Winter is Coming… in May

I’ve heard bits and pieces about the upcoming Game of Thrones (roleplaying game) over the last year or so. Nothing much but just the topic alone caught my interest; I’m a huge fan of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R.R. Martin (and the HBO series is pretty good, too… though… Read More »

Kickstart The Banner Saga

About a month ago, I posted about a new Austin-based studio called Stoic Studio which is making a game called The Banner Saga. As is all the rage as of late, they started a Kickstarter for this project and added a video to it: [tbsksvid][/tbsksvid] Granted, I’m being a little sarcastic about “all the rage”… Read More »

Vengeance Must Be Served

[imgright]https://seandahlberg.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ghost_rider_150x109.jpg[/imgright]I can’t say I’m a hardcore comic book collector, because I’m not. But, while growing up, there were a few titles that I thoroughly enjoyed. I think it all started with the Uncanny X-Men 138 and then I added a few others over the years. I was always into the dark and anti-heroes so when… Read More »

Least I Could Do

I have found one of my new favorite webcomics: Least I Can Do. While it does have somewhat of a geeky vibe, it is unlike most of the other ones on my list and doesn’t directly relate to gaming. The primary theme of the strip is sexuality, especially the promiscuity of the primary character, Rayne… Read More »

The Death of Ashen Temper

For those of you just tuning it, today it was announced that I have left Stray Bullet Games, LLC. Also, if you’re into Shadowbane lore or even just a good story, Sam aka Meridian published the first part of the Death of Ashen Temper. Today has been very surreal so far. Many of the people… Read More »

So You Read Message Boards For a Living?

Kill Ten Rats posted this on their site so I am just going to give you a snippet of it then have you go read it. It’s a good read: MMO community managers have an ugly job. Public relations is never the cakewalk that it seems from the outside, but dealing with the teeming internet… Read More »

Ashen On Vacation

Due to the fact that my last official work day was May 15th and the next one isn’t until June 1st, I decided to take advantage of the “free” time and I am out-of-state for a bit. I’ll be back soon but I doubt I’ll be checking the forums or my email or things much… Read More »

Game Angst

The following was written by HaemishM on his new site Game Angst: This is the end of something and the beginning of something quite like it. I started writing for the “rant site” Waterthread.org back in September of 2002, after a first abortive attempt to write something for Player2Player.net that is probably better lost to… Read More »

Africa: E3 2006 Preview

While at E3 2006, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tracy Spaight of Rapid Reality thanks to MMORPG.com. After being fashionably late with my write-up, Dana posted it as quickly as possible. Here’s a short excerpt: Having a strong Shadowbane background, I brought up the question of what will happen if a large… Read More »