Mar 16, 2012

Joss Whedon and fanboy favorite, actress Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse, The Guild), just landed a guest spot on the April 27 episode of Supernatural, TV Guide reported Thursday. The actress, known as the “geek goddess” for her real-life love of role-playing games, will play the title character in the episode, The Girl with the...

Aug 25, 2010

Meet Milo – he’s an 11-year-old boy who lives inside a computer. Developed by Microsoft, Milo is actually a computer program who apparently experiences emotions and interacts with you via ears (microphone) and eyes (a stereo video camera). Developed by Peter Molyneux and a team of [...]

Aug 4, 2008

My husband runs a game called Exalted. It’s a great role playing game and in many ways is a story of tragedy. You have the power of gods but all the exalted have been cursed. The Great Curse over time changes your greatest virtues and twists them into something else. So, Kenlon is a fabulous Game Master, and I’m not just saying that because...

Funcom’s Multi Award-Winning MMO Receives the Green Light from Microsoft DURHAM, N.C.–Funcom announces that ‘Age of Conan’ is approved for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console. The announcement means that the highly anticipated Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO) has received the green light from Microsoft, and that Funcom can start official...

Jan 17, 2006

Details of the first expansion of the popular GuildWars MMPORPG were announced Tueday. To be called GuildWars: Factions, the expansion pack will bring in two new professions: the Assassin and the Ritualist. The expansion also will bring in new skills, new lands and a major expansion of the player-versus-player (PVP) part of the...

Oct 25, 2005

A new web site launched that may be of interest to role-playing fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover series of books. Called The Red Sun, the fan-crafted site launched over the weekend. The RPG uses a blend of in-character message board posts and fan fiction to build the player-generated storylines. The game is open to the public to create user...