Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Project X returns in two parts....
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Another TV pilot winner
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
My life without TV and how helpful it has been...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Dark Knight stuff (Comic Geek Zone)
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Taking a break...
Monday, August 20, 2007
Blockbuster raises Prices, Netflix lowers their...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Top Ten Things wrong with the Comic Industry
2) Monthly Books that are not monthly
3) Continuity Issues
4) Too Many Crossovers. WAY too many!!!!
5) Stopping and Starting of Comic Book Series
6) Too Many individual writers working on multiple books (Geoff Johns, Mark Millar, and Brian Michael Bendis are prime suspects of this)
7) Cover artwork and Interior Artwork need to be the same person.
8) No "House Style" Artwork
9) Books never ends (I know this goes against #4 but there can be an acceptable middle.)
10) No real Artist & Writer teams any more. (Wolfman & Perez, Claremont & Byrne, Kirby & Lee)
Friday, August 17, 2007
What 4the Edition means for me...
Thursday, August 16, 2007
WOTC announces 4th Edition
Less than 8 hours to 4dventures...
4dventure... the countdown
Now we have to wait to see what it really means. Now if it 4th edition with No OGL and D20 then I will have a comment and strategy for that. If it is 4th edition WITH OGL and D20 then I will have a strategy for that also. Well we will know by 8 PM Thursday. I guess you will have to wait and see...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
What do you mean Xao isn't Wuxia?
The two things that I think are going to make Xao: Island of Iron and Silk very unique to the majority of D20 and OGL RPGs on the market it is:
1) We are looking to have as much as and even more political intrigue as you could find in Paradigm Concepts' Arcanis: World of Shattered Empires and Living Arcanis. The Paradigm Concepts guys (being great friends of mine) have proved it is possible to do a interesting political based RPG and setting.
2) With exception of me, I plan for the enitre campaign setting to be writen by women writers. You heard me right, the ENTIRE campaign setting will be written by women writers. Now I am sure you are asking why is that. Simple answer. The majority of male gamers I know are a mix of 50 - 75 % hack -n-slash / 25 -50% "role players. Most of the women gamers I know are 50 - 75% role players / 25 - 50% hack-n-slash. Since this setting is about 75% role playing / 25 % hack-n-slash it only seemed logical to get people who are ready were interested in the role playing side of it. The other reason I wanted women writers only on this project is that (In my own personal feelings) I feel that women understand the whole political "backstabbing" and "assassinating someone's character" aspect I am looking to build better then men. Don't believe me, watch what happens when men fight versus when women fight. Men phyically attack each other; women get other women to turn on the person they are fighting and virtually ostracize them at any opportunity they can. Chris Rock said it best, "There is nothing more danger than a woman with a plan." Talk to you later.
Monday, August 13, 2007
$20 bucks for the Movies .. By Myself???
Looks like I am back...
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Telepaths are dangerous and should be controlled...
Friday, August 10, 2007
The Cover of Xao: Island of Iron and Silk
Now artwise, I have a dream of what I would like to see in the way of the cover and characters on it. My top list of artist choices that I would love to do the cover would be Hoon, Jo Chen, Jim Lee, Udon artist like Andrew Hou, Jorge Molina Manzanero, Alex Milne, Kevin Yan and various others. I want this image to have a even more of a "Manga-ese" look to it then the normal NeoExodus stuff does. Well here is a little mock up of what I would like the cover to look like, with the image of people by Hoon for placement. This will be a lot of fun. Talk to you later...
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Artist I now willl NEVER work with...
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
What do you mean we don't talk about Psionic in NeoExodus...
The Final First One: Exodites
A tall, ebon-skinned humanoid stands before you; his loose trousers and heavy cloak do not conceal a leanly muscular body, elf-like pointed ears, nor the ritual scars marking it. His eyes, black pits of night, watch you warily. Exodites are the most common of the races who once ruled Exodus, collectively called the First Ones. They may be Exodus’s first inhabitants; certainly they believe they will be its last. A hard, cruel people, exodites devote to perfecting their bodies and minds and consider anyone who does not share this passion little better than an animal. The religious among them believe they have the potential to reach a state of perfection rivalling that of their bloody god, Khayne. Outside of the hidden enclaves where the surviving First Ones dwell, exodites act as spies, assassins and bodyguards, moving through the shadows of Exodus.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Ten Books that helped me in RPG & PDF Publishing
- Rules for Revolutionaries by Guy Kawasaki
- Marketing Gurus by Chris Murray
- The Non-Designer’s Type Book by Robin Williams
- The Non Designer’s Design Book by Robin Williams
- How to Drive Your Competition Crazy by Guy Kawasaki
- Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts, Ph.D
- The Graphic Design Cookbook
- Tilting at Windmills by Brian Hibbs
- Small is the New Big by Seth Godin
- Make it Happen by Kevin Liles
Monday, August 6, 2007
What do you want to know...
The Top Ten Comic Book Villians I Like!!!
- Brainiac -- Classic super villain with a GREAT modern update. Always and enjoyable threat to see.
- Captain Cold -- Just read Geoff John issue when he tell you Captain Cold’s origin. Geoff Johns is my master now.
- Charon -- Nothing better that a mad god like being who wants to take over the universe.
- Doctor Doom -- Come on. It’s Doom!
- Deathstroke the Terminator -- Captain America if he was a bad guy.
- Lono -- All I can say is, “You ain’t the boss of me!”
- Red Skull -- Captain American is my favorite hero, what did you expect.
- Sinestro -- The universe’s greatest ego maniac with the universe most power weapon. Did you really expect he to turn out any other way?
- Ultron -- If you are going to do killer robots who hate humanity then you have to start with the king of killer robots who hate humanity.
- Zoom -- Nothing is more scary and crazy then some one who is willing to hurt you even kill you to help you to become a better person or hero.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Paizo in now my ARCHNEMESIS!!!
From now on the will be my ARCHNEMESIS!!!!! Bow in tremble in fear!!! Tlak to you later...
Saturday, August 4, 2007
I found a new enemy...
On my old podcast series, the RPG Publishing Gauntlet, I told you if you are a RPG Publishing company, it is best that you find an "enemy" that is your "opposite" that you can used to help focus yourself as a company and rally yourself around with your fans. For a long time my "enemy" was Adamant Entertainment. He made a perfect foil for me and with our attitudes and personal dislike for each other it make it "oh so easy". But now since Adamant Entertainment basically a poor weak shell of its former self (I think being release as the Customer Service guy from RPGNow after the unification with DriveThruRPG really effected everything for them), I have decided to find a new "enemy" for me to take on, and focus my attention to. I think I have finally found them.
With their newly announced highly aggressive D20 publishing schedule, their high level of notoriety and influence in the RPG industry, their previous direct connection to WOTC and their upcoming RPG setting going to hit the shelves in 2008, I think I have found the company that will be perfect and out new "enemy. And that enemy is....
Paizo Publishing!!!!
This is going to be A LOT OF FUN. Talk to you later...
Friday, August 3, 2007
1:32 AM and I can't think straight...
Thursday, August 2, 2007
RPGNow & DriveThru RPG: Now One site!
Still working on Xao: Island of Iron and Silk. I have just finished working on the Dai Lei Monastery; which is our version of the Shaolin Temple; Sheng Xaing; which is our version of Bodhidharma; and the Zhao Kuei – The Demon’s Claw; our version of Marvel comics, the Hand (FYI: Did you know that their is a Chinese version of ninja called the Lin Kuei. Very interesting). I also building and using Chinese archetypes from movies and book and adding them to the setting as main charcaters like the Bride with White Hair, The Bride from Kill Bill, Lady Shiva from DC Comics, the Jade Rat and the Silken Ghost from Crossgen's Way of the Rat (written by the comic book legend, Chuck Dixon) and even Nameless from the movie, Hero. This is becoming a lot of fun to work on. I can't wait to see it done. I am also hoping that I might pull off the coup of getting Jo Chen to do the cover. With her I think it would be perfect.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Realm of Kaga ... FINISHED
Now the next projects that I need to work on are Secrets of NeoExodus: Sanguine Covenant written by Owen K.C. Stephens and Chris McCoy and Secrets of NeoExodus: Section Omega written by Joshua Cole and Chis McCoy. Now that is in addition to the Xao: Island of Iron and Silk and starting Secrets of NeoExodus: Shadow Cabinet. Another busy month, for the folks at LPJDesign.
Waiting for NeoExodus...
Xao: Island of Iron and Silk
This is a lot of fun doing the research and adding in all kinds of refences to tons of fun Chinese influences from the Shaw Brothers films of the 1970s and 1980s to even Kill Bill. This is going to be a cool special project. I might be asking some of my regular NeoExodus writers to help me on this one. I hope this can be a boxset that I release to stores when done. Talk to you later...