Some classic Cthulhu adventures kicked off with attendance at auctions with Unspeakable Objet D’art. These days you see this sort of thing all the time in episodes of Storage Hunters. While the setup might be familiar, the principle remains a handy one. Want your investigators to get involved? Well, what better way than a face […]
Archives for July 2015
Are gamers pessimistic about the future?
Is gaming bad for you? Does it desensitize you to violence in a way that being a boxing, wrestling or action movie fan does not? The debate has raged and will rage on for years to come. Geek Native had a copy of Wastelands 2, stories from the apocalypse, featuring authors like George R.R. Martin […]
TORG returns as TORG: Eternity
TORG by West End Games enjoyed plenty of praise from a very loyal fan core but vanished after the studio closed. The rights to the game were eventually picked up by TORG fan Markus Plotz. As Markus Plotz is the president of Ulisses Spiele, a leading German game manufacturer and distributor, it comes as no […]
The 5 best selling RPGs for Spring 2015
Just last year D&D was in 4th place on IcV2’s chart. ICv2’s chart for the top 5 roleplaying games for the spring of 2015 is now out. Given the launch of D&D 5e it might be no surprise to see the iconic title back at the top. Wizards of the Coast will be pleased. Dungeons […]
Short film: Last Light
Does he have what it takes to survive? This is a zombie post apocalyptic short in which one hopeless man has to wrestle with his past in order to have any sort of future. Last Light was a submission for the My Rode Reel 2015, International Short Film Competition and was directed by Michael Lubin. […]
10 wonderfully moody fantasy and sci-fi illustrations from Sergey Musin
At times I’m inspired to imagine this as Giger meets traditional fantasy… or sci-fi. Check, I think there’s even Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell styling in there. Sergey Musin demonstrates a wide range just within these few sample pictures. I strongly recommend checking out the Russian’s Deviant Art page, especially as you can buy some […]
Short film: Rotor
Have you ever worked the midnight shift? A short thriller set in a spooky factor. The lone security guard has his humdrum routine upset when he spots a figure on one of the monitors and goes to investigate. What roll does the ever present rotor play? Time to watch more? Use this teleport link and […]
3 Spider-Women
It’s high time we cycled back to look at old favourite Robby Cook. In this piece he’s treated us to three different Spider-Women. We’ve Silk on the left, Spider Gwen in the middle and Jessica Drew as Spider Woman on the right. Like it? This illustration will be part of his next show in May. […]
Your superhero collection need these bookends
How’s your comic book collection looking? Cool but a little messy? What about your Marvel blu-rays or superhero RPG hardback pile? Just as messy. Yeah. Me too. I need a rescue. These Artori Designs might be just the thing to save the day. They’re a clever little bit of engineering, using the footplate under the […]
Grimmest and Darkest: A Review of Dark Heresy, 2nd Edition
Make no mistake about it: the 41st Millenium, as described in the second edition of Dark Heresy, the flagship roleplaying game of the Warhammer 40k franchise, is one of the darkest, grimmest, most brutal settings ever in a role-playing game. A slowly-dying Imperium fights a losing war against countless, limitless enemies across different planes of existence, thousands […]
