Biohazard Games: Jeff Barber on using RPGs as a lens for modern concerns
It takes just a quick Google to find well researched and articulate essays on how horror and sci-fi reflect current concerns.
When the West, for example, was worried about an insidious creep of communism, we had movies like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” in which people looked exactly like us but were actually swapped out an unseen threat when we worried about nuclear war, the nuclear charged Godzilla levelled cities, worries about advancement in bio-science gave us zombie plagues, and so forth.
Is the same true for tabletop games? Well, Biohazard Games has a Kickstarter live right now, and already there’s maybe a clue in the name, and it’s for Blue Planet: Recontact. I took one glance at it, saw dolphins armed with lasers apparently defending a watery world and immediately thought of the timely relevance to modern ecological concerns.
Over $350 worth of RPG goodies for only $30 in this Croatian Earthquake bundle
Just before the new year, a deadly earthquake hit Croatia. Extensive damage was caused in Petrinja and Zagreb and surrounding towns.
The indie RPG publisher Ordoalea has put together a bundle on DriveThruRPG which turns over $350 worth of RPGs into a charity donation of $30.
Hey dear #ttrpg, #DnD, #dnd5e and other followers. I just want to inform you that the Croatian Earthquake Charity bundle is now live on @DriveThruRPG . All money gathered from this goes directly to @SOLIDARNAhr as relief for the devastating earthquakes!https://t.co/UsRLICidMU Ordoalea Publishing 64.74%% funded (1229/1900€) (@OrdoaleaP) January 15, 2021
Two trailers for The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon’s Judgment
Geek Native enjoyed Netflix’s most recent selection of The Seven Deadly Sins despite some fans being worried and erratic censoring of blood.
The next series, Dragon’s Judgement has a trailer from Netflix. However, there are even more coming out of Japan.
30 second Dragon’s Judgement trailer
2-minute Dragon’s Judgement trailer
Both videos are in Japanese but give a look at the scenes we might expect and hope for as well as some more mysterious teasers.
It won’t be surprising if Netflix gives us another trailer as we get closer to the 2021 (delayed from COVID-19) launch as it’s a big property for Netflix.