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Remembering 'Easy pickings, no matter how you look at it'
It goes without question that I am a huge fan of the work of Daniel Horne. He's done some absolutely astounding fantasy work over the years, including masterpieces on covers for Dragon & Gygax Magazines as well as The Folio. Many remember his works, but probably not everyone would pick this particular piece from Dragon #112. It was one of the first Dragon Magazines I ever purchased myself, and I've still got it today. The dwarves are such great characters here, and Daniel has a way of capturing characters unlike the bulk of artists in the industry. The terror, the...
A Return to Star Wars Galaxies: Part Eight
I wasn’t there when it all ended. I’d stopped playing again for the second time and didn’t see as reason to be there when the lights went out. Maybe that was selfish, considering what the game meant to me, but I knew none of those who had made the game so special for me would be there, so why attend ‘the party’ ‘I got to sleep sometimes and wonder if I’ll ever wake up again. Thankfully I always have, but there seem to be shadows around me of those who weren’t as lucky as I have been…’ Jericho Knox I...
A Return to Star Wars Galaxies: Part Seven
Yesterday was my birthday, so I was out an about and not roving the lonely plains of Corellia on my swoop. Still, thoughts of SWG did creep into my mind, like while watching Star Trek: Beyond and wondering when JTLS was coming out, especially since Chassis Dealers no seem operational. I’m not holding my breath, though, as I know things in the EMU move glacially even with the best efforts and intentions. That is just how a fan run enterprise built on hardcore hobby lovers is, and I applaud them for it. ‘I had a Y-Wing once, a long time...
A Return to Star Wars Galaxies: Part Six
Can these to star-crossed lovers make it to a shuttleport in time!? So I was watching Stranger Things on Netflix last night and I couldn’t help wondering if there was ever a moment in SWG when the tension of a horror-like scenario played out. Maybe the Genosian Bunker, but I’ve not been there since 2005. I then started imagining me trying to recreate that feel just within the mechanics of the game. ‘I went to Dath once with a droid engineer looking for steel. Nothing more nerve wracking than free-mining on the edge of a dark...
When Clyde Caldwell had a girl...
Now I know I've said before that Clyde always liked to use a wide variety of live models, and it is true, but if there is one thing about Clyde's work that is indisputable, it's that his models had something in common... Jeff Easley once referred to Clyde as 'The Thighmaster', and I can't go against that moniker, but I will say Clyde is also a fan of breasts as much as he is thighs (so I always like calling him Colonel Sanders), even if TSR tried to reign him back over his years there. So, did Clyde actually have...