Yearly Archives: 2018
Hellboy Game Leans into the Weirdest Adventures Big Red Has Been On
When Hellboy: The Board Game was announced earlier this year, I was immediately intrigued by how developer Mantic Games might translate the spirit of Big Red and his “Right Hand of Doom” onto the tabletop. After playing a round on the show floor of Gen Con 2018, it’s shaping up to be a lot of fun, and staying very true to its comic inspiration.
I got to play as Hellboy while IGN’s own Tom Marks controlled Abe as we took on the adaptation’s introductory mission. A ‘Case’ card with a story setup was read, explaining we were responding to a pretty routine disturbance -- which rarely ever end up being routine. As play began, our characters stepped into a small, stone-walled hallway, immediately coming face to face (or mini to mini) with some terrible frog monsters. Frog Monsters.
The 1981 Dark Tower Game Is Getting a Sequel
Publisher Restoration Games has announced that it will be creating a sequel to the classic 1981 board game Dark Tower.
Titled Return to Dark Tower, the sequel is expected to launch a Kickstarter sometime next year, and then release the year after that. The designers behind Return to Dark Tower are Isaac Childres and Rob Daviau, two of the top board game designers around right now.
Daviau created the extremely popular Legacy versions of Risk and Pandemic, while Childres is the creator of Gloomhaven -- the currently top rated game on BoardGameGeek that has sold roughly 120,000 copies.
The 1981 Dark Tower Game Is Getting a Sequel
Publisher Restoration Games has announced that it will be creating a sequel to the classic 1981 board game Dark Tower.
Titled Return to Dark Tower, the sequel is expected to launch a Kickstarter sometime next year, and then release the year after that. The designers behind Return to Dark Tower are Isaac Childres and Rob Daviau, two of the top board game designers around right now.
Daviau created the extremely popular Legacy versions of Risk and Pandemic, while Childres is the creator of Gloomhaven -- the currently top rated game on BoardGameGeek that has sold roughly 120,000 copies.
PAX West 2018 Releases Panel Line-Up
The line-up for PAX West 2018's panels and exhibitors was announced Monday, with tickets already being sold out for the Saturday and Sunday event days. PAX West will take place Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the Washington State Convention Center.
This year's panels include developers from Shadow of the Tomb Raider who will discuss the creation of the hidden city of Paititi, and Life is Strange 2 creators hosting a discussion and Q&A.
IGN will have its own panel, IGN Presents: Let's Rank the Top 10 Xbox One Games, on Friday, 8/31 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Wyvern Theatre. There, Tina Amini, Jonathon Dornbush, Tom Marks, Ryan McCaffrey, Miranda Sanchez, and brandin Tyrrel.
PAX West 2018 Releases Panel Line-Up
The line-up for PAX West 2018's panels and exhibitors was announced Monday, with tickets already being sold out for the Saturday and Sunday event days. PAX West will take place Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the Washington State Convention Center.
This year's panels include developers from Shadow of the Tomb Raider who will discuss the creation of the hidden city of Paititi, and Life is Strange 2 creators hosting a discussion and Q&A.
Jackbox Games will participate in a live panel and the Penny Arcade co-creators will being hosting several live sessions throughout the show.
The Omegathon tournament will return, where 20 PAX attendees will be put up against one another in a competition across a range of games, ending in a live championship during the show’s closing ceremonies.
Patrick Stewart Returning as Captain Picard Is the Best Thing to Happen to Star Trek in Decades
When the news came this weekend that Patrick Stewart will indeed be reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series for CBS All Access, the internet went crazy with PatStew love. The reaction to the announcement was overwhelmingly positive, and it showed just how important Star Trek: The Next Generation is not just to Trekkies but also to more mainstream audiences. And indeed, the reveal that Jean-Luc is returning is certainly one of the best things to happen to Star Trek in -- dare I say it? -- decades. Though, all the same, it’s also one of the riskiest moves the franchise has taken in some time.
Patrick Stewart Returning as Captain Picard Is the Best Thing to Happen to Star Trek in Decades
When the news came this weekend that Patrick Stewart will indeed be reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new Star Trek series for CBS All Access, the internet went crazy with PatStew love. The reaction to the announcement was overwhelmingly positive, and it showed just how important Star Trek: The Next Generation is not just to Trekkies but also to more mainstream audiences. And indeed, the reveal that Jean-Luc is returning is certainly one of the best things to happen to Star Trek in -- dare I say it? -- decades. Though, all the same, it’s also one of the riskiest moves the franchise has taken in some time.
FX’s What We Do in the Shadows Series Will Be ‘Bigger’ Than the Movie
When Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement wrote, directed and starred in offbeat vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows in 2014, the New Zealanders were perhaps best known for Clement's quirky series Flight of the Conchords and Waititi's indie darling Boy. In the years since, Clement has become one of the industry's most interesting performers thanks to breakout roles in FX's Legion and Disney's Moana, while Waititi has established himself as one of Hollywood's most visionary directors thanks to his franchise-saving take on Thor: Ragnarok.
Now they're adapting What We Do in the Shadows into a TV series for FX, shifting the narrative from Wellington to New York to tell a new story about three lazy vampires who have been roommates for hundreds of years.
FX’s What We Do in the Shadows Series Will Be ‘Bigger’ Than the Movie
When Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement wrote, directed and starred in offbeat vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows in 2014, the New Zealanders were perhaps best known for Clement's quirky series Flight of the Conchords and Waititi's indie darling Boy. In the years since, Clement has become one of the industry's most interesting performers thanks to breakout roles in FX's Legion and Disney's Moana, while Waititi has established himself as one of Hollywood's most visionary directors thanks to his franchise-saving take on Thor: Ragnarok.
Now they're adapting What We Do in the Shadows into a TV series for FX, shifting the narrative from Wellington to New York to tell a new story about three lazy vampires who have been roommates for hundreds of years.
Dave Bautista Wants To Leave Guardians Vol. 3 if Disney Doesn’t Use James Gunn’s Script
In addition to the news earlier today of Dave Bautista calling working for Disney post-James Gunn's firing nauseating, Shortlist has released an interview with more details from the Guardians of the Galaxy actor.
In the interview, Bautista, who plays Drax the Destroyer in the MCU, said he has asked Marvel to release him from his contract due to the firing of Gunn.