by ObiwanSpock | Apr 3, 2016 | awesome, book review, Dungeons & Dragons, ebooks, publishing, pulp fiction, self-publishing, Zackery Arbela
“Almost time to die, you maggots!” The chief jailer whacked his baton against the iron bars of the cells, laughing as several of the inmates scrambled back. “That’s right, practice your shakin’! The mob expects a good show, don’t...
by ObiwanSpock | Mar 26, 2016 | awesome, Dungeons & Dragons, fan fic, fantasy, publishing, pulp fiction, Sunday Linkage, The Tale of Azaran, tunes, Zackery Arbela
A man finds a portal to a magical dimension behind a Burger King and finds himself in a land populated by monsters adventurers and wizards…which he interviews via a weak transdimensional wifi. If that’s not the perfect premise for a podcast, then life has...
by ObiwanSpock | Mar 20, 2016 | awesome, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy, Sunday Linkage
Interesting fantastickal treasures and jewels from across the Interweb’s: MAR Barker’s classic game (might write an article about it some day…) “Based on Tékumel, and a classic in roleplaying game history. “ The end of Warhammer Fantasy and another...
by ObiwanSpock | Mar 15, 2016 | awesome, fantasy, sword and sorcery
In the last post, we had a look at the best of the worst – movies in the fantasy genre that are examples of so-bad-it’s-good…or just plain bad. But that is only part of the story. Even though the genre has a whole has a rather spotty record when it comes...
by ObiwanSpock | Mar 12, 2016 | awesome, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy, fantasy art, scifi, sword and sorcery, Uncategorized
With the imminent arrival of the next season of Game of Thrones, the time has come to take a look back at the cinematic past of the genre. The original idea was to put down a list of the best in fantasy-related cinema out there, but that was scrapped when I realized...
by ObiwanSpock | Feb 24, 2016 | awesome, Dungeons & Dragons, ebooks, fantasy, fantasy art, heavy metal, self-publishing, sword and sorcery, Zackery Arbela
There is a tendency within all parts of popular culture for division and subdivision. What starts out s simple becomes more complex as people focus on minor differences and build on them to create something new. Take music for example…Black Sabbath creates heavy...