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Fantasy Fiction: The Silver-Haired Heiress Hates Me (But She Keeps Saving My Life) Chapter 8
As a reminder, I will be at World Fantasy Con tomorrow and Saturday, so I will be taking a much-needed break after this frantic pace. I think we had a beautiful, magical yet slice-of-life moment in this chapter with some good character progression. And the ferret—since it was so popular, I added in some more. I keep thinking we’re gonna slow down in pai…
Conversation Tree Press Announces Limited Edition of the Dragonlance Chronicles
Dragonlance fans have a collector’s edition to look forward to. Conversation Tree Press has announced a signed, limited edition of the Dragonlance Chronicles, the trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman that began with Dragons of Autumn Twilight in 1984 and continued with
Wheel of Time Props Head to Auction With Bids Under $250 as Amazon Releases Rings of Power Season 3
Amazon is selling off the remains of The Wheel of Time, and the bids are not pretty. Propstore has an online auction of the show’s props and costumes running through October 28, and the catalog covers everything from full Trolloc outfits to Aes Sedai serpent rings, a Shadar Logoth dagger and the Horn of Valere itself. All 272 lots come from the three se…
Xbox Is Making Even More Cuts As The Game Industry Dwindles
In July, Microsoft announced it would lay off 3,200 Xbox employees, 1,600 immediately and another 1,600 over the following year, and divest four studios. Microsoft cut about 2 percent of its total workforce in the action. Xbox cut 20 percent of its own.
Kevin Smith’s Star Wars and Marvel Crossover Opens With a Joke at Its Own Expense
Marvel Comics announced the first Star Wars and Marvel crossover on August 11, timed to the 50th anniversary of A New Hope. The series is Star Wars | Marvel: Hope Assembles, written by Kevin Smith and drawn by David Marquez. Marvel first said it would run five issues. At New York Comic Con in October it grew to six, with the first issue due January 13, …
Starfleet Academy Actor Karim Diané on Season 2: “Prepare to Be Pissed Off”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premiered on Paramount+ on January 15, 2026. Two months later, on March 23, the studio announced the show would end after season 2, which had already finished filming. Season 2 arrives in March 2027, and cast members say they do not know how it ends because the story wraps up before the cadets finish their training.
Bioware Chose Pronouns Over Its Own Survival
BioWare is gone. Electronic Arts announced the studio’s closure on October 21, 2026, ending more than thirty years of work that produced Knights of the Old Republic, the Mass Effect trilogy, and the Dragon Age series. Early development on the next Mass Effect