We’re recovering from what could have been a disastrous glitch: the server that carries the content for this blog and all others of The Podcast Network went down, hard. However, due to the diligence of the ISP technicians and the clearly communicated, forceful efforts of Cameron and the other TPN staffers (thanks a bunch, guys!), [...]

The summer heat is beginning to be felt here in April: Comic-book movies are already jockeying for position. Next month sees the release of Iron Man, the Robert Downey Jr. starrer. And a few weeks later we get another Marvel comics release: The Incredible Hulk.
Everything about this new Hulk film seems to be in reaction [...]

SCENE: The rec room in a basement of a suburban home.
At a table strewn with lead figurines and hex-graph paper sit FOUR PLAYERS and a DUNGEON MASTER, behind his dragon-emblazed standing folder.
DUNGEON MASTER: Did you hear about Gygax?
JAPHETH BLIGH (8th-level warrior): What’s that? A troll? I’m taking out my +5 Longsword–
HELVETICA the MEDIUM (6th-level Cleric) [...]

Halo 3: It’s a phenomenon. It’s a virus. I work with a guy who bought Halo 3 yesterday morning and today, he’s not there: he has been struck with a mysterious illness. I expect I’ll see him tomorrow, glassy-eyed, twitchy, and with a mild case of carpel-tunnel syndrome.
In the world of motion pictures, they love [...]