It was inevitable that, sooner or later, one of these reviews was going to cover a cell-phone game. The hand-held devices are rapidly charging closer and closer to the ubiquitous “all-in-one” doohickey (yep, “doohickey is a technical term… really) that everyone who has embraced technology is looking for. As a gaming platform, it certainly has its advantages, particularly when it comes to drawing in the “casual” gamer crowd.
Steve Ditko for comic book lovers, hitchhiking through H.P. Lovecraft territory, a database of speculative fiction written by women writers, and five actual historical grimoires! And more…
The sorcery of djinn was like a stalking beast. You had to stay downwind of it, even when you were the hunter. Antar knew, as always, everything depended on him seeing the unseen and forcing his eyes to reveal what lay in the membrane between light and darkness. He drew a deep breath and rolled between his thumb and forefinger the seal that was chained to his neck.
Magic is such a cornerstone of fantasy gaming, yet I often find it one of the most unsatisfying sections of rules. On the one hand we have systems like d20 and Rolemaster, which provide a vast list of spells, nicely delineated, and usually containing within them a kind of thaumatological theory. I loved ICE’s Spell Law for many years– mostly because it had so many spells.
“Timebomb” is a coy, on-the-nose title for this week’s episode, but it might as easily have been called “Everything and Nothing.” The first fifteen minutes seem to resolve more or less everything in the Dallas plotline, and the rest of the episode is a whole lot of nothing.
December 21, 2012 is the date that the calendar used by the Mayans comes to an end, leading some to believe it is the end of human time. 2012 is also a year of rare astronomical events – I think my luck star will be in the seventh house of my love planet or something. Oh, and all the planets will align, and our earth and sun will align with the galactic center. It’s a very aligny year.
A giveaway of two CDs of readings from Fantasy Magazine, details of the Twitter attack and personal data, a new Battlestar Galactica movie, and news that Fantasy will close voting on the Gateway to Fantasy books at noon PST on Monday
It’s just another Friday in Eureka. The mysterious signal mentioned in previous episodes is considered a harbinger of something from space following said signal. Jo Lupo got an awesome new police car – which allows a moment of product placement before we get back to the real issue at hand: General Mansfield (the one that fired Carter a few episodes back) has ordered Allison Blake to prepare a defense strategy for Eureka. Any Eureka defense strategy will be crazily high tech.
Podcasting is upon us, and it doesn’t seem to be just a passing phase. Stern classicists may turn up their noses, but long morning commutes, hectic multi-tasking schedules, and dwindling free-time have all hindered a once captive, reading audience. Is audio “reading” the way of the future?
A giveawway of CDs featuring Fantasy Magazine readings of “Watermark” by Michael Greenhut, “Penguin & Wren” by Christie Skipper Ritchotte, “In This City” by Brian Dolton, “Shades of White and Road” by Camille Alexa, “Birds” by Jean-Claude Dunyach, “Voice Like a Cello” by Catherine Cheek, “Superhero Girl” by Jessica Lee, “Trench Foot” by Catherine J. Gardner, and “The Water Tower” by John Mantooth.
