Published Friday September 16th, 2011 Postmedia news An astronomical discovery that would make Luke Skywalker homesick is making waves this week - a faraway planet with two suns. Photo: Postmedia This artist's rendition is of Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars. The planet, in the foreground, was discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. A team of experts used the NASA Kepler space telescope to discover the planet, which orbits around two stars - similar to Tatooine, the fictional home of Skywalker in the Star Wars films. In this case, however, the discovery doesn't get the Hollywood treatment in terms of a name. Its name is the far more prosaic Kepler-16b. Nick Gautier, Kepler project scientist with NASA, said although the planet would not support life, it would offer similar views that were seen in Stars Wars when Skywalker gazes out at his planet's horizon and sees two setting suns. "This is the first definitive detection of a circumbinary planet and is the [...]

WOW what an event that was. Check out our facebook site for the pics that are pouring in. As soon as things settle down here at work, I'll get them posted here for your perusing pleasure.

Whew! Our annual gaming convention is just a few days away, tables being delivered, sponsor prizes rolling in, Chaos Chili to be made, added all the new links to our sponsors to the scrolling banner to the right... BUSY BUSY BUSY to make your gaming weekend as perfect as we can. A mighty big thaks to all our volunteers, hardcore fans and our sponsors for making this happen every year, and making it an event worth attending. We will be opening the doors at 6PM, but set up volunteers are always appreciated. See you all there, and as the Chaosium Rep for the region, I'm looking forward to devouring your soul in Call of Cthulhu (;,;). -Chaos Marmoset

Divided Republic: We are looking to publish Divided Republic, a game designed by Alex Bagosy covering the four-way contest of the 1860 presidential election. If you'd like to help make this happen, check out the kickstarter. Additional resources: DR on NSG.com, DR on Facebook, DR on BGG Strategicon: We will be at Strategicon in Los Angeles, September 2-5. www.strategicon.net Coming Soon: Bullfrog Goldfield has finished printing and we are awaiting the arrival of its shipment. If you would like to preorder it, please e-mail numbskullgames@gmail.com. Preorders will be shipped as soon as we receive the game, so you will receive the game up to three weeks before it becomes available in stores. Preordering the game will cost $50, but we will cover shipping in the United States and Canada. Prepotent: Our current new project is under way. Check it out on BGG. Local Conventions: We are looking for ladies and gentlemen to represent us at the multitude of conventions throughout the world we are unable [...]

Pssst... You. Yeah You. Got the urge to game? All that summer activity, sunshine and vacation plans interfereing with your time for conquering the galaxy, or smiting those evil orcs? WAIT NO MORE!!! IR10:Persistence of Vision is nearly here. Come to the Chinese Commerce Centre / Kent Theatre for a WHOLE WEEKEND OF GAMING Sept 9th-11th. Of course, you could just come for the social aspect, but you KNOW you'd rather smack something.

RTimes & Transcript Published Monday August 15th, 2011 Critics of bloody violence and excessive sex on TV have long had HBO's vampire drama "True Blood" in their cross hairs, but now the popular series has another group of wary citizens - witches, real ones. The series' fourth season has focused on Marnie Stonebrook (Fiona Shaw), a seemingly harmless medium and leader of a Wiccan group who becomes the physical conduit for Antonia, a long dead witch who is hellbent on vengeance against vampires who persecuted and burned her at the stake. Marnie winds up as the mouthpiece for Antonia's spell to drive the bloodsuckers of fictional "True Blood" town Bon Temps into the daylight. And that sort of deadly revenge, say some modern-day witches, is what gives witchcraft a bad name. "I'm absolutely disappointed with the portrayal of Marnie," said one witch - and professor of biology at a college in New England - who goes by the magickal name Taarna RavenHawk. "When Marnie gives [...]

Published Saturday August 13th, 2011 By JOHN GAUDIOSI Reuters RALEIGH, North Carolina - Since director James Cameron's Avatar raked in $2.8 billion at global box offices, Hollywood has flooded theaters with wave after wave of 3D movies, but some industry watchers wonder if theatergoers are now drowning in it. While a few of this summer's 3D movies crossed the $1 billion global box office mark, there's been a backlash from the media and moviegoers over the poor quality of some 3D films that are converted into the medium instead of filmed in it. Cameron believes Hollywood needs to make some changes to win back fans. He and partner Vince Pace have been busy working on their Avatar sequels and collaborating with filmmakers like Michael Bay (Transformers) and Kevin Tancharoen (Glee: The 3D Concert Movie) to help bring better 3D experiences to theaters. Those films have used the Fusion 3D camera system that Cameron and Pace designed for Avatar. Cameron talked to Reuters about the current [...]

Want a hint at what prizes are being offer as giveaways at IR10: Persistence of Vision? Here's a sneek peek from Blue Panther LLC!

Jason Momoa stars in remake of Conan the Barbarian Published Tuesday July 26th, 2011 by CHRIS LACKNER POSTMEDIA NEWS SAN DIEGO - At a pop culture convention brimming with superheroes and superpowers, Conan stands alone. No mutant healing factor or radioactive spider bites required: Conan the Barbarian is a hero who has never needed anything more than his wits and a trusty broadsword. Jason Momoa stars as Conan in the remake of of Conan the Barbarian. First introduced by pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 and brought to life in the 1982 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan is about get a big-screen reincarnation in the form of the Hawaiian-born Jason Momoa. Momoa is one of the biggest stars of this year's annual ComicCon, and he owes it all to embracing his inner savage. Momoa was a highly-anticipated presence on HBO's panel for Game of Thrones, the acclaimed series in which he played the primal warrior king Khal Drogo. His work on Thrones has [...]

We're about 6 weeks away from our 10th annual gaming convention titled "Persistence of Vision" in honour of the fact that we've been doing this wonderful event for ten great years. We've had incredible sponsor support, and a following of fantastic players from near and far. This year Sandy Carruthers, the originator of the Men in Black series, will be joining us at Lady Dovelle's behest, and new game company sponsors such as Numbskull Games and Blue Panther LLC have joined in with long time sponsors such as Chaosium, Midnight Syndicate, Nox Arcana, Osprey Publishing, Out of the Box Publishing and many more, to support YOU, our gaming fans. Local comic and game store Strange Adventures has once again risen to the occasion with Read's / Mad City Comics to support Impossible Realities. A GRAND THANK YOU to all our sponsors, volunteers and players for making Impossible Realities such a fine event to attend, play, and meet new and old freinds! See you September 9th [...]