S.T.E.A.M. Less familiar is the story. This is supernatural meets Steampunk meets a good ol’ cowboy story. In this case; a story that’s available in 4K should want to burn bandwidth. Warning: Dubstep.
Short film: Musical Recordings From the Realm of the Dead
This clever animation from Troy Morgan shows how four individuals accidentally become collaborators in a musical composition that seems to be coming from the realm of the dead. This mix of animation and stop motion is wonderfully effective. It’s hard not to watch this and not think of Call of Cthulhu or Trail of Cthulhu […]
Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest wins thousands of backers
Nottingham’s Mantic Games asked for $50,000 for a classic adventure board game. The campaign runs out at the end of August. What’s happened since launch? At the time of writing the game has raised over $420,000 in pledges from over 3,200 backers. [Back this Campaign] This is a game with Mantic’s usual flare for models, […]
Short film: Dragons and Demons – Thronelander
Dragons and Demons, aka Drakar och Demoner, is a Swedish roleplaying game that dates back to the 80s. The current owners are Riotminds who have published the seventh edition which is known as Drakar och Demoner Trudvang. This is a short film based on the RPG. It’s in Swedish. The production values are great. The […]
Wizards without Coats: The un-wed
There are places in the world where the wedding season never comes! < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Zombies? No, it appears we have made it to the abandoned city… of the… un-wed! The constant moaning… the shuffling around without meaning or purpose. It’s scary. Some people are taunted by inner demons and won’t […]
