Trinity Continuum: Aether Serial

Chapter one: From the Depths of Space to the Heart of London, an introduction to Aether, the Victorian SF setting for the Trinity Continuum.

The chances of anything coming from Mars

are low but never zero

Almost two minutes of new to me Buffy!

Thanks to Whedonesque, adverts for Buffy The Vampire Slayer season six with the cast talking about the lack of Buffy and how bad that is.

Hunter as heist

During today’s World Of Darkness News, Justin Achilli mentioned Hunter: The Reckoning relating heist stories, with planning to take on powerful targets, and specifically Leverage for outsiders punching up. Which is an interesting approach for a less action-intensive monster hunting game.

(And naturally I started thinking which Leverage characters and types fit which Hunter creeds. They’re not one to one but Hitter to Martial obviously, maybe Hacker to Inquisitive, Thief and overall leaning into Underground. Not sure for Sophie. Harry Entrepreneurial? Nate could be Entrepreneurial but maybe his sense of justice is more Faithful?)

Alice Is Missing at the movies

Alice Is Missing, the text message based mystery RPG, has been optioned for film, with a script on the way. As a modern low-key one-shot game I imagine it could get a more accurate adaptation than most RPGs have. Though I doubt they’ll make a silent movie.

Ms. Marvel 1.04: Seeing Red

Ms. Marvel

1.04: Seeing Red

How to make Buffy fans nervous in one episode title.

Film Festival 2022

The Edinburgh International Film Festival is back in August and in person.

Only Murders In The Building season two

Steve Martin and John Hoffman’s comedy mystery Only Murders In The Building returns after season one which could have been self-contained apart from the first and last five minutes, and quickly gets the gang back together but now as murder suspects, which they handle about as well as you might expect.

“Second seasons are tough, you know?”

Oliver, not actually winking at the camera

Season two trailer which shows bits from episodes past the first two, which are now on Disney+ Star in the UK. I believe Hulu starts with both in the US as well, so we shouldn’t be too far off in releases.

The first episode “Persons Of Interest” introduces Cara Delavigne as a mysterious artist and Amy Schumer as Amy Schumer, taking over Sting’s apartment, while the second episode “Framed” brings in Shirley MacLaine as Bunny’s mother..

It’s consistently funny, charming, occasionally whimsical and sometimes naturally gloomy. I have no idea what’s going on yet, but I suspect the cliffhanger of episode two won’t provide all the answers because (a) it’s only episode two so too early for a witness to explain everything and (b)...

New York By Night starting Friday

Cast and intro, and hints of future plans. Start spreading the news...

Glastonbury

The Glastonbury festival came back after two years off, reminding me of ideas set in and around such big events.

In the decade since that post, someone has made a comedy movie set around a big music festival, proving my point somewhat. As well as cancelled plans for a festival with a LARP built in, and a LARP about a festival disaster.

And an event as big as Glastonbury could fuel a series by itself. Attending, working, getting lost and away with the fairies...

And popping a birthday request for festival hooks on RPGnet.

From Mannequin On The Moon

By Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra.

Birthday!

Plans: saying hello to people, pizza, getting Troy by Stephen Fry and Spider-Man: No Way Home, more Glastonbury on TV.

Glastonbury is nicer birthday TV accompaniment than the childhood tradition of Wimbledon. Still not as big a deal as Christmas TV, but I appreciate the effort on my behalf.

I'm human...

Today is the 40th anniversary of Blade Runner, and The Thing. Quite a day for films about not being sure who was human.

The news is hard to look at sometimes. Check in on people. March, sign petitions, vote locally and nationally.

Zola Jesus, Arkhon

Zola Jesus, Arkhon.

Bandcamp playlist.

Youtube playlist including videos.

RPGnet Membership Drive

RPGnet Membership Drive - 2022 Edition with free PDFs as well as on-site benefits.

What We Do, Season Four Trailer Two

What do we do next in the shadows? I’m sure Nandor having a genie resurrect his 37 wives won’t go badly at all.

125 years of filming events

Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee procession was held on June 22nd 1897, filmed by forty cameras from different companies (one example thanks to the BFI) and shown all around the world within days. An eighth of a millennium later the recent Platinum Jubilee was beamed in HD pretty much live, but this was the first mass media event a year after the first films were shown to the public.

(So if you want to do the plot where somebody spots a time traveller in an old movie, this is pretty much the first multi-camera event to do it.)

Ms. Marvel 1.03: Destined

Ms. Marvel

1.03: Destined

A big explain, a big fight, a big wedding reception!

Obi-Wan Kenobi Part VI

Obi-Wan Kenobi Part VI was a reasonably good ending to the main plot and a more iffy ending to what was expected to be the main plot.

Midsummer

Today is the longest day. A nice obvious seasonal marker for worlds that have those.

(Also the start of summer according to astronomy. Which should know better.)