(1) The Vorpal Blade Went Snicker-Snack: Timed perfectly to coincide with Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, Skirmisher Publishing has released an OGL roleplaying supplement inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll.(2) Guide To Homebrewing: Scott Wallace of Critical-Hits.Com presents a "beginners guide to homebrewing" (roleplaying games... not beer!)
(3) The Shape Of Things To Come? A round-up of new series and pilots in the works that may, one day, become our new 'must see' TV obsession.
(4) Alien Vs Ninja: Coming from Japan this year to rock your world... need we say more?
(5) JMS Takes The Reins: J. Michael Straczynski, the father of Babylon 5, takes over writing duties on both Superman and Wonder Woman in July. Let's hope his stories get treated with a bit more respect than they did at Marvel!
(6) Being Superheroes: The brains behind the hugely popular Being Human are now turning their attention to superheroes with a new drama called Orphans.
(7) Felicia Day Sees Red: Geek idol Felicia Day will be playing a werewolf-hunting descendant of Little Red Riding Hood in the movie Red, which comes to SyFy in the States in 2011.
(8) Tron Legacy: Check out the first stylish trailer for this long-awaited sequel.
(9) Floatin' In The 'Verse: Actor/comedian Patton Oswalt is penning a one-shot comic, set in the Firefly 'Verse after Serenity, Float Out, looking at the aftermath of Wash's death.
(10) Firefly Lovers Reunited In Warehouse: Dr Simon Tam aka Sean Maher is reuniting with his sweetheart from the 'Verse, Kaylee Frye aka Jewel Staite, for an episode of Warehouse 13.
(11) Logical Move: Logic, the new single from Australian wunderkind pop band Operator Please is now available through iTunes UK.
(12) Add That To The Laundry List: Charles Stross' Laundry Files novels are being adapted into a Basic Roleplaying system game for Cubicle 7 and will be released as a standalone game in July.
(13) Proud Display: Writer Tony Lee reveals the cover of his forthcoming Pride & Prejudice & Zombies graphic novel, which is due out in early May.
(14) Gen Con UK Dead: Sadly, the UK version of Gen Con won't be happening this year - or anytime in the near future.
(15) Guardians No More: It looks as though my favourite Marvel title, Guardians Of The Galaxy, is going on 'hiatus' in April to make way for The Thanos Imperative. Let's hope this isn't a permanent 'hiatus'!
(16) Kick-Ass Signing: Mark Millar and John Romita Jr are signing Kick-Ass books at London's Forbidden Planet on March 21.
(17) Space 1889 Taking Off: Pinnacle's Savage Worlds version of the classic Space 1889 is heading to the printers and should be on sale early this Summer.
(18) No Beatles For You: Countries outside of Europe will not see the short clip of The Beatles performing on Top Of The Pops that features in the recently released Classic Doctor Who story The Chase, for legal reasons.
(19) Microlite20's New Owner: The rights to compact gaming system Microlite20 have been sold to Seth Drebitko of LeFayIndustries.
(20) Avatar Redux: Plans are afoot for a rerelease of Avatar later this year with 10 minutes of extra footage.
(21) Apes Prequel Has Director: Rupert Wyatt has been named as the director for the Planet Of The Apes prequel, although no release date for the movie has yet been set.
(22) It's Miller Time: Writer/artist/film director Frank Miller has launched his own website - with the first entry being a tribute to the late Brittany Murphy, who he worked with on Sin City.
(23) Get Some Leverage: The latest licensed roleplaying game from Margaret Weis Productions is based on the hit US TV show Leverage.
(24) Don't Be Oblivious: Reality Blurs and 12 to Midnight have joined forces to promote the Savage Worlds horror-espionage setting Agents Of Oblivion.
(25) Welcome To Toyland: Check out the trailer for Toyland, a documentary about the people who invent toys and the multi-billion dollar toy industry. It debuts at the Sarasota Film Festival, April 11.
(26) Fincher Gets Heavy: David Fincher's animated Heavy Metal movie is moving ahead with James Cameron and Zack Snyder on board to direct segments.
(27) Italian Spirit: Evil Hat's pulp roleplaying game Spirit Of The Century gets an artistic makeover for its Italian release.
(28) Broomsticks At The Ready: The first scenario module for Witch Girl Adventures, The Pirates Of Buccaneer Hill, is now available in pdf format.
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Sad to hear about GenConUk. I only attended one of them, 1998 I think back in the Wizards of the Coast days, at Loughborough.
I was helping demo a fantasy wargame at the time so didn't get much gaming done!
I did sculpt the trophies that were presented at Gen Con UK 5 or 6 years ago. I guess they are real collectors items now!
Personally I can only recall going to one at Camber Sands, many years ago, with Pete and Nick. But had always hoped to go back - Reading isn't that far from here (and Rachel's got friends there she could have visited) but I guess my procrastination means I'll never get to a Gen Con now!
6) Interesting. I can't help but feel that it's a crowded genre, what with Heroes (although that won't be around for long), and E4's superheroes-with-ASBOs Misfits, but if the writing and performances are as good as in Being Human.
12) This will make a nice counterpoint to the overly serious Delta Green, I think.
15) I think that's the end, sadly. We're seeing quite a few titles going on "hiatus" of late.
20) Still haven't seen the original. Not sure I will if they're Lucasising it already.
21) Er... why?
23) This strikes me more as a sourcebook for handling confidence tricksters than a game in itself.
26) This is interesting. The original was not great, but it had a lot of potential. I do wish they'd gone for more interesting directors though.
6) There's always room for new additions to a genre if the writing and acting are up to scratch, and like you say it's got a very good pedigree.
23) Having read a review it appears to be more of a Story Game makeover of the Cortex system (as good as a whole new game system really) with much more emphasis on Forge-style ethics than the original Cortex games.
Can't see it being a hit with Cortex players as it mucks about too much with the original system, but maybe the "indie games" crowd will embrace it.
Yes, I seem to have left my point about Being Human drift off incomplete there, but you understood my meaning!
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