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Curator Conversation: Dragon Age Book Challenge – Kick Off
In this series, our curators Lotte and Jop dive into the Dragon age novels. Will these be on par with the games?
Collected: Primordia by Wormwood Studios
COLLECTION: Primordia is a beautiful and atmospheric point-and-click-game, following the story of Horatio Nullbuilt, an android living in a crashed ship in the desert wasteland, who has his life turned upside down when a hostile robot steals his ship’s power core. Horatio is determined to scavenge the post-apocalyptic wasteland for a new core, but Crispin, his self-built sidekick, suggests that perhaps it would be easier to find one in Metropol, the city of glass and light…
Review: Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Summerfall Studios
Review of the video game Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical. College dropout Grace is accused of murdering the last muse by a pantheon of Greek gods. In order to escape a death penalty, she has to find a way to prove her innocence within a week.
Review: The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon
On the island of Inys, the queen of a thousand-year old line is believed to keep the coming of the Nameless One, the great wyrm from the Abyss, at bay. One of her handmaidens, brought by an ambassador from the far south, is far more than she seems. Across the ocean on the other side of the Abyss, on the dragon-worshipping Island of Seiiki, a young girl dreams of joining the clan of dragon riders, training hard every day to force her dream to come true. In the same city, an old man spends his days on a trading post, banished from across the ocean and dreaming of lost love and his return. As the wyrms of the world stir, their fates will converge.
Review: Critical Role
Critical Role is a web series starring a bunch of nerdy-ass voice-actors who sit around and play Dungeons & Dragons, weave stories and aim to leave the world better than they found it.
The show follows the adventures of a group of unlikely heroes as they navigate a fantasy world, taking on quests and battling dangerous enemies. Led by Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer, the group’s engaging role-play and penchant for storytelling has gained them an audience of millions.
Review: BioShock: Rapture – John Shirley
In this prequel to the BioShock video game series, ultra-wealthy tycoon and passionate libertarian Andrew Ryan sets out to build a city at the bottom of the sea, to escape the looming threat of atomic war and the constant interference of parasitic governments and petty morality. As the project advances, however, others try to take advantage of Rapture’s ‘freedom’. As art, scientific experimentation and exploitation of the working classes run rampant and the city itself starts to spring its first leaks, will Ryan and those loyal to him be able to maintain their ideological positions?
Curator Question: 2023 Resolutions
Our Curators discuss their 2023 New Year’s Resolutions – what is on their to be read/watch/listen/play list for the coming year?
Playlist: The Champion of Kirkwall
Need something new to listen to? Why not try this playlist inspired by Hawke from Dragon Age 2, curated by Lotte?
Curator Conversation: The Journey of a Sci-Fi Noob (Part 1)
In this series, we will introduce on of our curators to a whole new genre – science fiction! Will sci-fi prove as addictive to Jop as fantasy has always been? Read the first part to find out!
Review: Brass Empire – Rock Manor Games
This steampunk-themed deck builder sees players compete for the services of the best employees and the most powerful blueprints in a battle for the pile of brass coins in the centre!
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