Wizards of the Coast announced that they’re sponsoring a D&D Fan Film Contest. Entries must be under five minutes long and will be posted at GameVideos.com. I’m curious to see what kind of tiny gems this might produce.
Dungeon Crawling
For all you computer/video game fans out there, what’s your favorite dungeon crawler? I’m looking for the latest and greatest. Thanks!
Superhero Handbooks
Here’s something for fans of both comic books and the Worst Case Scenarios Survival Handbook. Quirk Books has The Batman Handbook and The Superman Handbook. Be sure to click on the “View an interior spread of this book” links to bask in these books’ full glory. The duotone artwork and layout reminds me of the interiors of the DC Heroes …
New Blood Bowl Game Coming
As Gamespot.com announces, Games Workshop has licensed its Blood Bowl brand to Cyanide for use in an upcoming line of video games. At the same time, Cyanide signed over to GW its Chaos League brand, ending any dispute over the similarities between Chaos League and Blood Bowl. I suspect this dispute and settlement has been coming for some time. My …
Human Head Getting Normal
Yesterday I ran up to Madison and visited my friends at Human Head Studios. CEO Tim Gerritsen gave me the nickel tour of their fabulous new offices, which include a real train car in the lobby and the best home theater system I’ve ever seen. (The chairs are better than any you’ll find in a real theater–and less sticky too!) …
An Old Joke
On his blog, Justin Mohareb muses over an old copy (from ’92) of The Gamer magazine he found in his collection. I’d almost forgotten about the magazine, which featured an all-star editorial cast, including Scott Haring, Greg Costikyan, Doug Niles, and Tom Wham. He also mentioned a short bit I’d sent in: And Matt Forbeck won a free subscription for …
Weisman Leaves WizKids
ICv2.com reported this today, but I first learned about it from Justin Mohareb’s blog: Jordan Weisman is leaving WizKids. I suppose that given the recent round of layoffs at the company, I shouldn’t be so surprised, but the news still shocked me. In many ways, Jordan personified WizKids, even after he sold the company to Topps. Without him and many …
Faery’s Tale
As recently announced on the Firefly Games site, I agreed to help write an introductory adventure for the upcoming kids’ roleplaying game Faery’s Tale. This is the first RPG writing I’ve done in nearly two years, and I’m looking forward to it almost as much as seeing the game itself. Fortunately, since it’s due out in August, I won’t have …
Mentos v. Diet Coke
If you’ve got your ear hard against the pounding beat of the internet, you’ve probably already know how Mentos and Diet Coke can react explosively. You may even have seen the miniature version of the Bellagio fountains a couple of guys with way too much time–and Mentos and Diet Coke–set up. But you may not appreciate how well this fits …
Prey Demo Ready
The demo for Prey, the new computer game from my old employer Human Head Studios, is now live and ready for download. You can guess what I’ll be playing tonight! I watched this game develop over the two years I spent with Human Head, and even when I left over a year and a half ago it looked great. I …