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Posted by Raj Patel on May 19th, 2012 | 1 comment

Review: Game of Thrones – RPG

The Game of Thrones franchise has already seen massive success through books and now the hit TV series. People can’t get enough of George R. R. Martin’s epic world of fantasy. For the past seven years Cyanide Studio has been working on this RPG game based on it. They worked with the author to craft a story true to the universe without overlapping the books, rather than merely attempting to adapt the novels...

Posted by Raj Patel on May 15th, 2012 | 1 comment

New release: Game of Thrones

Today is certainly a very big day for video game fans, marking the release of multiple hotly anticipated titles. One of the new games you’ll see on shelves as of today, and one of the more original ones, is the new Game of Thrones RPG which I previewed briefly last week. Unlike the other games coming out today, this one isn’t a sequel or part of a long running game franchise. It is something relatively fresh...

Posted by Raj Patel on May 8th, 2012 | 0 comments

Looking forward to the Game of Thrones RPG

If you’re a fan of either the George R. R. Martin books, or the HBO TV series Game Of Thrones, you’ll probably want to take a look at the video game of the same name due to be released next week for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. I recently had the chance to sit down with the game and talk with Atlus (the game’s publisher) about the title and check out what they have in store for players. First off, the game is...

Posted by Raj Patel on Aug 30th, 2011 | 0 comments

Space Oddity

Check out this work by Andrew Kolb. He’s done some speculative illustration work imagining David Bowie’s Space Oddity as a children’s book. They’re quite charming and would fit well in a little golden...

Posted by Raj Patel on Mar 2nd, 2011 | 0 comments

The Cut-up revisited

Artist Brian Dettmer’s work revisits the notion of the cut-up, and rather than remixing printed text, opts to carve away at bound books, sculpting them in both form and image. The results are often compelling with layered nuances derived from careful subtraction, never addition. Check out Brian’s images for the full scope of his work. [Brian Dettmer] Sharing:

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about me

Hi, I'm Raj Patel. Nice to meet you. I'm a writer, photographer, film producer, avid reader, gamer, architect, programmer, artist, community manager, and general nerd.

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