More LOTRO

The Lord of the Rings Online website features more LOTRO-y goodness. Look for “Hero’s Guide to the Silvertine Lodes.” As usual, Will Hindmarch wrote it, and I edited it. By the way, if you haven’t checked out the game, I recommend it. The Mines of Moria expansion really rocks. I’m also getting into Guild Wars these days. The fact that …

Blood Bowl on Comicon.com

A short while back, Jennifer Contino interviewed me for her Pulse column at Comicon.com. You can now read the results online. Jennifer clearly didn’t know much about the history of Blood Bowl as a game, and I suspect many comic-book fans might not either. I enjoyed having the chance to set things straight and give credit where it was due: …

Gen Con for Sale–But Not Really

My favorite time of the year–Gen Con–has been in bankruptcy since early this year. While the core business (Gen Con Indy) is sound, the company lost money trying to establish Gen Con So Cal and on a disastrous Star Wars Celebration III. As my pal Peter Adkison explained, the idea was to establish a strong showing at Gen Con Indy …