by ObiwanSpock | Mar 28, 2016 | Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy, scifi, tv, Zackery Arbela
So, The Shannara Chronicles just ended and Game of Thrones is coming. Yet again, fantasy shows its weakness when it comes to the small screen. Sci-fi has a long history of success when it comes television. Star Trek (in all its incarnations) Firefly, Battlestar...
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 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...
by ObiwanSpock | Apr 19, 2015 | awesome, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy, fantasy art, gaming, pulp fiction, sword and sorcery
The 5th Edition of that most venerable of RPG’s came out a few months back. After playing in a six month campaign using the new PHB, I come away well pleased by the results. Not that it’s perfect (The skills and backgrounds setup still doesn’t make...
