Recently, I've come to the realization that I really need to pay more attention to solo games. For me, gaming is as much a social activity as anything else. But… Read the rest of the article: Dustrunner, the super-cool Mad Max-like solo card game that fits in a mint tin
In this NBC News segment, they talk to biologist and wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin about an unusual spate of orca attacks on sailing vessels. In some cases, the boats were… Read the rest of the article: Researchers ponder why orcas attack boats
Simone Giertz's latest crazy challenge to herself was to make a robotic arm entirely out of stained glass. She got close. One of the more stress-prone components kept breaking. In… Read the rest of the article: Can you make a robot arm out of stained glass? Kinda.
"Cities in Dust," from Siouxsie and the Banshees' 1985 album, Tiderbox, is arguably one of the greatest goth rock dance tracks ever recorded. It's iconic. It's a classic. So, it's… Read the rest of the article: Garbage covers Siouxsie and the Banshees' classic "Cities in Dust"
Here's a pretty funny, and accurate, recipe for creating a Bauhaus song: 1. Stripped back drums on intro and verse. 2. Simple, sinister baseline. 3. Horror movie sounds on guitar… Read the rest of the article: How to compose a Bauhaus song in 1 minute
Years ago I was poking around on Instagram, looking for miniature painting and modeling tutorials, when I stumbled upon a painter named Malev Da Shinobi doing live tutorials — "paint… Read the rest of the article: Demon Ship: a solo, micro sci-fi horror game
Not really sure what to make of this trailer for a new Syd Barrett documentary. Piecing together his comet-like rise to pop stardom, his creative and destructive impulses, breakdown, exit… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for "Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd"
In this funny skit from the last episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, James gets visited by all of the other late night hosts as he tries… Read the rest of the article: James Corden gets visited by all of the other late night hosts as he sleeps
I've done a number of videos over the years about people making game terrain out of trash — usually kitchen trash (plastic containers, coffee stirring sticks, cereal cardboard, and the… Read the rest of the article: Making great game terrain from garbage found on the street
Last week, Gorillaz appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform their new song "Possession Island," featuring Beck. The song is off of Cracker Island, their eight studio album. Besides Beck,… Read the rest of the article: Gorillaz and Beck's gorgeous, haunting "Possession Island"
Seven years ago, game designer Mike Hutchinson had several titles he was developing. One was a miniatures-agnostic "rank and flank" fantasy battles game, called Hobgoblin. The other was a post-apocalyptic… Read the rest of the article: Hobgoblin is a "brutal combat" tabletop fantasy battles game from Gaslands' Mike Hutchinson
When I moved across the country in 2021, I sold off many of my vintage games and RPG books. I am still stinging from that experience. I had come to… Read the rest of the article: A look back at Tyranid Attack and other vintage Games Workshop board games
Almost a year ago, our pal Jimmy DiResta tore up the 100-year-old porch on his upstate New York house to build a new one. Rather than throwing away the lovely… Read the rest of the article: Jimmy DiResta turns his 100-year-old front porch into a lake boat
In this Dicebreaker video, Maddie Cullen previews 20 RPGs coming to the tabletop this year. The Monty Python game, which blew up on Kickstarter, will be released. We will also… Read the rest of the article: 20 RPGs to look for in 2023
This week, metal icons Metallica have been the musicians in residence on Jimmy Kimmel Live! In a cute skit for the show, the four musicians went to the Bob Baker… Read the rest of the article: Metallica become actual masters of puppets
In this Dungeon Craft video, Professor Dungeon Master shares his thoughts on the recent D&D Creators Summit (where some 30 D&D content creators were invited to Wizards of the Coast… Read the rest of the article: Making sense of Wizards of the Coast's recent and somewhat bewildering Creator Summit
The Party is a new D&D-themed web comedy series from Margaret Borchert, Geneva Willis, and Tori Chancellor. When a double-dealing newbie joins their D&D campaign, five friends are jolted out… Read the rest of the article: The Party, a new D&D-themed web comedy series
On guitarist Adrian Belew's Facebook page, he shared this hysterical story about a surly encounter between David Bowie and Frank Zappa: In 1978 I did my first tour of Europe… Read the rest of the article: Frank Zappa to David Bowie: "F••• you, Captain Tom"
Nora Forster, German rock music promoter and wife of Sex Pistol and PiL founder John Lydon, is dead at 80 after years of battling Alzheimer's. The New York Times: Forster,… Read the rest of the article: Nora Forster, German music promoter and wife of John Lydon, dead at 80
Last October, at an event at The Magic Bag in Ferndale, Michigan, Robert Fripp was asked how he and bassist John Wetton (King Crimson, Uriah Heap, Asia, U.K., Roxy Music)… Read the rest of the article: Robert Fripp's touching remembrance of King Crimson bassist John Wetton
