Welcome back to Magic Gatherings! Last week we talked a bit about bringing Magic in general (and Commander in particular) to game time with your friends.  This week we’re going to continue to develop that theme with an eye to costs. So, Commander is great, and you should play it more.  Assuming you have a …

Geekly Essential means that something is so good that it deserves to be discussed long after it was released. It may be 10 years old, but it is still worth your time.  When I was growing up if you missed an episode of your favourite TV show then that was it, game over. It was …

In Real Life is Jen Wang’s adaptation of the Cory Doctorow short story “Anda’s Game”. It is a tale of economics and video games. It’s a story of kids wanting to hang out and play, and others who don’t have a lot of choice in the matter. It’s the story of a girl who meets …

A mysterious girl walks in the rain… An ordinary day, an ordinary stretch of Tokyo road. Usagi walks blithely to school, distracted by the rain and her exhaustion. She misses a traffic signal. She steps out into the street–and straight into the path of a speeding car! Just then, the mysterious girl hurls herself in …

Welcome to the first Downton Abbey Weekly Recap. I know that the season is half over but we are just now getting to the good bit! My hopes are that these recaps will get discussions going between you Dowagers, Lord, Countesses, Vicars… you get the deal. If you have any suggestions, please let me know! …

The time is nigh for the release of one of Playstation’s big, announced exclusive; The Order 1886! This game has been a long time coming from game studio, Ready At Dawn, as it has been in development since 2010. When it was announced as a new IP at E3 2013, it was speculated to be …

By Harry Huberty and Christina Ladd — Welcome back to Spells and Whistles!  In our sign-off last time, we indicated that we planned to talk planeswalkers this week. We’re putting that on hold, though, since something more topical happened after our column went to press: WotC revealed in their “Uncharted Realms” column that Mardu khan Alesha, …

Star Wars holds a dear place in the hearts of fans. That fantastic sight of yellow words crawling across the screen and the sound of lightsabers crashing against each other are iconic. Personally, the thing that comes to mind when I think of Star Wars is my C-3PO action figure holder. It held all my …

Elite: Dangerous released its first major content patch today adding community goals and extra graphical fidelity. Imagine, if you will, getting to join your fellow space friends as you build an Imperial Majestic class Interdictor. Plus the player who donates the most materials gets to name that big beautiful ship! Watch out, the mighty Federation Farragut class …

Today we got our first look at the box art and a computer generated version of the components for the Thunderbirds board game, which will soon seek funding on Kickstarter. Thunderbirds, is based off the 1965 British television show Thunderbirds. It’s a co-operative game from the king of co-operative games, Matt Leacock, whose resume includes Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Forbidden …