Clockwork Revolution
The Magnanimous and Beneficent Doctor has been watching inXile Entertainment's Clockwork Revolution with the patient intensity of a man who has literally survived the end of the world via alchemical…
From the archives
2026
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The 2003 Blackout: The Alarm That Never Rang
On August 14, 2003, fifty million people from Detroit to New York City lost power in the largest blackout in North American history. There was no bomb. No attack. No mastermind. Just a hot afternoon, a few untrimmed trees, and a control-room alarm that quietly stopped ringing — and never told anyone it had.
The Guild: Ren Faire’d
Felicia Day just did something the internet desperately needed: she brought back The Guild. Not a reboot, not a remake, not a soulless streaming-service cash-grab. A fan-funded reunion movie, titled…
Key City Steampunk Convention 2026: Worlds of Tomorrow
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. August 7 through 9. The theme is Worlds of Tomorrow, and the mood board they're working from is Metropolis, The Rocketeer, and airships. If you just read that…
Chicago Steampunk Exposition 2027: To the Moon and Beyond
The Chicago Steampunk Exposition has dropped its 2027 theme and, look, I just want to say: someone in Schaumburg, Illinois is doing the Lord's work. The 2027 Expo is going…
Steam Cyberpunk Fest 2026
Your wallet is about to get jacked in and left bleeding in a neon-soaked alley, and you are going to thank them for it. Steam Cyberpunk Fest 2026 runs August…
The Max Headroom Hijack Is Still Unsolved
On the night of November 22nd, 1987, a man in a grinning mask seized two Chicago television stations — hijacking a sportscast and then a British sci-fi rerun with ninety seconds of distorted nonsense. Nearly forty years later, no one knows who he was.
Steampunk Invaded Comic-Con and Nobody Stopped Them
San Diego Comic-Con 2026 wrapped up today, and while the normies were busy losing their minds over Marvel casting news and Blade Runner 2099 (CyberPunk, yes, I see you, it…
Cosmere RPG: Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere RPG is expanding, and the new wave is Mistborn, dropping into retail November 2026 from Brotherwise Games. That means a Starter Set, a Handbook, a 285-page World…
Machines of Bone & Blood
Someone at Somanyrobots Games asked the right question: what if the Industrial Revolution ran on reanimated corpses instead of coal and steam? The answer is Machines of Bone & Blood…