Perilous Adventures to Thwart the Dark God
At last, the stars are almost right!
Soon Nyarlathotep’s plans will come to fruition. Then the world will be irrevocably changed —but not quite yet. Pesky human investigators have learned much, but they must survive long enough to make sense of what they know, and take resolute action.
This roleplaying classic is a series of linked adventures forming one long and unforgettable Call of Cthulhu campaign. Horrifying deeds and dangerous sorcery dog those who dare attempt to unravel the fate of the Carlyle Expedition. The non-linear narrative keeps players baffled and on their toes. Action is the […]
In the future, perhaps we’ll rediscover good science fiction
Norbert Cunningham is the Times & Transcript editorial page editor. His column appears here every Friday.
Published Friday November 5th, 2010
Where has all the great science fiction gone?
Or put another way, is it just me or is there an incredible dearth of truly imaginative and thought-provoking science fiction these days compared to times past, particularly in the realms of television and movies? This despite the fact that “space” themed shows seem to be all the rage, along with the obsession with vampires, zombies, ghosts/spirits and mediums, the latter two genres of which are thinly veiled American religious pablum for the […]
New Zealand will be location for 2 ‘The Hobbit’ movies after extra cash, law changes agreed
Published Wednesday October 27th, 2010
RAY LILLEY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Two $500 million “Hobbit” movies will be made in New Zealand as originally planned, Prime Minister John Key said Wednesday, after two days of crisis talks with Hollywood studio executives.
Senior executives from Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema won an agreement for a change in labour law and bigger tax breaks to keep the project in New Zealand after a dispute over pay and conditions for actors threw the production into turmoil last week.
The studios had warned that unless the threat of labour action was removed, production […]