Press release. This spooky season sees the 19th annual South African HORRORFEST Film Festival & Halloween event erupt in cinema at the Labia Theatre (Cape Town) and across the entire country via streaming on Quicket! Plus several extra activities across...
The following is a mostly unedited press release provided by a PR firm. This one’s for anyone in Jo’burg: Esports and the chance to buy geeky festive gifts for your loved ones are major highlights of this year’s rAge Expo,...
Our friends over at Sad Shirts have been busy, busy, busy! Running a handcrafted shirt shop takes a lot of work, but they’ve been especially busy recently, getting ready for FanCon. In the words of their illustrious brand designer, Sad...
Remember how I said that I’ve known Paul and Sonja from the HorrorFest for a long time? Well, here’s proof! The following article was originally posted on channel24.co.za (when they still paid freelancers for articles), in October 2008. I co-wrote...
Last time, I wrote about preparing a module – specifically, so that you can run it at a convention. Most of the post was quite general, so I thought I’d follow up with a specific example. This is based on advice...
PRESS RELEASE Cape Town, 27 April 2023: Queuing up for one and a half hours prior to the doors even be scheduled to open, fans streamed in to experience a sold-out Comic Con Cape Town, at CTICC2 today. The energy is palpable...
You had me at ‘hello’, Digital Extremes! TennoCon 2020 was mind-blowing to say the least. “The Heart of Deimos” introduces a new open world, a new warframe called Xaku, and a long-awaited revamp of the ‘new player experience’ – and...
Like many conventions around the world, FanCon had to cancel its physical events in Cape Town this year due to the pandemic. If that left you feeling disappointed and annoyed, I have great news! The organisers have arranged a bunch...
Dragonfire is done! I’m really happy with how everything went. I have lots of ideas and plans for next year (like starting to prep WAY in advance). Fortunately, I’ll be sharing some of that right here on the blog, so...
This week’s blog was going to be about preparing to run a module at a convention, but then the most marvellous thing happened. Someone asked me for advice about running a module – specifically Death House, which I’ve run several...
