(1) Labyrinth Lord Advances: The Advanced Edition Companion for Labyrinth Lord is now available, allowing the introduction of "advanced" options into your old school roleplaying games.(2) Marathon Dungeon Crawl: Michael Shorten (aka Chgowiz) is running a 12-hour old school session of Keep On The Borderland for International Traditional Gaming Week in March at Chicagoland Games in Chicago.
(3) Who For Sale: A large collection of Doctor Who and Torchwood props (including the Torchwood SUV and many costumes from both the current iteration of Doctor Who and the Classic Era) are up for auction at Bonhams in London on February 24.
(4) Bill Watterson Speaks: The creator of legendary comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, artist/writer Bill Watterson gives his first interview in years.
(5) Nothing To Dredd: The new Judge Dredd movie promises to be a more accurate reflection of the comics, promises the character's creator John Wagner.
(6) Blackest Clix: The revamped HeroClix line is coming out with a Blackest Night starter set in May.
(7) Blackmoor Lives: Wizards Of The Coast may not have renewed the license for third party companies to use the original roleplaying setting of Blackmoor, as created by Dave Arneson, but that hasn't stopped fans creating a new forum for the game setting: The Comeback Inn.
(8) I've Heard Worse: Variety reports plans to turn the Bret Easton Ellis' controversial novel American Psycho into a musical.
(9) Harry Potter Clash In 3D: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows and Clash Of The Titans are going to be screened in 3D. I could care less - as long as there are 2D versions as well for those of us who don't grok 3D! However, Avatar's DVD and Blu-Ray release will only be in 2D.
(10) Leave Well Alone: A regime change at DC comics means a sequel to the Watchmen comics could happen.
(11) Lightsabre On: Roleplaying enthusiasts - and an editor - are being sought for a UK Star Wars site (lightsabre.org.uk) to launch in May.
(12) Lost Finale: The sixth season of Lost may have only just begun here in the UK (last Friday), but a date for the show's finale has been revealed in the States - May 23.
(13) What's In A Name? The names of the first three Doctor Who episodes (and who has written them) for the 11th Doctor have been revealed.
(14) Meet Solomon Kane: James Purefoy, star of the new Solomon Kane film, will be signing movie merchandise at the Forbidden Planet in London on February 20.
(15) OD&DITIES Is Back: After a seven-year hiatus, one of the original 'old school renaissance' online fanzines has returned and the new issue of OD&DITIES is due out on February 24.
(15) Merlin's Spell Reaches Syfy: The increasingly improving Merlin is coming to America's Syfy channel in April, including the excellent second season, which has never been shown in the States before.
(16) Gene-ius: An unexpected sequel to Bai Ling's The Gene Generation will start shooting March. No word yet of Bai Ling's involvment in War Of The Bloodlines, if any.
(17) Is The Future Of Comics iPad Shaped? Digital comics developers react to the revelation of Apple's iPad.
(18) Being Phil: The BBC's urban fantasy Being Human is getting a new producer, Phil Trethowan.
(19) Gamers Like Dice: A quirky little piece looking at some of the more eccentric random number generators available to gamers.
(20) Gary's Ghosts: Robert J Kuntz, compiling his memoirs of the early days of Dungeons & Dragons, shares some ghosts stories told to him by Gary Gygax.
1) I've still not managed to play Labyrinth Lord, which is irritating as it's based on my favourite incarnation of D&D.
ReplyDelete5) They've been talking about this film for years, and I'll only believe it when I see it.
10) Oh no...
15) Interesting. It was supposed to show on NBC, one of the major networks, but obviously someone had cold feet.
5) The world needs a good... no, a great Judge Dredd film that truly captures the grim humour of the comics (and doesn't show Joe's face!!!)
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