He warned us — February 24th, 2023 is the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chess legend Garry Kasparov had warned western leaders of Putin’s intentions for years. Here are a few of his comments. August 23rd, 2014 Talk to Al Jazeera — Garry Kasparov: Putin’s Russia “…the lack of the proper response … to annexation of Crimea … also sent [a] signal to Putin…

We’re the Frankenstein of Media — The Ugly Monster is accepting submissions related to just about any media on Earth. Film, television, video games, tabletop games, novels, comic books, the news, music, poetry, whatever. Reviews, analyses, game mods/hacks, guides, and even politicizations are all good. Genres range from sci-fi and horror to historical fiction and non-fiction…

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I almost never play video games but I listen to a lot of video game soundtracks. The last digital game I played — which I was utterly in love with — was Monaco, and it was its soundtrack that hooked me. When I stumbled onto Arcade, a stream dedicated to…

Anti-establishment Skulls defend their dungeon with the powers of Mosh, Cool, and Weird — “You’re a bunch of floating skulls with a problem. A bunch of no-good, wanna-be hero raiders from the Land of Everbliss are going to come to your dungeon and take your stuff! Now it’s time to get inside of magyk boxes, build psychotic traps, and kick their butts!” — SKÜLLBOX …

I hated the Marvel Multiverse Playtest Rulebook. It was too much like D&D and not enough like ANY of the four previous Marvel TTRPGs. It was a Feeble game. That was heartbreaking because I had originally predicted it would be Incredible. Now the finished Marvel Multiverse Core Rulebook is out…

This game about Nazi-hunting vampires should be a movie — “In EAT THE REICH, you’ll take on the role of one of six iconic vampire commandos and undertake a daring raid on occupied Paris during WW2. …

Nothing on DriveThruRPG is safe

Don’t trust Wizards of the Coast with your creator dreams — A few months back, Wizards of the Coast tried to end their third-party license for Dungeons & Dragons. They walked the changes back, and instead made the license Creative Commons, but nobody trusts WotC to not change it again. A lot of third-party TTRPG creators are terrified that their meal…