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Monday, June 15, 2009
He Might Need That Back Now...
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Preview: Phonogram 2: The Singles Club #3
This links to some preview pages for the upcoming issue of Phonogram 2. I love these guys and this story.
As the Ice Queen of the Phonogram universe, Emily Aster is only afraid of two things: her past catching up and spending time in dodgy indie venues. In the latest of the seven-stories-in-one-night of the Singles Club, she's having to deal with both. Plus, two complete back-up stories featuring the art of LEIGH GALLAGHER (2000AD, The Witching) and LEE O’CONNOR.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Zombie 'Deadworld' on the horizon
Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter and Benedict Carver have joined with Pandemonium's Bill Mechanic to turn the comicbook 'Deadworld' into a zombie feature franchise.
Hayter ('Watchmen') will write the screenplay, and he and Mechanic will produce with Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb. Carver and Pandemonium's Suzanne Warren will be exec producers along with Gary Reed, who wrote and co-created the comic.
Pandemonium and Framelight will finance development.
'Deadworld' veers from the popular zombie mythology of depicting an apocalypse in which humans are overrun by flesh-eating corpses. 'Deadworld' picks up four months after that event, where the Dead overtake the Earth, with humans few and far between. Protag is King Zombie, a Harley-riding corpse who holds a grudge against the survivors who made him an outcast.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Downward Spiral of Wizard Magazine
At the above link Newsarama.com reports on the latest goings on with the downward spiral of Wizard Magazine. It seems that the magazine once read by everyone is now being read by fewer and fewer. I know with sites like Newsarama and Comic Book Resources in the mix I can get my comic news and information fix in quicker bites than Wizard could deliver.
I don't think that I've picked up a new issue of Wizard in over a year, personally, preferring to focus on getting my news off of the internet.
Its a shame to see the passing of an era but that's the thing about eras...they all end sooner or later.
I don't think that I've picked up a new issue of Wizard in over a year, personally, preferring to focus on getting my news off of the internet.
Its a shame to see the passing of an era but that's the thing about eras...they all end sooner or later.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Tonight At The Gnarled Oak
It's like high school and college again for me as I dive deeply into my music library for an old school goth set. Loads of "fun" for everyone involved. I'm the lead off for a mini-festival of depressing music at the Gnarled Oak with three other DJs and myself bringing a variety of sad and depressing songs of heartbreak...with a little extra nihilism on my part.
My setlist:
From 5pm until 11pm SLT at the Gnarled Oak on Prime in Second Life.
My setlist:
1. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (9:36)
2. Joy Division - Dead Souls (Peel Session) (4:57)
3. Miranda Sex Garden - Are You the One (4:28)
4. Mephisto Waltz - In The Room That Love Exists (4:40)
5. Tones On Tail - Burning Skies (6:27)
6. Einsturzende Neubauten - The Garden (5:12)
7. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Remix) (6:01)
8. Girls Under Glass - In The Darkness (5:23)
9. Suspiria - Allegedy, Dancefloor Tragedy (4:37)
10. Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombified [Extended Version] (6:52)
11. Andi Sex Gang and Marc Almond - The Hungry Years (6:50)
12. Die Form - Cantique 1 (6:37)
13. The Shroud - Alice (3:18)
14. X-Mal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus II (4:29)
15. Screams For Tina - 11:11 (3:37)
16. Brilliant - Scream Like An Angel (4:38)
17. The Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection (4:56)
From 5pm until 11pm SLT at the Gnarled Oak on Prime in Second Life.
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Fantasy writer David Eddings dies
Bestselling fantasy author David Eddings, who wrote The Belgariad and The Malloreon series, has died aged 77.
Jane Johnson, publishing director at Eddings' UK publisher HarperCollins, paid tribute to the author. HarperCollins was his publisher from 1990 until 2006, when his last title, The Elder Gods, was released.
She said: 'The Voyager team and I were immensely sad to hear the news. The arrival of a new Eddings novel used to be a grand event for the whole division. In the 90s, each one was guaranteed a Number One position on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list, selling 100,000 copies apiece.
The Beatles: Rock Band
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
This Week's SL Setlists
I'm previewing the setlists for this week's DJ sets in Second Life. You can search for either "The Gnarled Oak" or "Fiction and Lattes" to find the locations, or if worse comes to worse IM Walton Vieria and I'll send you a limo. Both of these sets are for Wednesday, June 3, 2009. While the Oak setlist is pretty much locked in, I might still play around with the Orion set.
The first set will be at the Gnarled Oak and is a cat-themed set. Music about cats and kitties...and something else that some consider to be cat-like. This set is from 5-7 SLT. The music is all over the place for this set, just the way that I like it.
It gets a little "mature" near the end. The second set (from about 7-9pm SLT) is at the Orion Club. No theme to it, just really great tunes.
This set is the one that I get to play around with a bit, since I don't have anyone following me like I do at the Oak. I try to follow where the crowd is going and the music follows all of that. Because of that my Orion setlists tend to be a starting point rather than a destination. After a few weeks away from them, this set is a little heavier on the mashups than I've been doing for a bit. After the week of the RFL set happening at the same time as my Boot Camp at Republik, I got a little bit burnt out. But since this weekend I'm doing a Boot Camp set, I was looking for some new bastard pop and because I was in that mindspace a few tracks snuck into this set.
I hope that I'll see some of you in Second Life at these sets, and like I said at the beginning if you like what you see and want to show up just IM Walton Vieria. Always happy to have more peeps at my sets.
The first set will be at the Gnarled Oak and is a cat-themed set. Music about cats and kitties...and something else that some consider to be cat-like. This set is from 5-7 SLT. The music is all over the place for this set, just the way that I like it.
1. Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat (2:19)
2. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Kitty On Toast (2:45)
3. Theme From The Thundercats Television Program (1:15)
4. Cat Power - Werewolf (4:08)
5. Golden Boy and Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin (4:48)
6. REM - Fuck Me Kitten (w. William S. Burroughs) (3:30)
7. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues (Midfield General Remix) (7:59)
8. Minus 8 feat. Sharon Harris - Pussycat (3:45)
9. Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle (3:50)
10. The Cure - The Love Cats (3:38)
11. Shonen Knife - Catnip Dream (4:32)
12. Lene Lovich - Cat's Away (3:43)
13. The Aquabats - Cat With 2 Heads (3:00)
14. Catspaw - Bad Cat Sitter (2:43)
15. Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (3:15)
16. Devastations - All Cats Are Grey (6:39)
17. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (4:13)
18. Derrick Morgan - Copy Cat (2:33)
19. Lush - Cat's Chorus (3:24)
20. Ladytron - Black Cat (5:08)
21. Devo - Pink Pussycat (3:12)
22. Mud - The Cat Crept In (4:02)
23. Sugarcubes - Cat (Icelandic) (3:00)
24. Oakenfold Feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat (3:14)
25. Squeeze - Cool For Cats (3:11)
26. Katrine Ottosen - The Love Cats (4:42)
27. Tipsy - Kitty's Daydream (Longhair mix) (2:26)
28. Go Home Productions - I Dream Of Pussy (2:58)
29. Lords of Acid - Pussy (4:05)
30. Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Josh Console NOT RNB remix) (4:00)
31. Miss Kittin - Kittin Is High (3:51)
32. Husky Rescue - Sweet Little Kitten (4:38
It gets a little "mature" near the end. The second set (from about 7-9pm SLT) is at the Orion Club. No theme to it, just really great tunes.
1. eve massacre - Drop The Queen (Queen + AC Slater / Drop The Lime) (4:42)
2. The Reborn Identity - Wonderful Liar (3:46)
3. The Reborn Identity - In for the Kooks (3:29)
4. MadMixMustang - Viva Les Boys (5:22)
5. Darkspring XL - Travis Meets Joe and Bill (Robert DiNero vs. Unknown) (1:43)
6. cry.on.my.console (Josh Console) - Command Your Rabbits (4:52)
7. The Kooks - Young Folks (3:59)
8. CSS - Cannonball (3:23)
9. Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey (3:09)
10. The Crystal Method - Cherry Twist (Deadmau5 Remix) (6:04)
11. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Deadmau5 & Glenn Morrison Remix) (6:16)
12. David Bowie - Let's Dance (Chilly Bolly Radio Mix) (5:15)
13. Dean Gray - Boulevard of Broken Songs (Dance Mix 05) (6:18)
14. Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat (5:05)
15. Aggro1 - Steely Dan v. Caninesounds (6:30)
16. Instamatic - Neon Sex People (Neon Neon vs. Depeche Mode vs. Latour) (3:54)
17. The Jam - Town Called Malice (2:56)
18. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (2:48)
19. Jimmi Jammes - Sgt. Pepper's Paradise (Extended Edition) (4:00)
20. Joe Jackson - The Harder They Come (3:53)
21. Zombies! Organize!! - Robotacus (3:39)
22. mc chris - Nrrrd Grrrl (2:27)
23. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward (4:08)
24. Soundhog - The Without Me Song [censored version] (Eminem vs. Led Zeppelin) (5:51)
25. Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (8:56)
26. Sister Machine Gun - Caught Between the Bullet and You (8:28)
This set is the one that I get to play around with a bit, since I don't have anyone following me like I do at the Oak. I try to follow where the crowd is going and the music follows all of that. Because of that my Orion setlists tend to be a starting point rather than a destination. After a few weeks away from them, this set is a little heavier on the mashups than I've been doing for a bit. After the week of the RFL set happening at the same time as my Boot Camp at Republik, I got a little bit burnt out. But since this weekend I'm doing a Boot Camp set, I was looking for some new bastard pop and because I was in that mindspace a few tracks snuck into this set.
I hope that I'll see some of you in Second Life at these sets, and like I said at the beginning if you like what you see and want to show up just IM Walton Vieria. Always happy to have more peeps at my sets.
Cubicle 7 Joins Rebellion Group
For Immediate Release.
The British publisher of role-playing adventure games and card and board games, Cubicle 7 Entertainment has announced that it has joined the Rebellion Group of companies.
Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson's 80's Starblazer comic series) and 7th Circle's Chinese fantasy Qin.
Victoriana is a fabulous fusion of Victorian adventure and fantasy myth, SLA Industries is a gritty futuristic urban horror fuelled by classic British punk imagery, whilst Starblazer Adventure is set firmly in the heart of classic 80's space opera where gigantic fleets prowl the starlanes and devilish scientists operate enormous engines of destruction. The English translation of French publisher 7th Circle's Qin propels players in to the epic fantasies and tragic events of ancient Chinese legend.
Cubicle 7 will join other sister companies in the Rebellion Group; 2000AD, the British comic book publisher, Abaddon Books the publisher of sci-fi and fantasy novels, Mongoose Publishing (another British RPG publisher) and Rebellion itself, the massive UK based video games developer established in 1992 by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley.
The company will be now based out of Rebellion Group offices in Swindon, UK and their support will allow Cubicle 7 to focus on a major licensed mainstream release later this year as well as a busy monthly release schedule.
"This is a great move for the company and one that will certainly benefit the fans of our games. It allows us the time and resources to fully support our existing lines as well as giving us the backing to bring new ideas -- and licenses -- to the marketplace." said Angus Abranson of Cubicle 7. "It places us firmly were we wanted to be in several years time, right now," added Dominic.
Jason Kingsley felt Cubicle 7 was a great addition to the Rebellion Group's circle of creative companies. "We have been aware of Cubicle 7's ambitions and enthusiasms for some time and approached them with a view to combining resources to make a good thing great. Rebellion is very excited to be welcoming C7 into its family. Wonderful things await!"
For further information, interviews or images please contact Chris Birch Chris@cubicle7.co.uk
Find out more about Cubicle 7 games at www.cubicle7.co.uk
About Rebellion
Rebellion is well known for the Alien's vs Predator franchise games which first came out on the Atari Jaguar in 1995. Recently Rebellion secured critical acclaim with Sniper Elite for Namco in 2005, Miami Vice: The Game for Vivendi Games, James Bond: From Russia With Love for EA and Rogue Trooper for Eidos in 2006 and was nominated for two British BAFTA awards for 'Best Character' and 'Best Screenplay' later that year.
In 2007 Rebellion teamed up with LucasArts to produce Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and the chart topping Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix with EA for PSP as well as a brand new Aliens vs Predator game in the form of Requiem for Sierra. During 2008 Rebellion produced Call of Duty: World at War for Activision on PS2 gaining yet more chart success.
The British publisher of role-playing adventure games and card and board games, Cubicle 7 Entertainment has announced that it has joined the Rebellion Group of companies.
Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson's 80's Starblazer comic series) and 7th Circle's Chinese fantasy Qin.
Victoriana is a fabulous fusion of Victorian adventure and fantasy myth, SLA Industries is a gritty futuristic urban horror fuelled by classic British punk imagery, whilst Starblazer Adventure is set firmly in the heart of classic 80's space opera where gigantic fleets prowl the starlanes and devilish scientists operate enormous engines of destruction. The English translation of French publisher 7th Circle's Qin propels players in to the epic fantasies and tragic events of ancient Chinese legend.
Cubicle 7 will join other sister companies in the Rebellion Group; 2000AD, the British comic book publisher, Abaddon Books the publisher of sci-fi and fantasy novels, Mongoose Publishing (another British RPG publisher) and Rebellion itself, the massive UK based video games developer established in 1992 by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley.
The company will be now based out of Rebellion Group offices in Swindon, UK and their support will allow Cubicle 7 to focus on a major licensed mainstream release later this year as well as a busy monthly release schedule.
"This is a great move for the company and one that will certainly benefit the fans of our games. It allows us the time and resources to fully support our existing lines as well as giving us the backing to bring new ideas -- and licenses -- to the marketplace." said Angus Abranson of Cubicle 7. "It places us firmly were we wanted to be in several years time, right now," added Dominic.
Jason Kingsley felt Cubicle 7 was a great addition to the Rebellion Group's circle of creative companies. "We have been aware of Cubicle 7's ambitions and enthusiasms for some time and approached them with a view to combining resources to make a good thing great. Rebellion is very excited to be welcoming C7 into its family. Wonderful things await!"
For further information, interviews or images please contact Chris Birch Chris@cubicle7.co.uk
Find out more about Cubicle 7 games at www.cubicle7.co.uk
About Rebellion
Rebellion is well known for the Alien's vs Predator franchise games which first came out on the Atari Jaguar in 1995. Recently Rebellion secured critical acclaim with Sniper Elite for Namco in 2005, Miami Vice: The Game for Vivendi Games, James Bond: From Russia With Love for EA and Rogue Trooper for Eidos in 2006 and was nominated for two British BAFTA awards for 'Best Character' and 'Best Screenplay' later that year.
In 2007 Rebellion teamed up with LucasArts to produce Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and the chart topping Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix with EA for PSP as well as a brand new Aliens vs Predator game in the form of Requiem for Sierra. During 2008 Rebellion produced Call of Duty: World at War for Activision on PS2 gaining yet more chart success.
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