The Writers Helpers: Fantasy Names
Having recently been on the topic of names, I figured I’d talk a little about creating them. One troubling thing that comes with writing a fantasy, sci-fi or futuristic piece is coming up with character names. If your story is set on a distant planet, it’s not very likely…
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Need Help From Those Who Know Comics!
[The short version of what follows: If you see images from Marvel comics come across your dash, send them my way. Specifics down below.]
So, as many of you know, I’ve been working on a set of Marvel themed Tarot cards. Not for profit, obviously, just for fun. Recently, I decided I was going to print off a set as a gift for a friend, unfinished though the deck is, but I discovered that my previous version was made too small for proper printing. I had to redo the whole thing, which was actually pretty fun, but I couldn’t find some of the images I had before so I have even fewer cards than I started with.
I’ve decided to, finally, reach out to Tumblr for help with the remaining cards. I’ve got most of the Major Arcana, and a lot of the Minor Arcana, but there’s a full list of the cards I need and what I’m looking for in the images under the “Read More”. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. This is a project almost a decade in the making, and it would be nice to finally call it done. Thank you.
Rachel Edidin, editor of Dark Horse Comics staged a revolution to try and usurp the so-called “idiot nerd girl” meme. I find this delightful.
I reblog this every time I see it. Because YES.
“The Players”
A collaboration between Jon Grasseschi (lineart) and me (color)!
If you’re in the Seattle area around March 1-3, you can buy this as a print at ECCC from Jon (table P-08)! I won’t be there this year, unfortunately. :C Maybe next time~
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one of many reasons i’m over 200 hours in and haven’t finished
Katie Couric's Ridiculous Take on Video Games
I’m aware it’s not going away any time soon, but I’m sick to death of this idea that video games are to blame for violence. When a kid plays a video game for 72 hours straight, that’s a failure of the parent. When a kid owns and plays violent video games, that’s a failure of the parent. Japan, Canada, Australia … they all have violent video games, but a great deal less violence than the U.S. Clearly, it’s not the violence in video games, alone, that’s causing the problem. Violent video games, just like violent movies, have their place and it is not in the hands of children, especially if that intake is not being supervised.
I love video games, and I’ve played them all my life (since Atari and some of the earliest computer games). There was less to worry about (in terms of violent content) then, but my parents still restricted the amount of time I was allowed to play in a sitting. I still play games on a regular basis and there are many ways in which they make my life better. They allow me to relax or refocus or even shut off my brain for a little while (which is important when your brain tends toward overactive). The video games I play now are more violent than what I played as a kid, but so are the movies and tv shows I watch and the books I read. The games I like tend to be the ones that have good stories. They’re just like books and movies, but interactive. A kind of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure movie. In and of themselves, video games (even the violent ones) are not bad.
The problem, as with so many things, are parents who don’t parent. They don’t make themselves educated about the games their kids are playing and they don’t set limits. You can’t control what they do when they’re over at a friend’s house. That’s the responsibility of the other parents. But you can damn well exert some control over what’s happening in your own house.
I dont blame the kids and I don’t blame video games. I blame parents who utterly fail at their job.
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Green Lantern by Robert Hough
“Transcending history and the world….a tale of swords and souls eternally retold” —cue orchestra
Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Hilda Knott would like to have a word with you. And perhaps a game.
The 85-year-old British gamer has been mashing buttons for 40 years — roughly the life of the video game industry – and is showing no signs of slowing down.
We’re not talking about just a bunch of boring PC card games, either. In a video interview with the BBC, Knott, who turns 86 next month, shows off her formidable gaming setup, including a sweet 65-inch HDTV and a brand new Playstation 3 Superslim. She discusses her love of Grand Theft Auto IV, which she had a “hilarious” time playing with her 94-year-old-aunt.
Knott acknowledges that her deep love of gaming has helped her stay mentally fit, because “a lot of them have puzzles, working out how to do something.”
She isn’t joking, either, as the video shows her playing the niche tactical role-playing game, Disgaea 4. That’s hardcore. This lady is a gamer, through and through.
And while many of her fellow octogenarians credit games like Wii Sports for keeping them physically active, Knott’s favorite part about playing video games will sound more familiar to the Halo crowd.
“Finding something new in the game,” she says. “Getting on to the next stage, or the next event. And the achievement of finishing it.”
With 40 years of gaming under her belt, we imagine she’s finished quite a few. Hats off to you, Hilda!
I salute you.
Hilda Knott is now the Mother of Gaming
Wonder Woman by Alex Ross
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Medieval Batman and Aquaman Cosplay
Armor by Samuel Lee
Um, WHAT.
