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The 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala will feature a special appearance from Diane Warren, who has been named this year’s recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award. The award, to be presented at the ceremony on June 13, is considered to be the institution’s highest honor. It is reserved for songwriters and songwriting teams that have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame and whose catalogue of work matches the quality and standards set by esteemed songwriter Johnny Mercer. “I’m beyond honored…

Dungeon Master and voice actor Matthew Mercer would love to make a Critical Role video game, if he finds the right studio. When asked by Dicebreaker if he wants to make a Critical Role video game, Mercer responded by saying that he’d love to make one “should all the stars align”, but that it would need to be the “right idea, the right development studio, and the right budget.” Despite the sheer popularity of the series, Critical Role somehow hasn’t been optioned for a video game yet. The closest the popular Dungeons…

Dungeon Master and voice actor Matthew Mercer would love to make a Critical Role video game, if he finds the right studio. When asked by Dicebreaker if he wants to make a Critical Role video game, Mercer responded by saying that he’d love to make one “should all the stars align”, but that it would need to be the “right idea, the right development studio, and the right budget.” Despite the sheer popularity of the series, Critical Role somehow hasn’t been optioned for a video game yet. The closest the popular Dungeons…

Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall made an intricately fleshed-out world for players to explore. There's obviously a supernatural element, but the game takes place in a world similar to the turn-of-the-century United States. Certain technologies and political stratifications resemble our own world, even though it's entirely fictional. And Starke and Hall were just so happy to watch people want to see what they could do within this new realm. This included an examination of the Last Great War, which is basically…

A few weeks ago Critical Role debuted its newest campaign: Candela Obscura. io9 had a chance to talk with Matt Mercer, Candela Obscura’s Game Master, and two players—Laura Bailey and Robbie Daymond—about the game, the production, and what’s next for the game at hand.A Guide to Giving Sustainable GiftsCandela Obscura is the first original tabletop roleplaying game from Darrington Press, Critical Role’s publishing arm. It is a Forged in the Dark-style game written by Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall using the Illuminated…

Image: DropoutEvery season of Dropout’s Dimension 20 offers to shake things up in some kind of way. It’s what’s what made the show so fun to watch over the years, and now that the most recent season—season 15, Neverafter—has wrapped up, it’s once again time to shift to another setting, with the added bonus of Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer as the Game Master.Vox Machina is a Fan Forward ProjectThe Ravening War is a prequel to A Crown of Candy, the franchise’s fifth season from 2020. Crown’s pitch was “Candyland meets Game…

Voice actor and Critical Role dungeon master Matthew Mercer has confirmed that he will be voicing Ganondorf in The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. Shortly after Nintendo shared its third and final trailer for Tears Of The Kingdom, Mercer revealed that the company had given him the go-ahead to confirm his role in voicing series villain Ganondorf. “I can finally announce my absolute pleasure to be voicing Ganondorf in The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom,” shared Mercer. “An immense honour that I have thrown…

Patch 9 for Baldur’s Gate 3 has been revealed, with developer Larian Studios detailing the addition of the long-awaited Paladin class, an increased level cap, and Matthew Mercer as the voice of returning character Minsc. The update was detailed via Larian’s latest Panel From Hell livestream, which confirmed that Paladins will be playable with two subclasses – Oath Of The Ancients and Oath Of Devotion – from Patch 9. “Paladins vary in their specific missions and ideals, but all Paladins have sworn an Oath to stand with…

Photo: Jace Downs/AMCFriends, zombies, countrymen, lend me your ears! I have come to bury The Walking Dead, not to praise it. I haven’t come to trash-talk it either, actually. But it feels important to note that the zombified version of TWD that has been shambling around our TV screens for years has had its skull crushed and its brains pulverized. You know, metaphorically speaking. I have frighteningly little to say about “Rest in Peace,” given that it was a super-sized episode meant to close an 11-season run of what used…

Photo: Jace Downs/AMCIn last week’s recap, I wrote the following: “Do you ever feel tense when watching The Walking Dead anymore? Does the TV show ever truly surprise you anymore? I’m pretty sure it’s been quite a while since TWD made me feel like a character was in real danger or did anything that made me wonder what was going to happen next.” I am pleased to report tonight’s episode surprised me, made me anxious, and left me wondering what’s coming next week.Now, given that next week’s episode of The Walking Dead is…