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Hey there, book fans. It’s 2024, and your favorite wealthy Mormon is publishing another book. Yes, that’s right. Brandon Sanderson’s Wind and Truth, the fifth entry in his Stormlight Archive series, will hit store shelves on December 6. Ahead of the novel’s release, we’re here to take you back over Sanderson’s life and career. Our goal is to point out fun facts you might not have known about fantasy’s biggest and most prolific author, all while filling you in on his life and times. Have new research or insight that we should have included? Let us know in the comments! We’re looking forward to hearing from you as the hype builds for Wind and Truth.

Early Life

Sanderson was born towards the end of 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He enjoyed reading when he was a young child but began to fall off of the hobby as he went through school,...

Jack Black's portrayal of Claptrap in Borderlands solves a big problem for the movie and captures the character's iconic personality perfectly. The decision to recast Claptrap was controversial, but Jack Black's performance highlights Borderlands' understanding of its adaptation challenges. Borderlands acknowledges the limitations of adapting a video game into a film, using Jack Black's voice to effectively convey Claptrap's spirit within a shorter timeframe.

Jack Black will play Claptrap for the Borderlands movie, controversially replacing the talkative robot's iconic voice, but his involvement will actually help the film succeed. Borderlands is an adaptation of the video game series of the same name, though the movie is making changes to its source material through Borderlands' story and cast. One of the biggest changes came from casting Jack Black as Claptrap. Black showed he could nail the voice in the trailer for Borderlands, and that he could solve a big problem with the games.

Selwyn Seyfu Hinds has signed an overall deal with UCP, which will see him adapt the Civil War graphic novel series “The Sixth Gun” into a TV series for the Universal Studio Group-owned studio.

Under the pact, Hinds will produce projects across various platforms through his production company Mad Massive Entertainment. First up is “The Sixth Gun,” based on the graphic novels from Oni Press by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt.

Per UCP’s description for the potential show, “During the darkest days of the Civil War, vile men unearthed six pistols of otherworldly power. But the Sixth Gun, the most dangerous of the weapons, vanished…until the day Becky Montcrief unknowingly grabs that very weapon from her dead father in a desperate attempt at self-defense — an act that hurls her into a terrifying new reality. One where men, and dark entities beyond men, will hunt the holder of...

Rob Leane Jun 6, 2019

Bridging the narrative gap between Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3 will be a new Dlc chapter!

A new Dlc chapter for Borderlands 2 will set up the events of Borderlands 3, a leak has revealed. As is becoming increasingly common in the build-up to next week's slew of E3 2019 presentations, the news of this Dlc was accidentally posted online early, and it was widely shared around the web before it could be taken down.

As was unintentionally leaked on Steam, and swiftly circulated by Reset Era, we now know that a new Dlc chapter entitled Borderlands 2: Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary is being prepared by Gearbox as a free add-on to the previous entry in the sci-fi loot-shooter series. And given that Borderlands 2 is currently available for free as one of June's Ps Plus games (as part of The Handsome Collection), this Dlc should be easy and inexpensive for...

Matthew Byrd May 7, 2019

Borderlands 3's drama continues as Claptrap's former voice actor feuds with Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford.

There's been an ongoing piece of Borderlands 3 high school level drama going on between Claptrap's former voice actor and Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford that has unfortunately reached the point where it's hard to ignore. 

The short-ish version of this story is that former Claptrap voice actor David Eddings claimed that he wasn't reprising his role in Borderlands 3 due to a dispute over pay. It might have died there, but Eddings referenced a reported $12 million bonus that Pitchford supposedly secretly received and suggested that it should have gone into the Gearbox account. 

Pitchford responded to the accusation over pay and confirmed that Eddings was not paid extra for his performances in the first two Borderlands games. According to Pitchford, the company did not typically pay salaried employees for this work and he implied...

Alana Joli Abbott Nov 7, 2018

We talked to author Jennifer Estep about moving into the genre of epic fantasy storytelling with Kill the Queen.

Jennifer Estep is no stranger to fantasy. I’ve been reading her novels since her superhero romance Bigtime novels hit the shelves. She’s the author of two young adult urban fantasy series, as well as the Elemental Assassin series, which has already clocked over seventeen novels starring Gin Blanco, an assassin with elemental magic who also runs a barbecue joint.

With Kill the Queen, Estep has released her first novel in the epic fantasy genre. It suits her, as Kill the Queen is her strongest writing yet...

The novel introduces Lady Everleigh “Evie” Blair, distantly in line to the throne of Bellona. But when a Game of Thrones-worthy royal massacre kills nearly every member of the royal family, Evie only narrowly escapes. Not knowing who to trust,...

“Stranger Things 2” returns just in time for Halloween, both in the real world and in the eerie town of Hawkins, Indiana conceived in the nostalgic minds of The Duffer Brothers. The action picks up three days before Halloween 1984, which means that the year will soon be coming to a close. For those who may not have been alive or perhaps have a shaky memory of the time, 1984 was a big year for memorable events and in pop culture.

The first season reveled in bringing the time period alive in all of its totally ‘80s glory, from Dungeons & Dragons gaming sessions and Eggo waffles to homages to “E.T.,” “The Shining,” and “Rambo.” Hell, even star Winona Ryder’s presence is a timely tribute since she made her early career in such iconic ‘80s films as “Lucas,” “Beetlejuice,” and “Heathers.”

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‘Every single night the same arrangement, I go out and fight the fight. Still I always feel the strange estrangement. Nothing here is real, nothing here is right.’ - Buffy the Musical, Going through the Motions.

You may have noticed that things have gotten a bit crummy recently. Not the last few tasty cheesecake crumbs that you chase round the plate with a finger crummy. More full on soggy digestive biscuit dunked in coffee gone wrong crummy that sticks to the back of your throat.

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There seems to be a contagious outbreak of web forum combativeness and general aura of discontent permeating geekdom discussions (and beyond), often in a very unpleasant way. Combine that with very real,...

Rooster Teeth has announced the hire of gaming industry veteran David Eddings to join its Rooster Teeth Games division. Eddings, who has been named head of game publishing, previously served as VP of business development and licensing at Gearbox Software, which is the creator of beloved franchises including Borderlands, Brothers In Arms, and Duke Nukem.

Rooster Teeth Games launched in January to help independent developers market and distribute their titles to the Austin-based entertainment collective’s legions of fans -- including 35 million subscribers on YouTube and 5 million unique monthly visitors on RoosterTeeth.com. Michael Hadwin serves as the division’s director. In his new role, Eddings will be responsible for forging additional relationships within the indie game developer community -- with the aim of adding innovative titles to the Rooster Teeth roster.

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