It's easy to assume that big business success is achieved through making insightful and difficult decisions at the right time, spotting a gap in the market and committing to filling it. OK, so there is some truth in this, but another essential piece of the puzzle is the creative and ...

Read a conversation between two of comic's most prominent writers, Brian M. Bendis and Greg Rucka.

Wow, Google has really outdone itself with today's doodle (currently live in countries where it's already May 23rd). We've had plenty of great ones before featuring great writers, artist, scientists and, er, snowflakes, but this one features some of the best interactivity I can remember in a while. Today would ...

Pixar has been making feature-length computer-animated films since Toy Story in 1995, and all of them have been artistic and popular successes; the latest is Brave, which is notable for being both Pixar's first "fairy tale" (in other words, a magic-based story set in a mythic "once upon a time" ...

If you've been following role-playing game news, you know that the fate of Dungeons & Dragons is somewhat in peril. Many younger gamers flock to video games, not table-top games. Some old school gamers have abandoned the hobby entirely, or else they play outdated (but perfectly playable) versions of the ...

This weekend is a major first for me. I'm not talking about my first trip to San Francisco, which has been awesome. I am talking about my first Maker Faire and I couldn't be more excited. It is palpable and I imagine this is what Charlie Bucket felt like before ...

Congrats to the following winners of our giveaway for the launch of Schemer!

I suppose I had it coming. Ever since I wrote those critiques of the archery in Brave, Hunger Games, and most infamously, the two about Hawkeye in The Avengers, I've had lots of people ask me my opinion of the archery in a great many movies and TV shows past ...

Back in 2009 Paizo Publishing released Pathfinder, a table-top roleplaying game that extended the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 ruleset. Pathfinder has gained considerable popularity in the ensuing years, and now the team at Paizo is embarking on a new project, Pathfinder Online. By means of Kickstarter fundraising, Chief Executive Officer ...

It's been 22 years since the world lost Jim Henson, and I still can't think about it without tearing up a bit. His death at age 53 was sudden and catastrophic, like being hit by lightning on a cloudless day. Along with countless others around the world who had never ...