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8. February 2010

Age of Zombies = time travel, shooting zombies in the head and retro cuteness

There, I said it. "Cute". Not normally a word I associate with violent death, undead hunger and head shots. Age of Zombies features protagonist Barry Steakfries as he hops through time destroying undead brains, battling what looks like giant robots and there's something about a zombie T-Rex too.

10 things I’ve learned about world building in role playing games

5. February 2010

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10 things I’ve learned about world building in role playing games

1. Shouting "This is MY world bitches!" at your players is not acceptable. Particularly when one of your players is also your wife.

Axe Cop is the best thing to happen to comics since sliced bread

2. February 2010

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Axe Cop is the best thing to happen to comics since sliced bread

A few days ago a huge, explosive event happened on the Internet. Loud enough to cause social sites of every stripe to sit up and take notice. Explody enough to almost trend on Twitter (an event a lot of folks are still working towards dammit). That explosion has a name: Axe Cop.

2. February 2010

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The dead walk the earth while the gods sleep

The gods sleep while we mortals suffer. The dead roam the world while the gods remain mute. The powers have left us to this nightmare and we are faced with living death. The White Cloth speaks of patience and of turning the tide. We speak of embracing our death, of controlling it. You in your entropy are eternally in motion, never at rest. We call on you Dal, in this time of the sleeping powers, you who are still around us, with us we call on you to empower us. You in your entropy are eternally in motion, never at rest.

1. February 2010

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EA brings Hell to the superbowl. Also makes a nice montage video.

Looks like EA is ready for some football. They've purchased a spot during the Superbowl to highlight their newest franchise - Dante's Inferno. Over the weekend they also dropped this nice (up to 720p) video montage of what hell may be like if you carry a fantastically large penis scythe.

27. January 2010

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Peter Straub’s A Dark Matter (book) sounds great, gave birth to this video

I've read a few Straub books and I've never been disappointed. His newest, A Dark Matter is hitting the shelves on February 9th. It sounds really interesting in that four high school friends each recount a supernatural event to a journalist friend of theirs, many years after. Each retelling is a bit different from the others but all suggest that the event in question may be responsible for not only the downturns in their lives, but in the world at large. Click through for the trailer.

25. January 2010

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My zombie infested, post-apocalypse high fantasy campaign is starting to take shape

Over the past few days I've been putting a lot of background thought into my world - Aruneus. I've got my map, I've got my zombies and I know where I want this world and campaign to go. Now I have a time line that tells me and my characters what has transpired before the zombie apocalypse.

21. January 2010

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Green Man Games to allow you to resell your digital game downloads?

"Green Man Gaming today revealed a new digital games retail platform that monetises the digital pre-owned market." That is straight from their very limited press release and roughly translates into "We'll give you cash or cash-equivalent for your legally downloaded games." Uh. . . wow? That's a new twist on the used game market for sure and could mean I can finally get rid of my older Steam catalog, right?

21. January 2010

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I’m awfully active on Twitter, FYI

While I get myself back in to gear and start working on the site more, I should point out that I've been very active on Twitter. Most of the links I would have compiled and posted here for your enjoyment I simply tweet now as I find them. It's a lot easier and a lot more direct - I don't have to put up a whole blog post about the Aurochs being cloned or that the Walking Dead pilot got the green light at AMC for instance. I just tweet it.

20. January 2010

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Burn Zombie Burn. Buy it on Amazon, download it and play it on your PS3

The devs of Burn Zombie Burn have gone into new routs of distribution. Not only can you download and play the game from PSN for $10 but you can also purchase an "Online Game Code" via Amazon which will allow you to download and play the game on your PS3 at your leisure.

12. January 2010

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EA and Del Ray and Dante team up to go to Hell

In what I can only describe as a slight blow to literature everywhere but an interesting opportunity for literate gamers, Dante’s Inferno is being republished. In book form. By Electronic Arts. Oh, with Del Ray (ne Ballantine ne Random House) doing the bulk of the dead tree work. Don’t worry though, the fine folks who brought [...]

6. January 2010

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A bit of geekery – using your USB thumb drive to install multiple OSes

I recently had occasion to use GRUB (a boot loader - the thing that tells your computer what the hell it's loading when it starts up) on a 32 GB USB drive. I did this so I could stick it in an inert computer, boot it up and then choose from multiple operating systems to install.

5. January 2010

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Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion announced

Bioware and other assorted involved parties have just announced the first official expansion (read: bigger than DLC) for Dragon Age: Origins. DAO - Awakening! There's not much on the official site as of yet so here's all the info I've got my hands on so far.

1. January 2010

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Star Wars if it had been the A-Team – great vid!

Taking two of my child hood loves and smooshing them together like awkwardly colored gummie bears is a pretty cool thing. I give you: Star Wars as The A-Team. Technorati Tags: star wars, a team, a-team, smoosh

20. December 2009

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Comics on the PSP

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Age of Zombies = time travel, shooting zombies in the head and retro cuteness

10 things I’ve learned about world building in role playing games

Axe Cop is the best thing to happen to comics since sliced bread

The dead walk the earth while the gods sleep

EA brings Hell to the superbowl. Also makes a nice montage video.

Peter Straub’s A Dark Matter (book) sounds great, gave birth to this video

My zombie infested, post-apocalypse high fantasy campaign is starting to take shape

Green Man Games to allow you to resell your digital game downloads?

I’m awfully active on Twitter, FYI

Burn Zombie Burn. Buy it on Amazon, download it and play it on your PS3

EA and Del Ray and Dante team up to go to Hell

A bit of geekery – using your USB thumb drive to install multiple OSes

Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion announced

Star Wars if it had been the A-Team – great vid!

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