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Eye of Vecna coming to the big screen?
The possibility of new Dungeons and Dragons film has popped up from time to time for years now (I last mentioned it here in February 2016). But it now looks like a new D&D film will be released in...
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Dark Rumblings for the Rise of Skywalker
Based on this review, The Rise of Skywalker sounds like a real mess.I’ve liked—but not loved—the recent movies well enough. They’ve certainly been an improvement over the prequels! However, the intense...
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The Watchmen HBO series is excellent
I wanted to mention this before being completely overwhelmed by the holidays and then forgetting to do so in the new year: HBO’s recent series The Watchmen is excellent and well worth your time.As I’ve...
View ArticleA brief reflection on the Witcher and the Mandalorian
So I've been watching "The Mandalorian" and "The Witcher" over the past couple of weeks, and enjoying both quite a bit. (I'm not done either yet, but probably will be by the end of this week.)I suspect...
View ArticleChristopher Tolkien RIP
J.R.R. Tolkien’s son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95.Namárië! Nai hiruvalyë Valimar.Nai elyë hiruva. Namárië!(More information available at The Tolkien Society and...
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No second season for the Watchmen
As I noted a couple of weeks ago, HBO's series The Watchmen is superb, almost a perfect sequel to the original comic series.Alas, it looks like there will be no second season. While the first season...
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A Lovecraft Cinematic Universe?
H.P. Lovecraft’s classic story, “The Colour Out of Space,” is one of my all-time favourites. So I’m relieved to see that the reviews for the new film based upon it, directed by Richard Stanley and...
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Happy Valentine's Day from HPL
H. P. Lovecraft (in a letter to J. Vernon Shea, 1934):"I didn't slop over in youthful romance, since I didn't believe -- and still don't -- in the existence of sentimental 'love' as a definite,...
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Some Thoughts on Greyhawk and the Golden Age of Gygax
I started an online Greyhawk campaign last autumn (as mentioned in this post). In preparation for it, I reread most of Gary Gygax’s classic World of Greyhawk campaign setting (the 1983 ‘gold box’...
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Max von Sydow RIP
Actor Max von Sydow has died at the age of 90.His performance in The Seventh Seal ensures his cinematic immortality. It’s one of the greatest films ever made, and von Sydow was perfect in it.But like...
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Gandalf the Existentialist
Some wise words from Gandalf the Grey for these dark days:“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo."So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not...
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Cubicle 7 to end Middle-earth RPG lines (Updated)
Some dramatic news out of Cubicle 7:We have some very unfortunate and unexpected news to share. Contractual differences arose recently which we have been unable to resolve, and so we have decided to...
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Salutations from Limbo
This was the scene from my family's cottage on the shore of Lake Huron (near Goderich, Ontario) this morning:My spouse and I are in quarantine here. The coast is largely devoid of people right now....
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Lyonesse is coming
The good folk at the Design Mechanism have received the proof copy of their forthcoming Lyonesse book:Lawrence Whitaker writes:“It's a big book – 510 pages in total – but this is a complete, standalone...
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JRR Tolkien: Procrastinator Extraordinaire?
This article — 'Did Tolkien Write The Lord of the Rings Because He Was Avoiding His Academic Work?' — is rather dense. However, it reveals that the good professor’s time spent procrastinating went into...
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Sail to Lyonesse today!
The Lyonesse role-playing game is now available! The system is based upon Mythras, adapted to Jack Vance’s classic fantasy setting.I’ve mentioned this book a number of timesbefore in this blog. It...
View ArticleLovecraft Country coming to HBO
Looks like HBO may have a something to fill the void left by The Watchmen and The Game of Thrones: it’s Lovecraft Country, a series based upon the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff.The novel has been on my ‘to...
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The Elite Hollywood Dungeons and Dragons Club
If you have seven minutes or so to kill you might enjoy this Variety story and video on “Hollywood’s Elite Dungeons and Dragons Club” (the sound quality of the video is better here). The Dungeon Master...
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Living a life of real value
I've mentioned it before here, but I'm a great fan of Existential Comics. And I quite liked today's strip (reproduced below).Just replace "playing video games" with "playing role-playing games" and I'm...
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Ian Holm sails to Valinor
The actor Ian Holm has passed away.Most readers of this blog no doubt will be familiar with Holm’s role as the android “Ash” in the original (and best) Alien film, as well as his portrayal of “Bilbo...
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