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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Activision/ Infinity WardBasic/ Hardened Edition for the Xbox360This version of the COD franchise picks up where Modern Warfare left off. Five years after the events of COD4 we see the next batch of elite soldiers hunting the uber-terrorist for hire Makarov. "Soap" McTavish returns in the mentor role that Captain Price held in COD4.The single player campaign is as

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The Marvel Encyclopedia- 70th Anniversary2009 Revised Edition (Advanced Review Copy)by Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson, Tom Brevoort, Michael Teitelbaum, Daniel Wallace, Andrew Darling and Matt Forbeck.Celebrate 70 years of Marvel Comics with The Marvel Encyclopedia! Fully updated with new images and text, this one-volume encyclopedia contains more than 1,000 of Marvel's greatest-from well-known

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The Ghost King: Transitions Book III, By R.A. Salvatore(Advance Copy)Hardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Wizards of the Coast (October 6, 2009)“When the Spellplague ravages Faerûn, Drizzt and his companions are caught in the chaos. Seeking out the help of the priest Cadderly–the hero of the recently reissued series The Cleric Quintet–Drizzt finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, the

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Among other things I am a reviewer. I review novels and games for a variety of websites...including my own (I need to have some content of my own too).As a reviewer I have a kind of oath with myself that I will fully read the material and review the material honestly. I will focus on what is written. I will NOT delve in to the author as a person as really that's none of my business. The author's

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The Pirate King is the Second novel of the Transitions series by R.A. Salvatore. The hardcover edition was released in the US on July 2009 (reprint edition).“Captain Deudermont has sailed to the pirate city of Luskan on a mission--a mission to once and for all defeat the true power behind the corrupt city: a wicked lich and his cabal of evil wizards from the Host Tower of the Arcane. But the Host

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It seems I have become a cartographer. Over the years I've done a LOT of maps. I just finished some work for Crafty Games on their Fantasy Craft line and am starting on a half-dozen more for Rogue Games and their Colonial Gothic line (which I do a lot of work for anyhow).I think it all started when I was 17 and joined the Navy. I was a quartermaster which deals with navigation and charts. I was

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Starting off I'd like to reference a brilliant article by Neil Gaiman regarding entitlement issues.In summary it says the author is not the bitch of the consumer. The author writes a stunning novel or a series of them, and while the fans may love the work and cry for more, they aren't really entitled to anything more. They bought a book and they enjoyed it. Great!I think this applies to the game

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I am very happy to announce that Little Fears Nightmare Edition will be released in Print and PDF on Monday, October 19th 2009! Pre-orders are scheduled to start next Wednesday, September 16th. Information on pricing and pre-order bundles will be announced then as well.http://www.littlefears.com/blog/

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Big Kudos to Matt Finch (Mythmere Games) on the win. Another big kudos to all the folks who contributed to S&W to make it what it is.Check out all the nifty stuff they have for S&W!

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I can't believe that a few of the products I worked on, have been a participant of, contributed to have been nominated for Ennies.That alone is the high point of my career.Seriously. EVER.38 years old, don't a lot of things.THIS is the high water mark.I am unbelievably stoked.

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By Graham McNeillHardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Black Library The noble Ultramarines epitomize the Space Marines, the genetically enhanced warriors who protect the Imperium from its foes. Newly returned from the Eye of Terror, Captain Uriel Ventris must redeem himself in the eyes of his battle–brothers, who fear he may have been tainted by Chaos. When the planet Pavonis is invaded by tau, what

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...where it seems that everything you do sucks?Yeah, me too.Sometimes I look at my work and all I see are my mistakes, stuff that is wrong, off or otherwise out of whack.I tend to be my own worst critic. I think part of this has to do with being a creative person and knowing every single stroke of the pen or pencil intimately. I KNOW where all the mess ups are, even if the AD doesn't see it.It's

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Subject matter is copyright Games Workshop. No threat to their IP is intended.

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*Fan Art all:Space Marine vs EldarThe land of UlthuanSwordmaster versus Blackguard*Fan Art. Subject Matter is Copyright Games Workshop. No infringement of their IP is intended.Note all are WiPs and none are completed. Unfortunately I'm driven by a number of deadlines and have little time for drawing for ME and what I want to draw. Of course, fan art doesn't pay. Still...I could draw GW stuff all

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March of the Illiterati in E Flat May 27, 2009 Written by Karen D. SwimOriginal article is HERE. Two weeks ago, my Grandmother retired her old school TV Antenna for a digital converter box. If the FCC had not mandated that the US switch to digital on June 12th, my Gran would have kept using the rabbit ears. In the world of early adopters one might say my Gran is a no bloomer. Yet, her

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Reviews up at Flames Rising:Mechanicum by Graham McNeill.Shadowrealm by Paul S. Kemp.Should be posted any day now:Tales of Heresy, Edited by Nick Kyme and Lindsay PriestleyLinks to purchase these fine novels:Tales of HeresyMechanicumShadowrealmPrevious Reviews on Flames Rising:Road of the Patriarch by R.A. SalvatorePromise of the Witch King by R.A. SalvatoreThe Orc King by R.A. Salvatore

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A review from a self-avowed non-PVP guy.I occasionally play MMOs. I've tried several now and PVP has always been something I've loathed. Usually it ends up being players griefing players and there's no balance to it. You go out in to an unsafe area and if you're flagged for PVP, some guy way more powerful than you (or a band of players) mugs you for your lunch money. That or some high level dude

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One thing I love about what I do for a living that is somewhat unconventional is being able to work with awesome people, collaborate (vs compete) and pimp out those cool people to other cool people that need talent.What am I talking about?Freelancing is to a certain degree very competitive. I think it's somewhat ingrained in to the community that you have to hustle and undercut the competition in

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==================================================I did the art direction on this and you won't believe the bullpen of artists I got!==================================================The Swords & Wizardry Storefront: http://stores.lulu.com/mythmereKnockspell Magazine Issue #2 is now on sale at the Swords & Wizardry storefront, http://stores.lulu.com/mythmere. This issue contains dungeon design

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Tales of HeresyEdited by Nick Kyme and Lindsey PriestleyPreface: I usually shy away from anthologies. Not that anthologies are inherently “bad” or anything…but it seems to me that the stories either grab you and then drop you off at the next corner, anxiously wanting MORE…or really just fail to snag you in the first place. Anthologies tend to cater to a wider variety of subjects/ interests and I

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Shadowrealm by Paul S KempBook III of the Twilight WarWizards of the CoastTerror lives in its eyes, and death in its hands. The Shadowstorm descends on Sembia, and leaves nothing but horror in its wake. We must kill Kesson Rel to stop the Shadowstorm, but we cannot afford to elevate Erevis Cale in his place. There is a way. There must be. Find it. No war can be fought without loss, but in a war

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MechanicumBy Graham McNeillBook IX of the Horus Heresy.Black LibraryAs the flames of treachery spread outwards through the Imperium, Horus mobilizes those forces who are loyal to him, and plots to subvert or destroy those who stand against him. A battle is being fought for the heart and soul of all the Imperial forces – the Astartes, the Imperial Army, the Titan Legions and more. In this epic

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...a few days early no less.Why do art directors use freelancers who don't produce on time?

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Over the years I've been asked a hundred times "Why don't you do Warhammer art?" I'm a big fan of the material, Warhammer 40,000 especially. Not much of a game player per se, but I love the art, novels, and of course...toy soldiers.I think it's a holdover from when I was a kid. Little army men and all that.Anyhow...the answer has always eluded me.Yesterday I sat down on my lunch break and

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