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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gamers have all played in games that were less than we wanted them to be. It’s easy to get the wrong mix of players at the table where they fail to listen to one another and support each other’s fun. The GM’s energy may be low. I’ve even seen where the entire group just doesn’t […]
DVD Extras (1:52) Spending limit (7:10) Trade Paper Back Recommended Reading: Our Top 6 Trade Paper Back Picks… (7:53) Maus (12:10) Invincible (15:50) Identity Crisis (20:40) Danger Girl (26:30) The Complete Concrete (32:00) The Complete Bone (38:37) What if we were writing… The X-Men? (50:00) We apologize for Aron’s barking dogs in the background. They […]
We’ve got some previews for you of this week’s two Red 5 comics – Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #4 and We Kill Monsters #2! Having read both of the upcoming books, I can definitely say that you should pick both up. There’s really nothing more to say about Atomic Robo that […]
Holy crap! The true mastermind behind DC’s huge event BLACKEST NIGHT has been revealed and, if you’re a long time Green Lantern fan, it probably won’t come as much of a surprise, but it is a pretty cool reveal. To avoid spoilers, I’m going to show the reveal after the jump! However, what I can […]
You know, it’s almost a religious experience nowadays to walk into a comic book store and, up on the shelves, see Amazing Spider- Man #1, Amazing Fantasy #15, and Incredible Hulk #1. But that’s exactly what happened to me this morning when I walked into Heroes and Villains Comics in Hampton, VA. See, Heroes and […]