Hot On The Press...

Six months on from our last review of the of the 10 most written about topics on HeroPress, here's a run-down of how things stand at the moment:

(1) DVD - (up one place) While there is still quality TV around, I do find myself watching more DVDs these days (e.g. Supernatural) for some reason. As I said in the last review, this also probably has a lot to do with the fact that I don't get to the cinema so much anymore.

(2) TELEVISION - (down one place) This still remains a bedrock of my sanity, but I do find myself less inclined to write about it at the moment.

(3) DOCTOR WHO - (up three places) My aim to review all available episodes of Doctor Who remains and given the recent insight the public was afforded into Cubicle 7's Doctor Who RPG (out next Easter) via a positive review of a playtest of the system, my excitement levels are through the roof in anticipation. Of course, next year there wouldn't be as much new Who on the box as we have gotten used to, but with the RPG, Big Finish's audio adventures and DVD releases of old adventures I am sure to be able to keep myself busy.

(4) RPG - (down one place) Surprisingly, the start of my Castles & Crusades campaign, Tekralh, for my gaming group, The Tuesday Knights, has meant less aimless specualtion about RPGs here and more writing about the game world on its own dedicated blog.

(5) FILM - Continues to remain a staple of my life and I can't see this ever changing, as much a source of inspiration as the written word or comic book illustrations. Although I am artistically inept, I'm a very visual person and get most of my best gaming ideas from the movies.

(6) COMICS - (down two places) Another cornerstone of my geek life; I have been slightly disappointed by the general standard of comic books I have been reading of late. While there remains a hardcore of fantastic titles on the market, the quality control of publishers - both big and small - seems to be dropping as they flood the reading public with merchandise that it is poorly written and drawn. Perhaps, in this time of economic gloom, they would be better served with fewer, but higher quality, titles being produced every month.

(7) RACHEL - What I said six months ago, remains so true (if not more so) today: my wife, my life saver. I wouldn't be here today without her.

(8) REAL LIFE - (up one place) Given all the work going on in our new home, it's no surprise that 'real life' impinges on so much of my thoughts and blog entries. I will strive, in the next six months, to reduce the influence of 'real life' on my geekery and restore a sense of disconnected fantasy to HeroPress.

(9) STAR WARS - (down one place) Sadly something had to suffer because of the increase in 'real life' activity.

(10) HORROR - (new entry) With my discovery of Supernatural and resurgence in my interest in the writings of HP Lovecraft and Call of Cthulhu, as well as my decision to focus my tabletop gaming interests next year on 'zombies', I hope to write more in this area over the next 12 months. My current thinking is that the zombie game will probably remain a wargame as I am having so much fun piecing together a zombie horde and some rugged survivors to face them. My 'back-up' RPG for 2009 will, hopefully, be Doctor Who.