A nostalgic anecdote and look back at 80s tabletop RPG, Star Frontiers, what fun it was while it lasted, and comparisons to other RPGS of the time. Recently, while cleaning out the garage I ran into something I’d completely forgotten about. Finding this book touched off a wave of bittersweet nostalgia for me. 80s tabletop […]
Is Disney Abandoning California?
Disney may be abandoning their Animation Studio in Burbank, California. There was an all-hands emergency meeting at Disney Animation Studios Burbank, in California. They started the meeting by telling the animators that no one at Burbank was being laid off. Which probably means that everyone is being laid off. RELATED: Fans In Disbelief At Salvador Larroca’s […]
The Death of Disney Animation Part III
We delve into Disney’s history with computer-generated animation, in particular regarding John Lasseter and his contributions. If there is one thing that Disney-trained executives universally fail at, it is processing bad news that will remain bad news. No matter how bad some event is, Disney-trained execs are always going to try and find “a spoonful […]
RE:Play – F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. from Monolith Studios clearly had three major influences. Creepy Little Japanese Girl films, John Carpenter and John Woo. The funny part is that for once, Monolith hadn’t set out to create a horror game, they were focused on Hong Kong action films like Hard Boiled, where every single prop on the set exists solely […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: Zom 100
The first book in Zom 100 is technically a zombie story, and I’m not typically a zombie fan, but in this case, it managed to work. I don’t like victim horror, and zombie fiction leans heavily into that. There also tends to be a very strong nihilistic bent to it. I might perk up my ears […]
RIP Carl Weathers
In tragic nes today, Carl Weathers is confirmed dead via a press release from his agent. According to Deadline: “Carl Weathers, who turned charisma, talent, hard work, and athleticism into a 50-year acting career, died today at 76. Weathers studied theater in college, where he also played football. He parlayed the latter into a brief NFL career […]
Video Game Cheap Thrills: Boltgun
In all honesty, this Boltgun was not made for me. I am not a Warhammer 40,000 fan. When I was first made aware of it back in the late 1980s, I thought it looked really interesting. Then I saw how much money it seemed to suck out of its fans. “Even in debt, I still serve.” I didn’t have […]
Universal Officially Announces They Will be Eating Disney’s Lunch With New Theme Park
Universal is buying a mega theme park, which is rumored to be a Disneyworld killer with the billions that Bob Iger will be paying them for Hulu (which he is incidentally shutting down and rolling into Disney+. That’s some 4D chess Bob). I realize there are a few pixie dusters out there that have been […]
Is Disney Really buying Electronic Arts?
A business analysis of how and why companies get bought out and whether Disney can or should buy Electronic Arts soon. In a recent argument on X, a rumor came about where someone mentioned that this might be a real possibility. “Oh, yeah? Then why is Disney buying EA Games?” the person said. Now this […]
The Top 7 Earth Trek Television Shows of the Seventies
Today we examine some interesting sci-fi television shows of the Seventies, which are often called Earth Trek, due to a resemblance to Star Trek, but on Earth. Somewhere in the 1970s… Old-Timey TV Exec: This sci-fi crap is going to be huge I tells ya, HUGE! This new generation of retards born after 1965 can’t get enough […]
The Death of Disney Animation Part 2 of 3
For Part 2, we delve into the history of Disney’s classic animation and his pioneering films. If Walt Disney’s animated films begin with, “Once upon a time there was a…” Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl fleeing from an evil queen, into the woods… Once upon a time there was a little […]
Who is Rorschach’s Father? That is The Question!
You’re probably familiar with Rorschach from Watchmen, but let’s take a look at the true origins of where the character came from. “The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder […]
