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Featured Column
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Recent Podcasts
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #13 - Week of June 22, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #29 - Week of June 24, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #28 - Week of June 17, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #27 - Week of June 10, 2009
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #12 - Week of June 2, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #26 - Week of June 5, 2009
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #11 - Week of June 01, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #25 - Week of May 27, 2009
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #10 - Week of May 25, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #24 - Week of May 20, 2009
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #09 - Week of May 11, 2009
·Monarch Comic Briefing Vol 3 #23 - Week of May 13, 2009
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #08 - Week of May 11, 2009
·The Inner Circle - Vol 3 #34 - Star Trek (the movie)
·Monarch Comic Briefing Vol 3 #22 - Week of May 6, 2009
·Vidcast - Batman Garage Sale with Adam West
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #06 - Week of April 27, 2009
·The Week in Geek Vol 2 #06 - Week of April 20, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #21 - Week of April 22, 2009
·Monarch Comics Briefing Vol 3 #20 - Week of April 15, 2009
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Misc.: One More Minion...
Please help us welcome our newest Follower of the Fist, Kayley Bridgett Monroe. Our budding gamer was born to Tim and Liz Monroe earlier this month and as you can see Tim has her getting right to playtesting vintage games for reviews on the 8 Bit and Beyond site.
Congrats to Tim and Liz!!!! Huzzah for Kaylee! Hoist a pint! |
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, December 10 @ 07:19:52 MST
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Comics: Superman #681 (New Krypton)
Written by: James Robinson
Penciled by: Renato Guedes
The second part (or third if you count Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen special) of the long awaited New Krypton event. Following up on the events of Geoff Johns’ masterful Brainiac arc from Action Comics, the city of Kandor has been resurrected in Antarctica and now 100,000 super-powered kryptonians are roaming the Earth. Superman has taken it upon himself to introduce the inhabitants of Earth to their new neighbors and to acclimate his brethren to their new home. Always the optimist, Superman believes the two races can coexist peacefully and that Earth will be better for it. |
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Posted by admin on Sunday, November 23 @ 10:48:29 MST
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Comics: Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Written by: Geoff Johns
Art by: Shane Davis and Sandra Hope
After 7 issues of Secret origins, Geoff Johns’ brings the Green Lantern back into current continuity with Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns. This comic has two things in common with Johns’ other Final Crisis tie-in Legion of Three Worlds: it is fantastic and it has nothing to do with Final Crisis. Other than the editors note on the first page letting us know that events of this comic take place between Final Crisis #1 and #2, there is no mention of Darkseid, the Anti-Life Equation or any other plot thread from Grant Morrison’s story. Is that a good thing or bad thing? Well, it all depends on your opinion of Final Crisis. Regardless, FC: Rage of the Red Lanterns is a solid kick off to the upcoming Green Lantern arc The Blackest Night.
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Posted by admin on Sunday, November 23 @ 10:40:39 MST
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Movies: Star Trek Site Update
Monday, November 17, 2008 at approximately 1300 EST the Official Star Trek Movie site underwent a major overhaul. Now with more interactive features including links to both the teaser trailer and the first full trailer and a gallery filled with pictures. There were some hiccups during the crossover from the original site but after about an hour it all worked out.
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Posted by admin on Monday, November 17 @ 16:30:22 MST
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Official Contests: Universe Contest
Ok everyone this is the easiest contest in the world. All you need to do is send us your email address and you are entered! I know…pretty easy huh? Winner will be drawn at random by our extremely scientific methods…(it’s called a hat). Act now because this contest ends December 8 2008. This is our way of giving our fans and fans of the History Channel an early Holiday Season.
Remember that the contest ends on December 8, 2008 and all you need to do is email us your info! What is simpler. Once entry per person. Get on the ball people. And don’t forget to watch History’s The Universe Tuesday nights at 8pm. This contest is so simple it is out of this world!!!
1 Grand Prize Winner will receive:
- Magic 8 Ball
- Baseball Cap
- Frisbee
- Mp3/Cell Charger
- Key Chain
- Outdoor Sports Trek Bag
10 Runners Up Will Receive
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Posted by admin on Friday, November 14 @ 18:17:15 MST
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News: New Star Trek Posters Released
Paramount released two new character posters for the upcoming Star Trek movie due out 05.0.09.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, November 11 @ 10:35:22 MST
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Comics: Monarch Cards & Comics Shipping List 11/12/08
Greetings and Salutations, Rockin’ Comic Fans!
Welcome to yet another pulse-pounding episode of the Monarch Cards & Comics Shipping List! I keep thinking that I have to come up with a snappier name for this little newsletter. If anyone has any bright ideas on cool titles then by all means let me know. I’m looking for something tasteful, but exciting…descriptive, but not dry. I’m sure someone out there who reads this must be more creative then I.
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Posted by admin on Monday, November 10 @ 15:47:26 MST
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News: Season Three of THE UNIVERSE premieres on History
NEW YORK, NOV. 7, 2008 – From the planets to the stars and out to the edge of the unknown, history and science collide in this popular History™ series, now back for its third season. Today, robotic rovers give us eyes on the red rock of Mars… NASA probes slam into comets at hyper speed… Deep space telescopes capture violent images of the birth of stars and their collapse into black holes... All of these have significantly changed the way we look at ourselves. And although 50 years have flown by since man first ventured into outer space, the heavens are only now yielding their greatest secrets. Season Three of THE UNIVERSE premieres on History on Wednesday, November 11 at 9pm ET/PT.
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Posted by admin on Monday, November 10 @ 13:29:10 MST
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Comics: Monarch Cards & Comics Shipping List 10/29/08
Hola, Wacky Comic Fans!
I’d love to write a little bit about the books shipping next week, but
I can’t because at the time of this writing I haven’t actually created
the list yet. When I decided to do this weekly shipping list I didn’t
for a moment consider what was going to happen whenever I took a Friday
off. As it so happens, by the time you read this little love note I
will be out on the golf course cursing like a sailor and consistently
hitting the ball onto the wrong fairway. But never despair, my friends,
because I managed to come up with some conversation stuff that has
nothing at all to do with next week’s books.
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Posted by admin on Friday, October 24 @ 11:01:09 MDT
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Pic Pics of New Stark Trek Movie Leaked
May seems an awfully long way off but Paramount decided this week to start letting some information out about the new Star Trek movie. First off I must let everyone know that according to the grapevine there will be the first FULL trailer for J.J. Abrams' re-envisioned Star Trek shown with Quantuum of Solace on November 14. If I wasn’t going to see it already I would be going now. Imagine if they put it with something like Hannah Montana, I would shell out 10 clams to get in just to see the trailer.
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Posted by admin on Saturday, October 18 @ 15:02:06 MDT
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Comics: JSA Jim’s DCU #003
At a suggestion from a member of my veritable legion of fans I thought we’d talk about Hawkman this time around.
Basically, DC is once again going in more than one direction with the character. There’s a definite schizophrenia in play with the Winged Wonder and if it’s not on purpose, if its not part of a bigger game plan, it’s a bit disheartening.
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Posted by admin on Monday, October 06 @ 12:43:00 MDT
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Comics: Monarch Cards & Comics Shipping List 10/8/08
Salutations True Believers!
Welcome to another stunningly exciting installment of the Monarch Shipping List! I just know that the lot of you sit around your desks all Friday morning, drumming your fingers impatiently for the little *ping* that will alert you to the arrival of my latest blabfest. Fear not, I will ever be here with your only truly accurate account of what to expect on the comic rack next week.
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Posted by admin on Saturday, October 04 @ 04:20:30 MDT
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Comics: Monarch Cards & Comics Shipping List 10/1/08
Well, thanks to the upcoming five week month we all get a little break on our pocket books next week. Only 40 new comic titles are shipping next Wednesday (along with a whopping 18 tradepaperbacks/hardcovers, but that's another issue entirely), so some of you will actually get to buy other things besides comics, like food and gas. Thank Odin that I get paid this week so that the sudden drop in rampant comic commercialism doesn't affect my check...:)
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Posted by admin on Friday, September 26 @ 12:02:03 MDT
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Official Contests: Take 20Q Star Trek to Warp Speed and Win Big!
20Q.net is putting its artificial intelligence (A.I.) into warp speed to bring players 20Q™ STAR TREK, the latest version of the hugely popular game that can “read your mind.” By choosing a person, place or thing from the Star Trek Universe, you use your wits to keep the system from figuring out your answer in twenty questions or less. If the system can’t figure it out, you win! But first, the game needs to bone up on Star Trek trivia to be a worthy opponent.
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Posted by admin on Monday, September 22 @ 12:24:15 MDT
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Comics: JSA Jim’s DCU #002
Welcome back to my little corner of the DCU. Hold tight ‘cause things are about to get BIG, Binky.
I want to say that FINAL CRISIS is sweeping the DC Universe but if you read last month’s column you know that I’m not really feelin’ it that sweeping motion. That pretty much continues this month though the FC event has gotten bigger and for the most part better – at least the spinoffs have.
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Posted by admin on Thursday, September 04 @ 18:28:39 MDT
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Monarch Weekly Shipping List 9/4/08
Greetings Swingin' Comic Fans!
Well, it's another week and another edition of the Monarch Weekly Shipping List, piping hot and fresh from the oven. I've got a few quick notes of interest to you, my beloved customers, so let's get right to it...:)
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Posted by admin on Monday, September 01 @ 20:50:46 MDT
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News: The Star Trek Experience
The first time I set foot on the Promenade (modeled after Deep Space Nine’s) I was in love. As I walked down the steps I looked to Quark’s Bar on my right and to the shops to my left, I knew that I wanted to come back again and again. Which I did; I returned 2 more times and with each visit more wonderful memories. In my heart I was really there on DS9. The station on the show is situated between Bajor and a near by Wormhole but in reality I was at the in Las Vegas Hilton. Don’t get me wrong the Hilton is a swell place but I really wanted it to be the 24th century. I never did get to see Bajor and now I, we, are losing the only Star Trek themed attraction on Earth. On September 1st the Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton closed its doors to humans and aliens alike.
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Posted by admin on Monday, September 01 @ 20:41:22 MDT
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Games/RPG: Quick Fix: Adding Aspects to D&D
My group is still working on getting together to try out D&D 4E. (Attacking two quick build characters with five Kobalds on a chess board doesn't count, does it?) And since we haven't played yet, I'm withholding judgment on the system, but I must admit that I'm very excited about the new game. There is one house rule that I'm considering implementing. Anyone who's played Spirit of the Century or any other FATE game will tell you about the awesomeness of SotC's supermechanic: Aspects.
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Posted by admin on Sunday, August 10 @ 12:06:12 MDT
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Games/RPG: Recommended Reading 001
So hopefully I’m not the only GM out there who has been enjoying a new novel, graphic novel, comic book, or what have you and has thought to myself, “I hope my players never read this, ‘cause I’m gonna ‘homage’ this chapter next session!” Anyone else? Yes? No? Well, I’m going to take your silence as an affirmative and plow onward with Recommended Reading!
Note: Editor's Note: Evil Hat Publishing is developing a RPG for The Dresden Files...
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Posted by admin on Sunday, August 10 @ 11:59:02 MDT
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Web Comics
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R.I.T.A. says, "Buy this!"
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The Vorpal Network
