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Game Geeks #35 Delta Green: Eyes Only by Pagan Publishing

The third Delta Green book, coming soon. I am so glad that I pre-ordered mine when I still had money.

Can't wait for it to hit the mail.

Rogue cell phone has 911 on redial

A rogue cell phone is not accepting calls, but it sure likes to dial 911 operators in eastern Iowa.

Operators at the Black Hawk County Consolidated Communications Center said that they received about 400 calls from the same cell phone last week and that no one seems to be on the other line.

Sienna Miller signs up for 'G.I. Joe'

Sienna Miller is the first thesp to enlist in Paramount Pictures' big-budget tentpole 'G.I. Joe.'

British actress will play the film's female lead, described as a raven-haired baroness and sexy femme fatale skilled in espionage.

Fear of Girls©: Episode 2

"Tactical stupidity must be punished."

Doctor Who - Time Crash

Suburban Glamour

It might be a little behind to review this now but I have only just recently picked up the issue. Suburban Glamour is the first issues of the new comic by artist/writer Jamie McKelvie. Jamie McKelvie has come to prominence as the artist for the Long Hot Summer and Phonogram mini-series that have been previously available through Image Comics. Suburban Glamour is a creator owned book also made available through Image Comics.

Suburban Glamour is a 24 page full-color comic book.

Like Phonogram before it (created with co-writer Kieron Gillen) this comic could best be qualified as being a part of the modern fantasy genre, with much similar to novels such as Moon Called by Patricia Briggs, or a television series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. McKelvie's work is probably similar in tone to Buffy, as it also features teenage/young adult characters and has a great deal of pop culture referencing inside of it (like Phonogram most of that referencing is of a musical variety).

Suburban Glamour is a strong work, and demonstrates that McKelvie is a capable writer, in addition to having a very clean illustrating style. I have to admit that I first picked up Phonogram on the strength of the McKelvie's artwork, although recommendations from other like fan-favorite author Warren Ellis didn't hurt either. However, for me, one of the main flaws with Suburban Glamour comes from having a familiarity with McKelvie's previous work on that. From a character design standpoint, the main characters of the book (particularly Astrid and Chris) are very similar to the characters of David Kohl and Emily from Phonogram. Too similar in my opinion, to a point of distraction at times. Although having the art in Suburban Glamour in color does have some differences from the black and white art of Phonogram.

The story so far, taking into consideration that this is the first of a four issue mini-series, seems to be a simple coming of age story about the main character of Astrid, a "typical" British teenager. The supernatural elements, much like a modern faery tale, are what make this story anything but typical. However, I do not want to give away too much of the story away, as that would take away the discovery of the story on it's own. Suffice it to say, this issue should appeal to fans of modern fantasy or modern faery tales.

From a gaming standpoint, I can see this comic having an appeal to game masters and players of White Wolf's recent Changeling the Lost game. It would also be of interest to those who play Eden Studio's Witchcraft or Buffy games. I can see easily adapting this story to Witchcraft, perhaps it being the story of newly awakening Gifted characters.

All in all, I was very impressed with this first issue of Suburban Glamour and highly recommend picking up a copy. And if you enjoy Suburban Glamour I wholeheartedly recommend picking up a copy of the Phonogram trade paperback as well.

Delta Green: Eyes Only Updates

We're all waiting impatiently for Delta Green: Eyes Only to reach the warehouse so we can start shipping it to customers.

The books were due at our warehouse near Buffalo, New York on Friday, November 16. Due to congestion in the east coast warehouses the shipment got stuck in Atlantic City for a few days.

As of Thursday, November 15 they hadn't yet reached the Buffalo terminal, where they'll be transferred to a local carrier for delivery to our warehouse. The freight rep said it ought to arrive any day now after the final leg from Atlantic City.

As soon as I hear that the books have arrived, I'll post word here.

Thanks for your patience! I think everybody's going to be very happy with Eyes Only.

Hasbro Recruits New GI Joe License Suitors

Hasbro has solicited proposals from potential publishers of the next G.I. Joe comic book license beginning this past summer, and will be making a decision on a licensee sometime after the end of this month, Newsarama confirmed Friday morning.

Buzz in industry circles began to grow in recent weeks suggesting the license, which has been with Devil’s Due Publishing since 2001, was in play. Asked the status of license Friday, Mike Surabian, a representative of Hasbro’s public relations agency Hunter PR, confirmed it was indeed up fro grabs, telling Newsarama, 'The G.I. Joe license is up for renewal. Hasbro’s partner, Devil's Due will be publishing the America's Elite storyline until July of 2008. Hasbro solicited proposals at Comic-Con [International], currently have a number of them in-house, and will be deciding on the Joe comic partner post-Thanksgiving. No decisions have been made yet.'

As noted, Devil’s Due, who hasn’t necessarily lost the license and could potentially win a renewal when Hasbro makes their decision, has held the comic book license since 2001, when as a then-Image Comics imprint it revived a dormant comic book property to the early skepticism of many industry observers.

NSFW: A Little Death

Interesting little short film with powerful visuals. How would you make it into a game? I'm thinking something with PDQ as it's base.