Category: Features
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Book Review: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Skyrim Library, Vol. I: The Histories
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Skyrim Library, Vol. I: The Histories Publisher: Titan Books Page Count: 232 Cost: $34.99 Release Date: 06/23/2015 Get it Here: The Bethesda Store Many Elder Scrolls fans were definitely looking forward to the day where they could have their hands on the finished works of Skyrim; in fact, more than a…
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Diehard GameFAN Presents: Unboxing the Persona 4: Dancing All Night Crazy Value Pack 3D Crystal Set Famitsu DX Pack
If there’s anything long-time readers know about me, it’s that I love me some Persona in general, and Persona 4 in specific, and I’m frankly just stupid enough to waste money on overly complex limited edition game releases if the extras are worth it. As such, it should come as a surprise to basically nobody…
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Diehard GameFAN Presents: The Snack Box Review – Japan Crate’s Premium Crate, Round Two
For those who missed it, back in January I opted to take a look at the two largest providers of what are essentially random boxes full of Japanese Snacks, in Skoshbox and Japan Crate. Well, Japan Crate has been treating their product as something of a work-in-progress, trying to make good use of the fanbase…
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Book Review: Shaken: No Job Too Small (Shadowrun)
Shaken: No Job Too Small (Shadowrun) Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $12.95 (Physical).$8.99 (Digital) Page Count: 280 Release Date: 7/1/2015 Get it Here: Nowhere Yet (I’ll provide Amazon and DriveThruRPG.com links once they are available) I try to never mention an author by name when I review something, just in case a piece is negative…
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The Mark B Writing Livestream presents: Persona 4 Dancing All Night, LIVE, 6/27, 8:30 EST!
We here at Diehard GameFAN know that we have some Persona fans out there, and for those of you who’ve been waiting for an opportunity to get a bit more exposure to the upcoming Persona 4: Dancing All Night, we’ve got something going on you might be interested in. Starting at 8:30PM EST today (6/27),…
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Book Review: The Poison Tree (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
The Poison Tree (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition) Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing Cost: TBD (Free to Kickstarter Backers) Page Count: 180 Release Date: 06/11/2015 (To Kickstarter Backers)/ TBD (Everyone else) Get it Here: Eventually More than two years after its release, Werewolf” The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition is still the gift that keeps on…
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Diehard GameFAN Presents… A Look at the Nintendo World Championships 2015 Qualifiers
When Nintendo discussed their E3 plans for this year, I don’t think anyone expected them to announce the return of an event that has been in hibernation for twenty five years. For all the things that they do to irritate their fans (stock shortages chief among them), they are really quite brilliant when it comes…
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Book Review: Shadowrun: Borrowed Time
Shadowrun: Borrowed Time Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $8.99 (digital)/12.99 (Physical) Page Count: 296 (approximately) Release Date: TBD (Was supposed to be 5/25/15 but it was pushed back) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com. Unlike a lot of tabletop games, Shadowrun has had a ton of fantastic fiction released for it. Whether you’re talking the original Robert…
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Movie Review: Bloom
Bloom Publisher: BloomFilm, LLC Cost: $14.99 Length: 71 minutes Release Date: 04/07/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG I always feel bad when I don’t like something people clearly put a lot of effort into. Making movies is hard, especially when your budget isn’t that large and you’re working with non-professionals. I wanted to like Bloom, because I thought…
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Tabletop/Audio Drama Review: Assassinorum: The Emperor’s Judgement (Warhammer 40,000, Assassinorum: Execution Force)
Assassinorum: The Emperor’s Judgement (Warhammer 40,000, Assassinorum: Execution Force) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $14.99 (MP3)/$20 (CD) Runtime: 74 Minutes, Twenty-Seven Seconds Release Date: 05/02/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library I usually don’t get Games Workshop’s “Audio Dramas.” They tend to be extremely overpriced (even for Games Workshop), and I’ve yet to hear a Warhammer…
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Book Review: Bloodborne Limited Edition Strategy Guide
For those who’ve been around for a while, you know the deal coming in, but for newcomers, occasionally I’ll sit down and pick up a strategy guide for a game, either because I want to clear out a game, or because I think the guide looks cool and has useful information in it. We’ve already…
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Interview with Randy Mosiondz, Senior Game Designer at Cryptic Studios about the Elemental Evil module for Neverwinter
Our final “Elemental Evil Week” interview is with Randy Mosiondz, Senior Game Designer over at Cryptic – makers of the Neverwinter MMO. This is good timing for you console fans as the Xbox One version of the game just went live this week. Like all MMORPG, Neverwinter is updated with new content. Cryptic has worked…
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Interview with John-Paul Brisigotti, CEO of BattleFront Group about Gale Force 9’s Dungeons & Dragons Elemental Evil Miniatures
We continue Elemental Evil week here at Diehard GameFAN. Today’s interview is with John-Paul Brisigotti, the CEO of Battlefront Group. I was especially excited to do this interview as I just started miniature paint about fifteen months ago and have found it to be relaxing and a lot of fun. Sure I’ve had Warhammer armies…
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Interview with Bryan Kinsella, Vice President of WizKids Games, about the Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game
When you first hear the name, “WizKids,” you probably think of Heroclix. After all, it’s the line the company has been synonymous with for well over a decade. However it’s not the only line they produce. Longtime fans of Collectible Miniature Games remember Crimson Skies, Shadowrun Duels and Mage Knight, but if you go to…
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Book Review: The Art of Evolve
The Art of Evolve Publisher: Insight Editions Release Date: 02/10/2015 Page Count: 192 Cost: $39.99 Get it Here: InsightEditions.com I’ve never actually played Evolve. I had gotten into the Alpha, but I could never find any games to join. Then, once the Beta released, my interest had already faded. And now that the game is…
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Interview with Greg Tito, Communications Manager for Dungeons & Dragons about Elemental Evil and Princes of the Apocalypse
We are fast approaching the release of the next campaign for Dungeons & Dragons, fifth edition. Princes of the Apocalypse officially hits stores on April 7th and to celebrate, we’ve made it Elemental Evil week here at Diehard GameFAN. For the next four days we’ll be doing an interview with one of the companies behind…
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Book Review: Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Legends: Blood in the Water
Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Legends: Blood in the Water Publisher: Privateer Press Cost: $1.99 Page Count: 49 Release Date: 3/18/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m not really a fan of Warmachine, Hordes or Iron Kingdoms. The miniatures, I mean. I just don’t find them aesthetically pleasing (Only the Gatormen look remotely fun to paint/play with) and…
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Interview with Steve Argyle, Magic: The Gathering Artist Extraordinaire
Steve Argyle is a freelance illustrator, which in his words is, “basically the fancy way to say I get to sit at home in my undies all day and doodle. I used to have to put on clothes everyday when I worked on video games for Sony, like Twisted Metal: Black, War of the Monsters, and…
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Unboxing of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Collector’s Edition
Well folks, it’s about that time. Time for what, you ask? If you said “time to play that Final Fantasy XV demo!” you’d be mostly correct, except that it’s still downloading. So instead, I’m going to take a bunch of pictures of the stuff that came with that download pamphlet. And what came bundled with…
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Book Review: Shadowrun: Dark Resonance
Shadowrun: Dark Resonance is the technomancer mystery I didn’t know I needed.