All through the month of June, my partner and I are creating a dating sim for the International Love Ultimatum Gamejam (#ilujam on Twitter and Tumblr). Want to know what goes into making a video game? I’ll be posting weekly updates in a structured development blog here. This week: Why are games so hard?—the role…
Get Your Game on Wednesday: All the sales
My June is becoming a whirlwind of activity, so it’s good to take few moments to think about gaming fun. This week, there’s the big game sales news, the Lego Avengers trailer, a new board game convention planned for DC and since I haven’t included any for a while, LARP. Put your feet up and…
Con Diaries: Stage Select Toronto
I’m not sure how I stumbled upon Stage Select, Toronto’s newest pop culture convention, but stumble I did, and dragged along my friend Trisha, my nephew Brandon, and his girlfriend Nadia. I purchased tickets well in advance, watching the fledgling convention’s website slowly build up its following and its program. Trisha and I are convention veterans,…
Review: Legenderry Red Sonja #4
Legenderry Red Sonja #4 Marc Andreyko (scripter), Juanan Ramirez (illustrator), Impacto Studios (colorist), Dave Lanphear (letterer) Cover by Sergio Davila & Ivan Nunes Dynamite June 3, 2015 (Note: This review contains some spoilers. Ginnis reviewed Legenderry Red Sonja #4 with an advanced review copy from Dynamite.)
Two Takes on An Ember in the Ashes
An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir Razorbill/Penguin April 2015 Breakout author Sabaa Tahir has been in book news quite a bit over the last few months. I first read about her when PRI successfully baited me into clicking on their headline, “Why ‘An Ember in the Ashes’ could launch Sabaa Tahir into JK Rowling territory.”…
Tank Girl Rides Again! – 21st Century Tankgirl Reviewed
21st Century Tank Girl #1 Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett (creators) Brett Parson Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Johnathan Edwards, Philip Bond (pencillers) Titan Comics June 2015 WWAC reviewed 21st Century Tank Girl #1 with an advanced review copy from Titan Comics.