Due to not having anywhere accessible to keep the GEAS library for years now, and the finished refurbishment of Pleasance not fixing that, a large chunk of it has been sold at auction.
I was good. I have at least one birthday present sorted months in advance, too.
Saturday, 31 March 2018
Friday, 30 March 2018
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice was released in the US thirty years ago today. The fact that it got made at all is a minor miracle.
Uprising: The Dystopian Universe RPG
From the world of Coup and Revolution and the makers of FATE, a dystopian SF RPG, something the market has seemed to lack since The Hunger Games hit.
Though it may confuse people looking for games in the Dystopia Rising series.
Though it may confuse people looking for games in the Dystopia Rising series.
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Happy birthday Georgios
Happy birthday Georgios, alias Joe Dizzy. (Alias Ziggy from The Watch House.) He talks about board games on Twitter here.
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Tomb Raider
The new Tomb Raider film, based on the reboot game series pitching it closer to Uncharted and Far Cry, works pretty well. There’s some solid action, one really good suspense scene, no attempt to hide the series roots as an Indiana Jones knockoff, some actual acting, and no robots or time travel.
It may also feel a bit familiar to viewers of Arrow with its mercenary army on a forgotten island, wrecked planes and ominous mysteries.
As the creator of a group in The Trinity Continuum with a tendency to raid tombs, I was somewhat amused to find villains called Trinity.
It may also feel a bit familiar to viewers of Arrow with its mercenary army on a forgotten island, wrecked planes and ominous mysteries.
As the creator of a group in The Trinity Continuum with a tendency to raid tombs, I was somewhat amused to find villains called Trinity.
ROM: Spaceknight
Have I really not written about Rom here before? Huh. Okay. Anyway, Zak Penn is writing a screenplay based on the character and his adventures, which looks like it won’t be in a Marvel setting. Which is okay as he was always Marvel Universe adjacent... until he dragged pretty much the entire universe into his fight.
But anyway, Rom is awesome. The story is basically Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, except that instead of a regular person becoming suspicious of their neighbours acting a little twitchy, its hero is Space Cyborg Aragorn.
A big blank-faced space man whose glowing red laser eyes still manage to scowl and who turns up in a small town, apparently disintegrating locals at random while occasionally speaking in mildly grandiose fantasy hero talk, takes a while to earn the trust of the populace.
The IDW comics serve as a sequel of sorts while rebuilding a lot from the ground up and pulling Rom into their new universe, where he gets more trouble from G.I. Joe than the X-Men. The film was originally planned as part of the Hasbro toys universe, but may now be its own thing.
The original Marvel comics are currently unreprintable due to the rights issues of their spinning off from a toy line. But since the DC Atari Force saw a reprint recently, maybe the film will finally get them back on shelves.
But anyway, Rom is awesome. The story is basically Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, except that instead of a regular person becoming suspicious of their neighbours acting a little twitchy, its hero is Space Cyborg Aragorn.
A big blank-faced space man whose glowing red laser eyes still manage to scowl and who turns up in a small town, apparently disintegrating locals at random while occasionally speaking in mildly grandiose fantasy hero talk, takes a while to earn the trust of the populace.
The IDW comics serve as a sequel of sorts while rebuilding a lot from the ground up and pulling Rom into their new universe, where he gets more trouble from G.I. Joe than the X-Men. The film was originally planned as part of the Hasbro toys universe, but may now be its own thing.
The original Marvel comics are currently unreprintable due to the rights issues of their spinning off from a toy line. But since the DC Atari Force saw a reprint recently, maybe the film will finally get them back on shelves.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
The X Files Season 11
Erm. Well. I liked the one about customer service A.I.
The standalone episodes pretty much always outshone the UFO conspiracy arc after the first couple seasons, but the revival arc episodes have been real clunkers.
And I liked the Darin Morgan one about false memory up until he threw in more jokes about the current mess of US politics. I’d rather not have all that immortalised in my entertainment. (Even the A.I. episode had a Bigly reference for no real reason.) At least the one about science vampires and religious hunters managed to avoid it.
The standalone episodes pretty much always outshone the UFO conspiracy arc after the first couple seasons, but the revival arc episodes have been real clunkers.
And I liked the Darin Morgan one about false memory up until he threw in more jokes about the current mess of US politics. I’d rather not have all that immortalised in my entertainment. (Even the A.I. episode had a Bigly reference for no real reason.) At least the one about science vampires and religious hunters managed to avoid it.
Interactive Fantasy
IF, originally Inter*Action, the RPG journal of note in 1994-5, now has all four issues to download PWYW on DriveThruRPG.
Monday, 26 March 2018
Beautiful Anomalies
Beautiful Anomalies by Rose Bailey and an all-star team, now in PDF and Print On Demand! And I’m not just mentioning it because I’m in the Special Thanks. :)
This RPG.net Sell Me On thread includes a pretty big look inside.
This RPG.net Sell Me On thread includes a pretty big look inside.
Monster Manual Neural Network
Neural network produces D&D monsters. Some of which are winners like the Cloud of Chaos and the Vampire Bear, some rather lovely like the Rain Golem and the Black Willow Unicorn, and some not, like the Barber and Kurt.
Thanks to K for the link.
Thanks to K for the link.
Sunday, 25 March 2018
Gaps in worldbuilding can provide familiarity
The War of the Ring ended on March 25th.
Considering how much subcreation J.R.R. Tolkien put into Middle-Earth, he gave it more than one calendar, but kept it close to ours - and used ours in The Lord Of The Rings to give it some grounding.
Considering how much subcreation J.R.R. Tolkien put into Middle-Earth, he gave it more than one calendar, but kept it close to ours - and used ours in The Lord Of The Rings to give it some grounding.
Saturday, 24 March 2018
Do some good.
Today I joined the March For Our Lives group outside the US Consulate, then crossed town to March For Europe. This evening, it was Earth Hour.
Happy birthday Cat!
Happy birthday to, among her many accomplishments, Managing Director and co-owner of Pelgrane Press, and of course Milli in The Watch House.
Friday, 23 March 2018
N-Day
Today in the timeline for Trinity Continuum: Aeon and Aberrant, the space station Galatea falls.
Today in our timeline, the Aberrant developer team is announced - Ian Watson, Eddy Webb and Steve Kenson.
Today in our timeline, the Aberrant developer team is announced - Ian Watson, Eddy Webb and Steve Kenson.
Never knowing what I wanted
Possible No Man’s Land end credits song - the acoustic version of Get Out by CHVRCHES. Or maybe The Mother We Share?
Thursday, 22 March 2018
The Tiffany Problem for geography
New Orleans is totally unrealistic according to Pathfinder and Starfinder co-developer James L. Sutter.
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Buffy Versus Impostor Syndrome
Briefly addressed in The Freshman and played with on Angel in Soul Purpose, but could have been more central, maybe around season two when Kendra appeared?
Ever had a character wrestle with impostor syndrome? Or is it more an issue for creators, (nervous) haha?
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