Archive | January, 2010
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.
Continue reading...My zombie infested, post-apocalypse high fantasy campaign is starting to take shape
25. January 2010
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.
Continue reading...Green Man Games to allow you to resell your digital game downloads?
21. January 2010
"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?
Continue reading...I’m awfully active on Twitter, FYI
21. January 2010
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.
Continue reading...Burn Zombie Burn. Buy it on Amazon, download it and play it on your PS3
20. January 2010
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.
Continue reading...EA and Del Ray and Dante team up to go to Hell
12. January 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...A bit of geekery – using your USB thumb drive to install multiple OSes
6. January 2010
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.
Continue reading...Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion announced
5. January 2010
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.
Continue reading...Star Wars if it had been the A-Team – great vid!
1. January 2010
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
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27. January 2010
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