The Empusans are a race of insects resembling large Portuguese Praying Mantis’. Very large. Like ten feet large. The Empusans are an old race, their history ranging back more than a hundred millenia. By contrast, they are incredibly short-lived living for only ten to fifteen years before succumbing to old age. They have no interest […]
The Bigozians were the first sentient alien race to encounter humanity, even though the Martians were literally next door (oh yes, there are Martians… more on them later). And of course, the humans did not realize what they saw – or thought they saw – was from outerspace. Bigozians are giant, burly humanoid creatures who […]
This is the first of a series of articles concerning my homebrew SF setting originally posted at my personal site, EvilBastard.net, which I’m importing over here to IoM. At the dawn of the 28th Century, the powerful hand of Imperial Earth stretches far across the stars touching the lives of countless humans and aliens alike. […]
I’ve been designing my homebrew SciFi setting for awhile now. I’ve worked on it solo and opened it up to sandbox sessions with my players. It’s turning into quite a robust universe. The Empire is a big play ground complete with nobility and political intrigue, interstellar warships waging galactic scale battles, and merchants just trying […]
This interview will be at the top until Friday! Scroll down for the latest news! Okay, so New Comic Book Day is actually Thursday this week and not Wednesday. Just because Diamond and the publishers took off for the weekend doesn’t mean we did! That’s right. Paul and I? We got work ethic… In this […]
I’ve always been more of a Gears of War guy myself, and have really enjoyed the trailers for that game. Still, the game has officially changed with this freakin’ incredible trailer! Check this out: Halo 3: ODST comes out September 22, 2009 on the Xbox 360! Halo 3: ODST at IGN.com
At GenCon, I picked up the Zombies!!! board game, a game I first played at Fear the Con 2. Zombies!!! is a lot of fun because – well, zombies – and because it has characteristics of some of my favorite games. There’s the strategy and forward-thinking of chess. Truly, you need to be considering not […]
The good folks at Atomic Overmind recently tidied up a few items in Ken Hite’s Savage Worlds setting, The Day After Ragnarok. In addition to the corrections, they’ve also included some new Ken Hite character concept material. It’s available via free download. But that’s not all! On Wednesday, Atomic Overmind announced it’s first supplement for […]
More than 20 years before George Lucas started his long, downhill slide with Ewoks, H. Beam Piper gave us fuzzies or, by their appropriate scientific designation, Fuzzy fuzzy holloway zarathrustra. Little Fuzzy, a 1963 Hugo nominee for Best Novel, is terrific science fiction. With its themes of corporate espionage, civil rights, and climate change, this […]
In addition to playing games, buying stuff, and hanging out with friends, seeing all the cool people and things is just as much a part of the experience as the rest of it. People in costume are always fun. All the games are cool. Just seeing the crowd of people sharing your interest is awesome. […]