I have mentioned Merlin before and I have now watched the first two episodes and I am quite enjoying it.
As I suspected it is similar to Robin Hood in style, a modern approach with humour. This works for me and I suspect others as well.
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High elves were posh Brits and their arch-rivals, the dark elves, were posh folk that have taken lots of drugs
The BBC report on Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Orcs were essentially football hooligans that have no long-term plans and like hitting things, usually other people, with sticks. Dwarves were a crude caricature of Northerners in that they live down mines, drink beer and have no money. High elves were posh Brits and their arch-rivals, the dark elves, were posh folk that have taken lots of drugs. “Think Byron,”
Not only did it make me laugh, it’s so true as well.
The game does look good though, but is this Liverpool?
You can get Warhammer Online from Amazon.co.uk
GW Prices going to rise
Alas the economic woes affecting the world economy have not left Games Workshop alone and September 29th sees a range of price increases across the GW range with the notable exception of their plastic kits.
Tabletop Gaming News has the inside story.
On Monday August 25th a message informing end hobbyists will be placed on all of our websites.
Prices will change September 29th.
A message will appear in our October White Dwarf.
The price increase will affect part of our paint and hobby ranges, as well as a large portion of our metal models and printed materials.
Even with the pressure of rising costs we are adamant that we will not at this time raise prices on any plastic model kits. Providing high quality, great value kits is fundamental to our corporate strategy and will continue to produce and distribute them at the current prices for as long as we are able.
Heresy today, here today
Well my copy of Dark Heresy is here today arrived in the post from Amazon..
It’s a nice thick hardbacked book, in full colour with lots of stuff in it. Going to have a good look at it later.
You can order from Amazon.co.uk
No, no, no and no again!
So there I was looking forward to to the new Harry Potter film in November when I read this BBC report.
The release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been pushed back by eight months, to July 2009.
The sixth instalment of the teenage wizard’s adventures was supposed to have its Royal premiere on 17 November.
Alan Horn, president of studio Warner Bros, said the decision was taken to guarantee the studio a major summer blockbuster in 2009.
No, no, no and no again!
Spitfire, 70 years old
Today is the 70th anniversary of the RAF’s most iconic WWII fighter plane entering service.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard to be published!
The BBC reports on the publication of the The Tales of Beedle the Bard:
A collection of fairytales penned by Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be published to raise money for a children’s charity.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Rowling first mentioned in The Deathly Hallows, will go on sale on 4 December.
A handwritten copy of the book was sold at auction for £1.95m last year.
Rowling wrote and illustrated seven copies of the book, but offered only one for sale. It was thought the book would never be published.
I expect many Potter fans are very happy about this.
You will be able to buy a standard edition
So you want to be an Assault Space Marine?
So you want to be an Assault Space Marine with your own jetpack?
If you have £50,000 ($100,000) then you can get one of these.
From BBC.
The Martin jet pack can, in theory, fly an average-sized pilot about 30 miles in 30 minutes on a full 5-gallon (19-litre) tank of petrol.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer
A trailer for the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, has been released.
Looking good.
Merlin
Straight after the final episode of Doctor Who the BBC ran a (very) short trailer which basically consisted of the following screen.
A look on the BBC wesbite reveals nothing at the time of writing.
So I did a quick Google search and found this article on the Guardian from 2005.
Merlin is one of a number of dramas being developed for the 7pm Saturday slot following the runaway success of Doctor Who earlier this year, which is credited with reviving family viewing.
The new BBC1 drama would concentrate on Merlin’s early life. In literature and on screen Merlin has been variously portrayed as a key figure in the Camelot story, acting as King Arthur’s adviser, poet and magician, but also as a villainous character.
There is also a later article from the Guardian from this year which has more detail, notably that Anthony Head is in the series.
The BBC has started filming on Merlin, a fantasy drama about Arthurian legend featuring Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Little Britain star Anthony Head and One Foot in the Grave’s Richard Wilson.
The 13-part drama will be broadcast in the autumn and stars a trio of newcomers as the young Merlin, Arthur and Guinevere.
Head will star as Arthur’s father, Uther Pendragon, while Wilson will play court physician Gaius in the Saturday teatime BBC1 series, slated for the family drama slot occupied by the likes of Doctor Who and Robin Hood.
The drama will be set in the mythical city of Camelot, and focus on Merlin as a wizard on the brink of adulthood who clashes with a young Prince Arthur.
Looks interesting. Sounds similar in style to the BBC’s Robin Hood.