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We're going to go ahead and assume that the kind of people who read websites that are primarily devoted to intense opinions about comic books and jokes about the Bottle City of Kandor are also going to be pretty interested in good deals on dice-based roleplaying games about fighting dragons with magic swords. If that's the case, here's some good news --- and if you're a person who's been thinking about getting into RPGs but didn't know where to start, it's even better. This week, Paizo Publishing and Humble Bundle launched a deal where $15 will get you 43 books worth of dungeon-crawling, character-creating, spell-casting fun --- including a good chunk of the brand-new Hell's Rebels adventure path.

One of the highlights of San Diego Comic-Con for Marvel gaming fans was the debut of the much-anticipated free-to-play MMO action RPG, Marvel Heroes in playable form. I asked the developer Gazillion's Director of Community, Stephen Reid, why they didn't show the game at E3 and he replied, "Because we wanted it to debut it where the fans are...

Following in the footsteps of their Game of Thrones RPG video, Collegehumor returns with a 16-bit Square/Enix-style RPG reimagining of the complete Battlestar Galactica series on Syfy. It's an abbreviated retelling, to be sure, but BSG fans (and critics) will enjoy the shoutouts to controversial plot twists like the Final Five Cylons and whatever the hell happened in the finale...

The world of Twitter has had something of a transformative effect on comics culture, connecting creators and fans on a direct basis, not to mention giving us hilarious character accounts such as God Damn Batman, Drunk Hulk and Hobo Darkseid...