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DM’s Curtain: Winding the Wheels Again
Nick | October 29, 2009
The first in a new series of articles! Nick offers his insights on creating a new 4th Edition D&D campaign.
Interview: Sidewise Author Dwight L. MacPherson Part One: Why Do Webcomics?
Papa Llama | October 29, 2009
Earlier in the summer, the 8-page webcomic “pilot” Sidewise by writer Dwight L. MacPherson and artist Igor Noronha won the monthly competition for a year-long contract to continue the series through DC Comic’s online division, Zuda Comics. Now, after Zuda’s normal three-month post-competition hiatus, Sidewise has returned for another 12 months and 52 more pages.
We love time [...]
Interview: Ti West (Dead & Lonely, House of the Devil) Pt. 2
Alex Langley | October 28, 2009
Previous posts:
Review: Dead & Lonely on IFC.com
Interview: Ti West (Dead & Lonely, Cabin Fever II) Pt. 1
Spoilers! If you’ve been watching the IFC web series Dead & Lonely, then you’ve seen episode one end with a view of the red haired girl Lee’s fangs identifying her to us as the vampire and episode two end [...]
Interview: Ti West (Dead & Lonely, Cabin Fever II) Pt. 1
Alex Langley | October 26, 2009
Last week I spoke with Ti West who created, wrote, and directed Dead & Lonely.
Dead & Lonely: “IFC Original five episode web series DEAD & LONELY, written, produced and directed by cult indie horror filmmaker Ti West (The Roost, Trigger Man, The House Of The Devil) premieres on IFC.com today at noon ET/PT. Each additional episode will air every night this week on IFC.com at noon. In this series, two lonely Los Angeles singles are brought together via an Internet dating website called DateOrDie.net. The only problem is that one of them is a vampire.”
Review: Dead & Lonely on IFC.com
Papa Llama | October 23, 2009
I watched the series already. It really is worth your time. It has humor, it has tension, and it has some surprises along the way. In the brief time you have to get to know these characters, you can actually come to care about what happens to them and how. Each five-minute episode ends with a vampire-related cliffhanger until they reach their big finish. I will warn, though: If you watch that first episode while hoping to see the girl drop her towel, you’ll be disappointed. The whole thing is fit for broadcast TV.
Forum Fridays: House Rules
Nick | October 23, 2009
This is just a compilation of house rules I found on a thread called “What are your house rules?” where people listed short and sweet summaries of what kind of stuff they do in their D&D campaigns. Here, I’m going to break down why I think some are pretty nifty, to pretty mediocre, to pretty stupid.
Ranger Across the Tabletop
Nick | October 21, 2009
The Ranger is one of my favorite classes. In 3rd Edition is was far too easy to crank their damage up to 11 by picking a few select feats and making sure to have a nice attack bonus. What made them really wonderful was part of what made the Paladin wonderful. They were a class that could physically attack their target but had more options because of their access to spells. A lot of people love these guys because of some classic characters in literature that were Rangers, guys like Aragorn or Drizzt.
Interview: Blitz (Ted Dawson, Zuda Competitor)
Papa Llama | October 21, 2009
As fans of older comics, we’re always looking for comics that remind us of the classics, whether that means in terms of story, setting, or artistic style. This month’s Zuda Comics competiton from DC Comics includes two black-and-white comics – one currently at #1 in the contest and the other at #10, bookending the ranks. While Pluck [...]
Dungeon Master’s Guide 2 Review
Nick | October 20, 2009
It’s understandable to see how they would fill new Player’s Handbooks and Monster Manuals, but another DMG? Read the review to find out how they do it…
Forum Fridays: A New Series of Articles
Nick | October 16, 2009
I peruse the D&D forums a fair amount. There’s a lot on mix-max theories, home-brewed rules, and arguments why something new introduced in a supplemental book or magazine is lame or breaks the game. It’s a lot of people obsessing over theoretical nonsense instead of what makes the game actually fun or interesting. Forum Fridays brings you the gems that I manage to find in the desolate wasteland that is the official D&D forums.
A review of the 4th Power Project (so far)
Nick | October 15, 2009
Dave Chalker (calls himself “The Game” on this website) has taken it upon himself to translate d20 Modern into 4th Edition D&D’s set of rules, using the minimization of options as his guideline for gameplay. See what he’s been up to in this review!
Interview: Pluck Creators Gabe White and John Amor (Zuda Competitors)
Papa Llama | October 14, 2009
After Walter Williams, creator of danger-prone clay hero Mr. Bill, became a full-time staff writer for Saturday Night Live, he said writers would arm wrestle to see whose skits would air. Instead of making online cartoonists arm wrestle, each month DC Comics’s Zuda line of online comics pits the creators of 10 different 8-page webcomics [...]