Listeners to Ideology of Madness’ podcast, Funny Books with Aron & Paulie, will recall Jonathan Landreth had a lot to say about comics on his podcast, Kicked in the Dicebags, after our first episode. Jonathan was out of comics for a lengthy period. Listening to Funny Books, got him back into the hobby. We’ve invited […]
When folks think about awards at Gen Con, the Ennies generally come to mind. The Ennies are nice sure – if you’re into popularity contests. Nominees are selected by a panel of judges, but the winners are selected by fan popular vote. It’s kind of a People’s Choice Award for the RPG-set. Far more prestigious […]
I didn’t buy a whole lot at Gen Con. Three games. That’s it. This is really weird for me. Sure, I only picked up a few things at Fear the Con, but that was an awfully small convention with only one dealer. Even so, I bought almost as much there as I did at Gen […]
So, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter and EW, we now know that the upcoming Battlestar Galtactica prequel series CAPRICA (coming to Syfy January 22), which already boasts an impressive cast (including series leads Eric Stoltz and Esai Morales), will be adding two big name (at least in geekdom) stars! Buffy/Angel/Torchwood’s James Marsters will be playing […]
If you listen to the RPG podcasts coming out of last weekend’s Gen Con, you’ll no doubt hear a common question: What was your goal for Gen Con? Me? I came to town to play games. And I did. Lots of them. I’ve already mentioned Luke Meyer’s very awesome scenario for Hunter: The Vigil, “The […]
I really hope that Universal Studios Orlando will have this, as I probably (read definitely) won’t be able to attend the Halloween Horror Nights event in Hollywood. Sounds like, in addition to the already announced haunted maze based on Saw, the “scarezone” based on Shaun of the Dead, and the Rocky Horror Picture Show musical […]
Do you guys remember The Black Scorpion? Back in 1995, Roger Corman had a series of Showtime movies, known as Roger Corman Presents, a series of sci-fi/horror/comic book movies aimed at, essentially, horny teens. My favorite (being a horny teen) was The Black Scorpion, starring Joan Severance (yowza!) as “Darcy Walker, a police detective whose […]
Felicia Day asks, “Do you want to date my avatar?” Um… The answer is yes. Yes, I do. Very much so.
Update: You have until midnight tonight to get your tickets! Click here to get ’em! As announced at SDCC, on August 21, in select IMAX 3D theaters, you’ll be able to catch the first footage from Avatar, the new movie from James Cameron. How do you get tickets? Well, by battling to the death with […]
So…Archie proposes to Veronica this week. But that’s not all! We get a new Batgirl (I think it’s the Squire), Superman faces his Blackest Night, Daredevil turns 500…plenty of goodies! Replacing our old feature The Crap You Should Buy This Week, The Pull-List is our opportunity to tell you guys about the crap we’re going […]