More Posts By Jop
Curator Question: Fantasy Races
Time to get to know the curators from the Escape Velocity Collection! How? By asking them the questions that really matter! This week’s question is:
Review: The Order of the Stick – Rich Burlew
The story of Order of the Stick follows the story of a (not so ordinary) D&D adventure group traversing a lich’s dungeons and combating classic conventions of storytelling and Dungeons and Dragons.
Review: Of Fire and Stars – Audrey Coulthurst
Part 1 of Of Fire and Stars – Princess Dennaleia is betrothed to the prince of a neighboring kingdom to seal an alliance. When she meets her fiance’s sister, princess Amaranthine, the two girls together start investigating a secret that could threaten the kingdom.
Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Gareth Edwards
Spin-off of the Star Wars Series – The daughter of the man who designed the Death Star is pressed into the Rebellion’s service to find her father and learn more about the weaknesses of the Empire’s newly constructed superweapon.
Review: Sunless Sea – Failbetter Games
Sunless Sea is a steampunk rogue-like with elements that harken back to the writings of Coleridge and Poe, in which you sail your dapper vessel across the vastness of the underground Unterzee in search of riches and fame.
Review: Primordia – Wormwood Studios
Primordia is an atmospheric point-and-click-game that follows the journey of the android Horatio Nullbuilt and his sidekick Crispin across a post-apocalyptic wasteland following the theft of their ship’s power core.
Review: The Hero of Ages – Brandon Sanderson
Part three of the Mistborn Trilogy – With the mists killing and the ashfalls mounting it appears the world is slowly coming to an end. Unable to beat their foe by sheer allomantic force, Vin and Elend follow a trail left by their predecessor in the hope that aid might come from beyond the grave.
Review: The Well of Ascension – Brandon Sanderson
Part two of the Mistborn Trilogy – Vin must find a way to defeat the Deepness, and Elend must find a way to rule Luthadel without letting go of his principles.
Review: Steven Universe: The Movie – Cartoon Network
Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems have brought peace to the Galaxy and are ready to live their happily ever afters on Earth. However, someone is not content with the new status quo…
Review: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – Starbreeze Studios
Desperate to save the life of their ill father, two brothers embark on a perilous journey to obtain a magical medicine. Along the way, they have to work together to overcome obstacles, as well as their own shortcomings.
Review: The City of Brass – S.A. Chakraborty
Part 1 of the Daevabad Trilogy
Nahri, a shrewd young woman from Cairo, is unexpectedly plucked from her human life and ends up in an unknown world of magic and supernatural jinn. Meanwhile, Ali, a young jinn prince, finds himself in the midst of the political tensions of the royal capital.
Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers
Part one in the Wayfarer series – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet tells the stories of the crew of a wormhole-tunneling spaceship, The Wayfarer.