Lego NINJAGO RPG

LEGO releases a short free Play Guide for a NINJAGO RPG complete with one-page adventures and even a very succinct “What is a roleplaying game?” paragraph.

The Mandalorian season two trailer

THIS IS THE WAY

I may have clapped at one moment, mentioned here.

Also, Quarren fishing village.

Horror film history in 100 scares

100 Scares at Vulture. Thanks to Alasdair Stuart for the link. I got to The Spiral Staircase before hitting one I haven’t seen.

Is there life over Venus?

Maybe?

Summer gaming

Red Right Hand came to a conclusion of sorts tonight, and this most recent season one of Sounds Like Hell last week, brought forward due to expected player absence so we did the finale instead of the odd MOTW episode.

The breakout NPCs are an emo kid and a spooky dog.

Bing, bing bing bong, bing bing bong...

When I was a young boy 

my father took me into the city 

to see a marching band
And then we had ice cream! 

That was a nice day.

Dame Diana Rigg

We’re needed.

Beyond The Wall dialogue

The revived court mage is informed that an ancient monster of darkness is rising. “That all sounds very concerning.”
The teenage thief nods “Yeah, that’s what we thought.”

And OOC: I’ll catch it somewhat nervously because frankly it’s been shooting laser beams.

Star Trek Day

Among other things for the Star Trek Day virtual con, a Discovery season three trailer, and a panel on Strange New Worlds, highlights at Tor.

The Mandalorian season two first look

The Mandalorian at EW with interviews, photos and covers. No reveals for live-action Ahsoka or Bo-Katan, but Baby Yoda in a satchel.

Dawn's in trouble. Must be Tuesday.

E4 Buffy The Vampire Slayer rewatch hits Once More, With Feeling on the right day.

Red Right Hand observation

Vampire The Masquerade is the game of "don't notice me, senpai"
-Faye

That TWH spinoff

Following on from this, Matthew and Natalie’s players have been rereading The Watch House and discussing the imagined spinoff where Natalie goes to London to be a lawyer, with Matthew’s ghost haunting her to tragicomic effect...

Sounds Like Hell 1.12

Bumped forward in the production order due to travel next week and GEAS one-shots the week after, so we get the season finale and might miss one of the funny MOTW episodes.

“Why did you attack Red? He’s not such a bad guy. I mean, okay, he is the Devil’s cousin, but...”

TWH recall

So this happened...

Marvel’s Avengers video game

Marvel’s Avengers video game lets you control various avengers you might know from comics and films, though this is not the comic or film versions. The main character in the single player game is Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, which lessens the wonky recognition factor.

They also go all in with a wouldn’t-work-in-MCU-continuity story, like if they did the Inhuman contagion story in a movie instead of across a season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and bumped off a major character at the start.

Reviews are... keen on the campaign, which is the part that would most interest me.

Scion: Demigod

Scion: Demigod, now on Kickstarter.

Angel

Angel will be arriving on E4 and All4 forthwith. I presume there were negotiation-y reasons for not starting alongside Buffy Season Four so the crossovers lined up.

The Mandalorian. October 30th.

Hopefully here as well.

This is the Way.

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton’s first short film, One Week, premiered 100 years ago today, establishing the tendency to have buildings almost fall on him right away.