(Extra Life will be a weekly column highlighting a game that you may have missed when it was first released, and deserves a second chance at being played.) Blade Runner (PC) Released: November 21, 1997 Westwood Studios Why you probably missed it: Blade Runner kind of got lost in [...]
Raising children is difficult even in the best of times, but now that we’re constantly being hunted by zombies infected with The Virus, raising children can seem like a near impossibility. Don’t sweat it! With these tips you’ll be able to raise strong healthy children capable of carrying on the legacy of humanity in the [...]
SCARAB Gaming Convention is a relatively small con that is held just a few hours from my current hometown every January. This was my second time attending this con, because it was only the second SCARAB they’ve held. I don’t want to pretend this is a full review or “after action report” of the con, [...]
Better Late Than Never I’ve been running tabletop games almost continuously since 1981. I haven’t always been very good at it, but I truly enjoy it and have invested a great deal of time and energy into it over the past 30 or so years. Unfortunately, for a large portion of that time, I was [...]
Woo! Who doesn’t like inforgraphs? Everyone likes pretty pictures…While I was over at Alltop, this graphic caught my eye, so I thought I’d share it with you guys…interesting information.
So this just in from the crew over at Spartan Games. Big models for February! Check them all out at our Flickr page, but here are some quick highlights!
One of the most beloved comic characters of all time is of course Archie. It was the brain-child of John L. Goldwater and later fin tuned by Bob Montana. Archie first appeared in MLJ Magazines’ “Prep Comics” in 1941. By 1946 Archie became so popular that the publication was renamed Archie Comic Publications. It’s hard [...]
I stated playing D&D with the original blue books (can’t even say boxed set these days anymore, else some kid will think we’re talking Essentials). My friend Rodney introduced me to the wonderful world of sword and sorcery. Halflings were a class, fighters simply smashed stuff, and everyone knew mages sucked until level 3 or [...]
It seems that H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu mythos has seen an incredible revival in past few years. It’s everywhere. Fantasy Flight Games (FFG), creators of the card\board game Elder Signs has made an app version of the game available for iPad\iPhone called Elder Sign: Omens. As the license holders for Lovecraft’s works this is another in [...]
Okay we typically try and keep things pretty light and fun here at GC. However, in case you have been living under a rock for the past few days, or haven’t gone to Wikipedia to find out how to change your spark plugs, then you may be wondering just what the heck is up with [...]
