Archive for March, 2008
IndiePressRevolution.Com
IndiePressRevolution.com is a site devoted to selling PDFs of indie RPGs and comics.
Johnny Sokko and His Giant Robot
At Hulu.Com you can watch 9 episodes of the classic tokusatsu series Johnny Sokko and His Giant Robot (simply called “Giant Robot” when it originally aired in Japan). Due to a complicated rights issue, this series has yet to be made available in the U.S. on DVD despite its popularity in the late 1960s.
Fantasy Skulls at Think Geek
ThinkGeek sells these nice looking fantasy skulls of creatures that never were (or, at least, that’s what they want you to think). These are $14.99-$39.99 each.
Steve Jackson Games Sells Core GURPS Books as PDF
When Steve Jackson Games began selling non-DRMed PDF versions of its GURPS books, it intentionally withheld the core rulebooks. The only way to get those was in paper. Two years into their experiment selling PDFs, they’ve found that having PDF versions of various sourcebooks hasn’t impacted sales of the print versions, so they’re going to [...]
Kaiju HQ
Unfortunately its design is straight from 1998 (complete with an entry page and scrolling text!), but Kaiju HQ does provide a wealth of information and links on all things Kaiju.
Fathom - Columbia University Online Learning Repository
Fathom is an online repository of online learning maintained by Columbia University.
Contemporary Demon Hunters
While the Pope decries such modern scourges as in vitro fertilization and gay marriage, the Washington Post reported in February that it is pushing a resurgence of modern day demon hunters and exorcists. According to the Post,
Exorcism — the church rite of expelling evil spirits from tortured souls — is making a comeback in Catholic [...]
Slayage
Slayage is the “online international journal of Buffy studies.” ‘Nuff said.
Twisted Kaiju Theater
NeomonsterIsland.com is the home to Sean McGuinness long-running webcomic, Twisted Kaiju Theater. Very nice and definitely very twisted.
Partial Trisomy 16p
December 26, 1996 was one of the happiest days of my life — on that day my daughter, Emma, was born. Emma brightened our lives, but it was also fairly clear from a young age that Emma was different from other children. The problem, however, was that the differences were subtle and often dismissed by [...]
