In some ways, the Nerdist Podcast is not unlike a talk show on public access cable. It is, at its core, just a guy who interviews his friends and anyone else he can convince to come onto his show. The difference is that the host is not some socially awkward guy in filming his parents’ […]
Finally able to grasp the concept of the difference between US time and England time, your Funnybooks hosts Wayne and Paulie have a nice little chat with comic book, video game, novel writer and all around nice guy Antony Johnston. In our second Shadowland interview, we talk about his work on the Daredevil tie-in issues […]
Hello gamers, As you may have noticed, I am going to be talking about a less than trad game in this column. There will be a few of these in the near future resulting from my trip to GenCon. I want to cover the things I did there, then it is back to 1990 as […]
As Brand New Day reaches its end, it’s hard to imagine that it’s been over 100 issues since the storyline began (due to the thrice-monthly schedule). There have been so many storylines in those 100 issues that it would be no small feat to find a way to catch up on them all. Still, one […]
When it was announced that popular horror filmmaker Guillermo del Toro would be co-writing a novel, lots of fans were super excited about it. Though I don’t subscribe to the opinion that everything he touches turns to gold, I am a del Toro fan, and find all of his films imaginative, if not enjoyable. Though […]
Knockspell is a gaming magazine published by Black Blade Publishing. Knockspell focuses on the older editions of D&D, specifically OD&D (cloned by Swords and Wizardry), Basic D&D (cloned by Labyrinth Lord) and, AD&D (cloned by OSRIC). The magazine is more professionally organized than most of the other old school magazines and has the feel of […]
I was trying to think of a wicked cool title to give to this article…but I just couldn’t think of one. Someone put together a pretty cool fake trailer for what an Avengers flick from the 1950’s would look like. It actually works a lot better if you don’t know where all the footage comes […]
Man, I love the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. In case you don’t remember, my love for Scott Pilgrim is so strong that I attended a midnight release party for the sixth and final book, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour. The series is funny, heartwarming, and full of awesome action and video game references. Well, now we […]
In this week’s episode, all the boys are in the hizzouse. As such, Wayne takes a moment to set the record straight. Jonathan regales us with tales of his victorious turn at a Magic tournament and explains why he didn’t come home with a new car. Plus, Aron and Jonathan fight! All this and we […]
Ah, summer. A wasteland of gaming. Maybe an occasional oasis to provide some respite. Sadly nothing new to be found for me lately, so I decided to share a Magic variant format that has become very popular among all types of players and that I enjoy working in during downtimes: Elder Dragon Highlander (or EDH […]