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Author: Ken Newquist

Cthulhu Awakens

NuketownSF – Cthulhu Awakens, Saving Sanity, Foundation, Giving Back, Clay-O-Rama

March 27, 2022 Ken Newquist Blog, Focus, NuketownSF Recap

Nuketown’s tweets for the weeks of March 7 and March 14, 2022. BOOKS | Wil Wheaton – Still Just a Geek (Twitter thread) RPG | Kickstarter – Cthulhu Awakens Roleplaying Game RETRO GAMES | Ready Player One Replay – Joust TOYS | Nerdist –[…]

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Two combatants face off against each other in Street Fighter II

RPO Replay: Street Fighter II

March 19, 2022 Ken Newquist Focus, Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an ongoing exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Love it or hate it, there’s value in revisiting our geeky roots. Quote Since then, we’d used Street Fighter II[…]

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A dot-passed rendering of a monster in a dungeon

RPO Replay: Dungeons of Daggorath

March 16, 2022 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an ongoing exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Love it or hate it, there’s value in revisiting our geeky roots. Quote “Daggorath” (with two “g”s) could refer only[…]

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A cast of Marvel superheroes in costume.

Top of the Pile: Inferno, Dark Ages, Ultimate All-New Spider-man

March 15, 2022 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Focus, Top of the Pile

I’m once again caught up on my comic book reading, which means I can actually talk about what’s going on with my beloved X-Men. It also means I have time to delve into Marvel Unlimited looking for some new reads[…]

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A starship against a black sky.

NuketownSF – The One Ring, Abandoned Places, Futurma, Scrappy Starships, Fake Commutes, Summer Reading

March 11, 2022 Ken Newquist Blog, NuketownSF Recap

Nuketown’s tweets for the week of February 27, 2022. RPG | Gnome Stew – The One Ring: Roleplaying in the World of the Lord of the Rings Review STREAMING | Deadline Hollywood (retweet) Futurama holdout John DiMaggio has closed a[…]

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A single pixilated, knight-mounted ostrich prepares for battle against digital vultures.

RPO Replay: Joust

March 9, 2022 Ken Newquist Game Reviews, Games, Ready Player One Replay, Video Game Reviews

The Ready Player One Replay is an exploration of the games that inspired the novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Quote I couldn’t help but grin as I read the name on the game’s backlit marquee: JOUST. Williams Electronics, 1982. — Ready Player One p.[…]

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Spider-man and Dr. Strange exist a portal

NuketownSF – UFOs, Spider-men, Monsters, Code Girls, Low-Prep Games

February 27, 2022 Ken Newquist Blog, Blog Columns, NuketownSF Recap

Nuketown’s tweets for the week of February 20, 2022. ASTRONOMY | Ars Technica – New fast radio burst found in area that shouldn’t have any sources RPG | Gnome Stew – Why You Should Try Low-Prep Games In Addition To D&D UFOS[…]

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Two human figures view an Antarctic landscape.

Off the Bookshelf: Lost Fleet, Lord of Light, Mountains of Madness

February 24, 2022 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Focus, Off the Bookshelf

It’s a cold, dark winter … but this edition of Off the Bookshelf brings a little light, a lot of heroics, and, ok, mountains of madness. Maybe avoid the last one if you’re not in the right headspace… The Lost[…]

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The cast of Futurama

NuketownSF – Futurama Returns, Hybrid Immunity, Zines!, Mario Kart 8 courses, Kelvin Star Trek is Back

February 20, 2022 Ken Newquist Blog, Blog Columns, NuketownSF Recap

Nuketown’s tweets for the week of February 13, 2022. MOVIES |Variety – ‘Star Trek’ Cast, Including Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, Returning for Fourth Film PANDEMIC | Hybrid immunity offers increased protection that is longer-lasting against Covid-19 reinfection, studies show RPG[…]

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A collection of zine cover art

Zine Month 2022

February 16, 2022 Ken Newquist Book & Print News, Books & Print, Games, Role-Playing Games

It’s February, which means snow, long days that are slowly getting shorter, and zines. So many zines. For the last three years, Kickstarter promoted ZineQuest, a celebration, and promotion of print and PDF zines for role-playing games. This year, Kickstarter[…]

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About Nuketown

Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

Radiating from Easton, Pa.

Recent Posts

  • NuketownSF – Cthulhu Awakens, Saving Sanity, Foundation, Giving Back, Clay-O-Rama March 27, 2022
  • RPO Replay: Street Fighter II March 19, 2022
  • RPO Replay: Dungeons of Daggorath March 16, 2022
  • Top of the Pile: Inferno, Dark Ages, Ultimate All-New Spider-man March 15, 2022
  • NuketownSF – The One Ring, Abandoned Places, Futurma, Scrappy Starships, Fake Commutes, Summer Reading March 11, 2022

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