John Scott Tynes: Transubstantiating the aether since 1995
Chaosium is doing a Kickstarter for a new edition of their Horror on the Orient Express campaign for Call of Cthulhu. I wasn’t a big fan of the campaign but it was quite a memorable production and I’m glad to see it making a triumphant return.
Horror on the Orient Express: A Chaosium Publication
A re-imagining of the iconic Horror on the Orient Express, originally released by Chaosium in 1991.
Dan Harms’ Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia is out now in a new ebook edition from Arc Dream. I’ll never forget seeing Dan get gunned down by a cultist during a panel at NecronomiCon years ago. My role in the event was to cry out in horror, “My God! They killed Dan Harms!”
The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia Now Available as eBook
That’s right! Arc Dream has acquired the electronic rights for The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia, and they’ve just released the eBook in time for GenCon! You can pick it up for the Kindl…
Ren & Stimpy fans take note: John Kricfalusi is doing a Kickstarter to fund a new George Liquor cartoon. You’ll get it for just $1 but for $30 you’ll get an original John K. sketch, which as you’ll see is the most popular option. It’s the one I went for. We need more crazed genius cartoons in the world.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1056985656/john-ks-cans-without-labels
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Zynga's COO steps down after being pushed to the sidelines
After being stripped of his responsibilities just last week, Zynga COO John Schappert has stepped down from the company and its board of directors, effective immediately.
Badass inventor Ralph Baer demonstrates functional home shopping, schoolwork, and videogames via cable TV in 1973. He plays his Pong videogame about six and a half minutes in and shows something I hadn’t seen before: an “English” control that lets you adjust the course of the ball in flight after you hit it. Pretty great stuff.
Video game inventor demonstrates multimedia box…in 1973
Home video game inventor Ralph Baer demonstrates the "All Purpose Box" in this rare video from nearly forty years ago, showing how even in the 1970s, video game consoles were thought to have potential beyond games.
The new issue of my H.P. Lovecraft RPG magazine, The Unspeakable Oath, is now available as an ebook. Grab it now while it’s just five bucks! Congrats to editor-in-chief Shane Ivey at Arc Dream Publishing for another outstanding issue.
The Unspeakable Oath 21 – Arc Dream Publishing | The Unspeakable Oath | Delta Green | RPGNow.com
The Unspeakable Oath 21 – Arc Dream Publishing is proud to present The Unspeakable Oath 21, the latest long-awaited installment in our more-o
EA drops the bomb and directly fingers ex-EA COO John Schappert for ripping off The Sims Social; I guess his revolving door at EA has been nailed shut. Their lawsuit document has extensive, convincing, and utterly unsurprising examples of Zynga’s copying of The Sims Social. I love their example of the green yoga mat with a white tree design, one of the many customizing items from Sims Social that is dutifully knocked off in The Ville.
Electronic Arts thinks Zynga went too far copying the design of its popular Sims series for Facebook game The Ville , and has filed a copyright infringement suit against the social game giant.
At long last, my award-winning Call of Cthulhu sourcebook Delta Green is available as an ebook! Along with the sequel, Delta Green: Countdown, and two of our short-story anthologies: Alien Intelligence and Dark Theatres. (Also available via print-on-demand if you want a nice hardcopy.)
Delta Green – Pagan Publishing | RPGNow.com
Delta Green – Welcome to America at the end of the millennium. Do you know who is pulling the strings? Delta Green knows. Things from
Stone Skin Press is a new fiction imprint managed by game designer Robin Laws. He’s doing some great high-concept anthologies, from new iconic heroes to action-movie H.P. Lovecraft to a thematic revival of Aesop’s Fables. They’re using Kickstarter to launch the line and you can get these great anthologies as ebooks.
The roster of authors is a who’s-who of RPG designers including Ken Hite, Rich Dansky, Dennis Detwiller, Rob Heinsoo, James Wallis, and many more. Including me — I’ve got a story in their book The New Hero vol. 2 that I can’t wait for people to read.
So please check out their Kickstarter and see what they’ve got. I think this is a really strong new fiction line from a talented editor.
It’s Gary Gygax Day! Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and one of the most colorful and imaginative game designers we’ve had.
July 27th – A day for Role Players throughout the world to celebrate the man that helped create one of the worlds greatest hobbies.