by ObiwanSpock | Apr 9, 2016 | awesome, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy art, NYCC, Sunday Linkage, Zackery Arbela
News you can use: http://collider.com/dungeons-and-dragons-movie-story/ We are the many…and apparently the famous: http://www.wbli.com/gallery/entertainment/morning-show/10-non-geeky-celebrities-admit-playing-dungeons-dr/gCMXr/ Case in point – Vin Diesel: The...
by ObiwanSpock | Apr 6, 2016 | awesome, ebooks, fantasy art, fantasy fiction, photo, publishing, pulp fiction, self-publishing, Zackery Arbela
Consider if you will the character of Conan the Barbarian. What image comes to mind when you think of him, RE Howard’s greatest creation? Chances are it is a fairly big, burly fellow with a pitiless face and dark lanky hair, wearing perhaps a few scraps of...
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...
by ObiwanSpock | Sep 1, 2012 | awesome, fantasy art, fantasy fiction, heavy metal
From an article by the now-defunct Cimmerian: Like a wizard and his staff, or a dragon and its gleaming horde, heavy metal/hard rock music and fantasy literature are an inseparable pair. I haven’t seen any statistics published on the subject, but fans of J.R.R....