Playmates interviewed me about the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game the other day, and they’ve just posted the conversation at the new website. They also have a new page up with shots of the game and its packaging. Scroll all the way down to see the Thing dice chucker. Man, that’s cool.
Battle Dice Commercial On the Air!
Playmates tells me that the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice commercial started airing yesterday. Staff Sergeant Brian Bird reported seeing the commercial on Cartoon Network yesterday, and it’s supposed to be running on Nickelodeon, Fox Kids, and maybe ABC Family too. This is the first game I’ve worked on that’s had a national TV campaign behind it. The concept of how …
Battle Dice Reviews?
The people at Playmates would love to see some reviews of Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. If you spy any (or write any), please let me know about it. Thanks!
Keith Parkinson Benefit
I just learned that Keith Parkinson (who passed away last year) and Tim Truman used to play in a band together. Several bands, actually. Tim–who is set to take over the reins as the writer of the monthly Conan comic for Dark Horse Comics later this year–met Keith back when they both worked as illustrators at TSR, creating fantastic artwork …