I just discovered that my pal John Kovalic of Dork Tower fame is up for not one but two Harvey Awards! John’s work is nominated for Best Cartoonist and for the Special Award for Humor in Comics. Woot! This is an honor well deserved. John puts all he has into his work, and it’s some of the funniest, most human …
Origins Awards Gamers Choice Voting Open
The voting for the Gamers Choice section of the Origins Awards is now open to the public. (That means you!) The deadline to get your votes in is June 12, so be sure to vote soon!
Villainy on the Rise
While leaving the GAMA Trade Show in March, I managed to forget to pack my copies of Villainy (a new, multi-deck card game from Human Head Studios), which designer Jason Blair had kindly slapped into my waiting hands during the show. Jason, refusing to allow me to get away with such a disastrous mistake, shipped out new copies of each …
Gen Con Notice Up
Gen Con has posted a page with the “Industry Insider Guests of Honor,” among which I apparently rank. Just scroll on down past James Ernest’s shining face to spot my entry. I’ll be helping out with some seminars at the show, although the schedule for those hasn’t been set yet. I’ll be sure to post here when I know more.
Clothes Make the Game
EDOC Laundry is a company that tells a story through its clothing. This forms an Alternate Reality Game, much like you might find from 4orty 2wo Entertainment, which created the Beast (on which I did a bit of work). Sound strange? Not if you realize (as you would from this interview on ARGN.com) that the mind behind EDOC is none …
Snakes on a Plane (of Existence)
Monte Cook posted a knock-out mash-up of Dungeons & Dragons and Snakes on a Plane. Sadly, I’m just the right kind of geek to find this hilarious. Imagine my pain when I discovered that one of my publishers had the rights to the film’s novelization–but had already gotten in the manuscript from another author. Still, best of luck to Black …
Hite on the Future of RPGs
Ken Hite’s latest “Out of the Box” column is up at GamingReport.com. “Out of the Box” is always on my must-read list, but this time around Ken knocks it out of the park. His cogitations upon the future of RPG publishers shine with the kind of clarity that makes you wonder why you never saw that great big ball of …
Ice Bear Dawns on Shelves
Dawn of the Ice Bear, the last in the Age of Conan: Marauders trilogy by Jeff Mariotte hit shelves yesterday. In a bit of fantastic timing, my editor’s copy showed up the same day. Jeff did a fine job with this series, and I hope that Conan fans everywhere will give it a shot. These books differ from the others …
Blade Runner vs. Star Wars
As ICv2.com reports, Ridley Scott is taking another run at Blade Runner. Blade Runner was the first R-rated movie I ever saw, and it branded my imagination with its plot, characters, and imagery. I can’t wait to see the new cut and eventually pick up the DVD set with all four cuts of the film. This ranks right up there …
Palladium’s Pic
As I mentioned a few weeks back, Palladium Books is in trouble due to some insider swindling on the part of one of its employees. At the time, Kevin Siembieda asked people to help out by purchasing an exclusive print entitled “Megaverse United.” I slapped down my virtual cash right away, and my autographed print showed up yesterday, #296 in …