Escape Velocity

A curated Collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction Media

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Review: The Kingdom of Copper – S.A. Chakraborty

Review of part 2 of the Daevabad Trilogy

Marked by Dara’s devastating escape attempt, both Nahri and Ali struggle to adapt to their new roles. Neither of them are aware of the great danger growing in the shadows, biding its time…

Curator Question: 2022 Resolutions

What are our curators’s resolutions for 2022? Which media on their to be read/watch/listen/play piles will finally get the attention they deserve?

Collected: Dragon Age: Origins by Bioware

COLLECTION: Forced by circumstances to leave your old life behind, you join the ranks of the Grey Wardens, an ancient order sworn to protect the world against the murderous Darkspawn.

Review: The Letter for the King – Netflix

Young squire Tiuri has difficulties living up to his father’s name when it comes to the virtues required for knighthood. One night, his greatest challenge yet presents itself with a call for aid that sends him on a dangerous mission to deliver a secret letter to the king of a neighboring country. Why are people hunting this letter? And what is the significance of Tiuri’s own ancestry?

Collected: Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

COLLECTION: Do these books even need an introduction? They are the famous story of an eleven-year-old orphan who finds out he is a wizard and becomes a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Seven books filled with exciting adventures await…

Review: Dragon Age: Origins – Bioware

Forced by circumstances to leave your old life behind, you join the Grey Wardens, an ancient order sworn to protect the world against the murderous Darkspawn. You’re the people’s only hope to stop their imminent advance. Shall you succeed?

Review: Fantasy High – Dimension 20

In this D&D web series, we follow a group of kids during their first year at Agueforth Adventuring Academy, a high school where kids learn to be classic D&D adventurers. The so called “bad kids” meet each other in detention, and form an adventuring party that faces monsters and, occasionally, classmates.

Review: The Maze Runner – 20th Century Fox

A teenage boy, his name later revealed to be Thomas, wakes in the center of a giant maze without any memories of his identity and previous life. Taken in by a community of other male youths, Thomas quickly learns the Maze is not as safe as one might hope…

Review: Kodama – ActionPhase Games

Kodama is a card game where you take care of a tree by placing cards to grow its branches. By choosing cards with the right symbols, you collect points over three growing seasons. At the end of each season, one of the Kodama (tree spirits) will award you extra points based on how well you have chosen your cards to suit its needs.