Yeah, a big-budget blockbuster movie based on the classic Milton Bradley navy game. Read all about it here.
And the only reason why I’m posting about this at all is because I’m both incredibly busy with projects for clients on this end, and it’s a horridly slow news day.
(Can’t help but wonder if Hollywood will next threaten us with Connect Four: The Movie.)...
Finally got to return to the friendly local game store after business the past two weeks kept me from indulging in one of my latest newfound pastimes: Warhammer 40,000. But in the interim I’ve been building up a new army. Ever since this past winter I’ve been playing Space Marines of the Ultramarines chapter (the ones that come in the Warhammer 40,000: Assault on Black Reach intro set). Lately though I’ve thought about changing things up a bit, and Space Marines of various stripes do tend to be the most popular faction anyway, what with every player seeming to possess at least one army of the Emperor of Mankind’s most faithful servants.
So for the past few weeks I’ve been getting my first army of Orks ready for battle. And the timing was perfect, ‘cuz as a personal rule I never field any model until I’m satisfied that it ...
Nestled away on a tree-lined side street in Durham, North Carolina is one of the most rollickin’ fun discoveries that I have made in recent months. And if you didn’t know that it was there or were searching it out already, you could easily overlook it. But that seems to be such with so many good things in life, like a hole-in-the-wall restaurant or small bookstore.
I first heard about Sci-Fi Genre late this past fall, mostly by word-of-mouth over the Internet. At the time I was getting back into playing BattleTech and was looking for someplace nearby that sold more of the miniatures. And more than a few times, Sci-Fi Genre kept coming up as a place that I should check out. So one Saturday afternoon I headed out east on I-40 and started seeking out this joint.
I have to admit: my first glimpse of the place was ...
Folks, please understand something: this is NOT a joke! That was my first thought when I read about this situation late last week. And then over the weekend I played Monsterpocalypse for the very first time (and very much enjoyed it) at HyperMind and this was the #1 topic of discussion among the faithful players meeting there.
So then I contacted the good people at Privateer Press, the producers of Monsterpocalypse, and received confirmation: the Department of Homeland Security has delayed the publication of the Monsterpocalypse Series 3: All Your Base Strategy Guide due to “national security concerns”.
Throughout the day I have made attempts to contact the Department of Homeland Security, by both phone and e-mail. As of this writing no one in any official (or unofficial for that matter) capacity with the United States government has gotten back with me about why a collectible miniatures game ...
I’m planning on being at HyperMind in Burlington, North Carolina tomorrow for most of the day, doing videography for their big Monsterpocalypse store-wide event but also gonna finally play this game for the first time ever. Here’s the promo video that I made for it (which is also in the Top Ten for the Monsterpocapalooza contest!)…
Anyhoo, the festivities start at 9 a.m. at HyperMind, located at 3396 South Church Street in Burlington, North Carolina. It’s a family-run store with great atmosphere and good people always stopping by to play Monsterpocalypse, Magic: The Gathering, Star Wars Miniatures, Dungeons & Dragons and just about everything else 🙂...
Two weeks ago I let y’all know about a promotional video that I worked on for HyperMind, that groovy game store in Burlington. The video was for HyperMind’s big Monsterpocalypse day this coming Saturday, and was also an entry in that game’s Monsterpocapalooza mega-event going on this summer.
Well, the votes have been tallied and our lil’ video has made it into the Top Ten! There wound up being about 22 entries altogether. We are very thankful to be in one of the top spots, and we wish to thank everyone who voted for us!
Here it is again if you haven’t seen it yet…
Again, thank you to all who watched and rated our video. The final winner will be announced on July 31st… and we’ll be keeping our fingers crossed ’til then! 🙂...
It was not a good day to have played loyalist Space Marines.
And not even the presence of the mighty Marneus Calgar himself – chapter master of the Ultramarines – was enough to stave off the combined threat of a massive Ork Waaaagh! led by Ghazghkull Thraka and a surprise attack by several squads of Chaos Space Marines who appeared on the scene to… well, spread chaos.
So today was the first time in three weeks that I’ve been able to get down to the nearest friendly local game store (FLGS) for a battle or two of Warhammer 40,000, the far-flung future-based miniature wargame that’s wildly popular all over the world. Once again I brought several squads of Space Marines from the Ultramarine chapter. By 3:30 a new game was starting with 1,800 points of tactical value allowed for each side. Now, my own complete Space Marines only number ...
So for the past several days I’ve been engulfed in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects and whatnot. Hard at work for some good friends: HyperMind in Burlington (click here for the first write-up I did about ’em). Well, among the very popular games that HyperMind carries is Monsterpocalypse, and this summer its publisher Privateer Press is having a mondo ginormous event called Monsterpocapalooza. As part of the festivities leading up to the release of a new add-on for the game is a contest where game stores are invited to make a promo video for their Monsterpocalypse events.
So anyhoo, here is HyperMind’s entry. I thought it would be neat if we spoofed Cloverfield. And it came out pretty good!
Thanks to everyone in the HyperMind extended family for making this video possible! And if you enjoyed their efforts, please feel free to give a high ...
A few days ago I wrote about how I’d gotten into the Warhammer 40,000 miniature wargame hobby, and had my first batch of troopers ready for action. Today, since the alleged threat of severe winter weather has supposedly been good enough reason to stay inside, I finished the rest of the Space Marines that come with the Warhammer 40,000: Assault on Black Reach intro set. Last night I spent about 4 hours detailing the Space Marine Captain. This morning I set to work on the Dreadnought, which was a lot of fun to play around with!
Anyhoo, here it is: my very first completed playable army for Warhammer 40,000. Behold the brave men of the Ultramarines chapter…
At the top left: 4 Space Marines in Terminator armor. At the top right are 9 Space Marines in standard armor. Between them is an Ultramarine Dreadnought (a crippled Space ...
It’s taken about a month of on-and-off work, but tonight I put the finishing touches on eight pieces of my first playable army for Warhammer 40,000…
So yeah, now I’ve gotten into Warhammer 40,000: a game that some have told me “is worse than crystal meth, don’t even think about it Chris!” But I couldn’t help myself. Recently I got back into playing BattleTech for the first time since college, and some people commenting on this blog said I should give Warhammer 40,000 a try. I ended up playing a game over the Christmas break, liked the experience, and that propelled me to HyperMind in Burlington where I bought the Warhammer 40,000: Assault on Black Reach intro set. It comes with 17 Space Marine miniatures, 29 Ork miniatures (including three riding “Deffkoptas”), basic rulebook, dice, rulers, templates, plus a book that introduces the Warhammer 40,000 universe and a ...