(1) Gamers Raise $178,900 For Haiti: Through sales of the 'special bundle deal', online pdf outlets DriveThruRPG and RPGNow raised an incredible sum to donate to support the work of Doctors Without Borders in the earthquake zone.
(2) Adèle Blanc-Sec: Could this be the greatest film of the year already? See the trailer above for the tale of a French adventuress in the early 20th Century coping with everything from would-be suitors and the police to flying monsters. Adèle Blanc-Sec is Luc Besson's adaptation of a comic book by Jacques Tardi.
(3) Ad-Mara-Ble: The Fifth Doctor's snake demon nemesis, the Mara, returns in a run of Big Finish Doctor Who audio plays to plague him and his trusty assistants.
(4) Excelsior! Stan Lee's cameo in The Big Bang Theory is scheduled for March 1 in the US.
(5) Final Girls: Starting February 18 with Nightmare On Elm Street's Lisa Wilcox, the Dread Central website is running a series of interviews with the tough, female survivors of classic horror films of the last 30 years.
(6) Lost Comparison: A split-screen film allows you to compare the openings of Lost's Season One and Season Six.(7) Super Steve Strikes Again: Steve Kenson, designer of Mutants & Masterminds, is releasing a new superhero RPG in June with the 'old school' sensibilities of Villains & Vigilantes yet the modern ethos of FATE, according to publishers Adamant Entertainment.
(8) The Colour Of Dinosaurs: For the first time scientists have been able to create a full colour rendering of a dinosaur.
(9) A Week In The OSR: A weekly round-up of 'old school renaissance' news, some has been covered by The Week In Geek, but this is far more comprehensive and focussed on just role-playing games than HeroPress.
(10) Quick On The Draw: The wonderful folks over at Cubicle 7, publishers of such attractive roleplaying games as Doctor Who: Adventures In Time & Space and Qin:The Warring States, are looking for freelance artists.
(11) Raising Hell: Some more details on the production of the Hellraiser documentary that I mentioned last week, which will tie in to the remake of the seminal original.
(12) Bill Cosby - Not Dead: Another week, another celebrity death viral hoax...
(13) That's A Stretch: Twilight's Taylor Lautner has been cast as the lead in the upcoming Stretch Armstrong movie.
(14) Gaiman Sez Who: Neil Gaiman confirmed at the SFX Weekender that he was writing a script for Doctor Who and it was now scheduled to appear in the 2011 season.
(15) Hackmaster Hacked: JB of the B/X Blackrazor blog has written an insightful two-part review of Kenzer's new Hackmaster Basic system, which he calls a "fantasy heartbreaker". Part two of the review is here.
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10) Oh my.
13) Why?
14) I don't know why this was kept a secret. Everyone knew he'd met with Moffatt, so everyone knew he was writing an episode. It's just bizarre. Still, I'm looking forward to it. Now we just need episodes by Garth Ennis, Joss Whedon, and Alan Moore.
10) I hope you're putting yourself forward :D
13) Why indeed???
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