Review: FTL Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster than light was the second project I backed on Kickstarter when I was introduced to the site in March. Early last week, I was given access to the beta, two weeks before it’s scheduled...
View ArticleI’m a Backer: 10,000 Hours
Last week in ‘I’m a backer,’ we discussed the excellent (and nostalgic) project Underground Kingdom. It finished strong, beating it’s funding goal with a surge in the final 48 hours that put it over...
View ArticleCasual gamer review: Guild Wars 2 (part: the first)
I’m a gamer, but I lack the most valuable commodity a gamer can ask for: time to play games. I’m busy! I work a lot, and that sometimes means I travel far from my gaming PC. I’m also married, which is...
View ArticleReview: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (part 1)
The closest comic book in genre, if not plot, to our upcoming project – “The Wardenclyffe Horror” is “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” and its incredible sequels. Though I’m sure many of our...
View ArticleI’m a Backer: Mars Needs Mechanics
Last week we discussed the ambitious project, 10,000 hours and why I thought it was worth your money. It continues to hover at the half way point in its progress toward getting funded with a few days...
View ArticleReview: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (part 2)
It was the best of books, and the worst of books… Last week I told you about one of my favorites, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. This week I will continue the theme and tell you why that tired...
View ArticleCasual Gamer Review: Guild Wars 2 (Part the Second)
So, last week (alright, the week before last) I started a two-part review of Guild Wars 2, the latest massively multiplayer game to pique my fancy. In that review I discussed the PVE elements of the...
View ArticleComic Projects in Review
I have backed a wide variety of projects and though I have not received rewards for most of them at this point, they do appear in dribs and drabs. Most of them, I admit, are pretty long horizons, but...
View ArticleOnce More Into the Shadows: Shadowrun 5th Edition Review (Part 1)
Several months ago, I wrote a post about the “Year of Shadowrun”—a year of new releases and developments related to everyone’s favorite mash-up of cyberpunk, heist movies, and D&D inspired high...
View ArticleOnce More into the Shadows… Again: Shadowrun 5th Edition Review (Part 2)
In our last installment, I described several laudable features of 5th edition—elements that distinguish this edition from the previous. In this post, I want to look at the good, the bad, the ugly, and...
View ArticleMonday Miniatures: The Knee bone’s connected to the…
You know – the coloration of these things is remarkably similar to their xrayed namesakes. I’m sure that’s how it happened. Someone opened up the box of prototype miniatures, fresh from China, and...
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