Analog Gamers Gaming From a Slightly Different Perspective

In a press release we received this morning, Turbine announced their latest addition to Lord of the Rings Online, Siege of Mirkwood. Timed to coincide with the start of the Penny Arcade Expo, this announcement shows where the story progression will go next in LotRO. Concluding...

This week we focus a great deal on the evolution of software tools for running RPGs. Not a lot of non tabletop RPG talk but we had our usual good time babbling about shiny things that catch our attention. From the SSI Advanced Dungeons & Dragons DM Tools to the current Dungeons...

One of the games I have been looking forward to all summer is Batman: Arkham Asylum. As such, it should come as no surprise that I was quick to jump onto the PlayStation Network this weekend and download the demo that was released Friday. So, how did it measure up to my expectations? First...

Well, I’ve just finished playing through Infamous for the first time. Yes, I know I’m behind the curve, but I’ve got a pile of games to get through here that would challenge an unemployed insomniac. Now, this isn’t review of Infamous. After all, you’ve...

Champions Online, the upcoming super-hero MMO by the creator of City of Heroes/City of Villains – Cryptic Studios is nearing its September 1st release date quickly. While we’ve been lucky to see a number of videos detailing the “comic-shaded” game content...

The Verbal Components podcast returns this week as Shawn and Ron attempt to revitalize after an extended break. The topic at hand is adaptation and conversion of popular games, movies, books, etc. to gaming. While the conversation start out heavily focused on  traditional pen-and-paper...

According to a recent press release, Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music will be releasing the complete catalog of the Beatles music on remastered discs on September 9, 2009. Coincidentally, this is also the same day slated for the release of The Beatles: Rock Band, the upcoming...

The Verbal Components are gathered again for this third episode. This outing Ron and Shawn are joined by a guest and future contributor – Chris O’Brien. Chris is a former FileFront News Manager and Chief Technology Officer who has since moved on but agreed to come...

Well, I managed to survive the first day of my recently mentioned D&D 4th Edition campaign without any player deaths or threats against the DM, so I feel that we had a positive session. Seriously though, I am kind of glad we were missing a party member due to illness today....

As if we don’t have enough idiotic politicians in the US to worry about, now we get Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann. Herrmann, a longtime critic of violent games, dialed up the rhetoric in the wake of the recent school shooting in Winnenden. According...