While at PAX Prime, I was lucky enough to attend a Dragon Age panel held by a group of Bioware’s creative team for discussion of the series’ future. The room was packed. Fans cheered at most of the announcements, particularly those that suggested a departure from Dragon Age 2 towards their beloved Origins. When it
The vision of an entire role-playing company can rest in the hands of their published campaign setting. With the release of Pathfinders hardcover Campaign Setting: The Inner Sea World Guide, I’ve reviewed this product on our Comic Issues YouTube channel. I’ll also be discussing what this book has to offer in regards to Paizo’s conceptual
Recently, the gaming community was blessed with the glorious holiday known as Free RPG Day! June 18th marked this annual occasion nationwide at participating game retailers, and the guys of Comic Issues made our way to Pair-A-Dice Games in Vista, CA to support the gaming hobby and promote the interest to all ages. The owner
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week on Comic Issues our heroes prepare for the Ultimate in RPG events. With Free RPG day this weekend it’s time to trade stories on all our Dice throwing adventures. Stay tuned for the Laird of Knowledge dropping some Trivia worth
The role-playing genre has begun to stagnate. It’s hardly crippled. Some giants still garner worldwide attention, such as the Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Fallout franchises. Even after the massive spectacle of genre excess that was Final Fantasy XIII, people still anticipate the next title. But these and lesser-known RPGs are islands in a teeming
Fans of Japanese and Western RPGs have been at each others’ throats for ages. JRPGs are currently the whipping boy of gaming culture, and admittedly, after Final Fantasy XIII, an unrestrained testimony to genre excess, it’s hard not to see the criticisms. Linearity of gameplay and storyline and a cast of largely predefined characters are
Last week, we talked about not judging ourselves for what we can and cannot do. This week, you get the fun stuff, noting what you can do and building off of that with your skills. Like in every RPG, the basis of your skills starts off in your ability scores. I would like you to
Everyone remembers how pretty much every minute of Men In Black was engagingly awesome. And then everyone remembers that one minute from Men In Black II that was… um… awesome… right? You know… the one with Lara Flynn Boyle practically naked… that’s pretty much it; that movie was rough. However, one of the most entrancing