Ed Fortune
@edfortune.com
Journalist/Columnist for Starburst Magazine, print & online.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
Popculture media type, covering books, games,TV, films,theatre & tech.
Podcaster, D&D person, that sort of thing.
He/Him. Edinburgh.
I need to learn to be more Zen.
By which I mean I need to find out how to be in charge of a powerful alien spaceship...
By which I mean I need to find out how to be in charge of a powerful alien spaceship...
September 26, 2026 at 10:25 AM
I need to learn to be more Zen.
By which I mean I need to find out how to be in charge of a powerful alien spaceship...
By which I mean I need to find out how to be in charge of a powerful alien spaceship...
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Amazing news from Cosmic Lighthouse, who previously produced the Salvation's Child graphic novel.
My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
www.kickstarter.com
September 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Amazing news from Cosmic Lighthouse, who previously produced the Salvation's Child graphic novel.
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✨FUCK✨
✨GENERATIVE✨
✨AI✨
✨GENERATIVE✨
✨AI✨
UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE
UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
www.geeknative.com
September 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
✨FUCK✨
✨GENERATIVE✨
✨AI✨
✨GENERATIVE✨
✨AI✨
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For every like this gets, I'll give you a fact about Space: 1999.
Have the first one for free!
1) Sylvia Anderson supposedly wanted a more vulnerable commander of Moonbase Alpha who didn't always have the answers to every situation. Robert Culp was a preferred choice of actor.
Have the first one for free!
1) Sylvia Anderson supposedly wanted a more vulnerable commander of Moonbase Alpha who didn't always have the answers to every situation. Robert Culp was a preferred choice of actor.
Happy Breakaway Day to all who celebrate.
Space1999 Breakawayday
ALT: Space1999 Breakawayday
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September 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
For every like this gets, I'll give you a fact about Space: 1999.
Have the first one for free!
1) Sylvia Anderson supposedly wanted a more vulnerable commander of Moonbase Alpha who didn't always have the answers to every situation. Robert Culp was a preferred choice of actor.
Have the first one for free!
1) Sylvia Anderson supposedly wanted a more vulnerable commander of Moonbase Alpha who didn't always have the answers to every situation. Robert Culp was a preferred choice of actor.
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Seems weird the whole "are you ready for war if it happens" thing the government is pushing when clearly we've been at war via misinformation, funding far right hate groups, attacking British institutions and so forth for ages. A better question is "when is the government going to do something?"
September 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Seems weird the whole "are you ready for war if it happens" thing the government is pushing when clearly we've been at war via misinformation, funding far right hate groups, attacking British institutions and so forth for ages. A better question is "when is the government going to do something?"
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More from Your Daily Dracula – Gilbert & Sullivan’s Dracula (2026)
September 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
More from Your Daily Dracula – Gilbert & Sullivan’s Dracula (2026)
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I've had some more thoughts on this; I want to change the title of the game to 'Away Team' and have it specifically for small-party missions to worlds or other vessels.
Basically a Star Trek-themed one-shot dungeon crawl game, with one page maps/adventures for the teams to experience.
Basically a Star Trek-themed one-shot dungeon crawl game, with one page maps/adventures for the teams to experience.
Here's a short Star Trek TTRPG I played with a while ago. Have fun with it.
September 15, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I've had some more thoughts on this; I want to change the title of the game to 'Away Team' and have it specifically for small-party missions to worlds or other vessels.
Basically a Star Trek-themed one-shot dungeon crawl game, with one page maps/adventures for the teams to experience.
Basically a Star Trek-themed one-shot dungeon crawl game, with one page maps/adventures for the teams to experience.
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i'm largely opposed to AI rather than viscerally angry about it but today some of my lovely non-computer friends anxiously asked about it ending the world and it filled me with rage. what right do you have to worry these nice people with your made up bullshit. how dare you. they don't even go here
September 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
i'm largely opposed to AI rather than viscerally angry about it but today some of my lovely non-computer friends anxiously asked about it ending the world and it filled me with rage. what right do you have to worry these nice people with your made up bullshit. how dare you. they don't even go here
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A big villain in Andor is paperwork. It’s such a cold allegory for how people get crushed in the real world. You aren't being fought by a "dark side," you’re being deleted by an efficient clerk who wants a promotion. It makes the Empire feel way more dangerous and present. The monster is here now! 👊
September 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
A big villain in Andor is paperwork. It’s such a cold allegory for how people get crushed in the real world. You aren't being fought by a "dark side," you’re being deleted by an efficient clerk who wants a promotion. It makes the Empire feel way more dangerous and present. The monster is here now! 👊
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Magnificent work by the @marvelbythemonth.com folks.
September 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Magnificent work by the @marvelbythemonth.com folks.
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Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie's "This is Information" from the 2002 9/11 Tribute Anthology comic is one of my favorite comics ever – its metaphorical approach to narrative had a profound influence on my comics making. I share bits of it in class frequently, but worth revisiting on this day...
September 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie's "This is Information" from the 2002 9/11 Tribute Anthology comic is one of my favorite comics ever – its metaphorical approach to narrative had a profound influence on my comics making. I share bits of it in class frequently, but worth revisiting on this day...
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PAUL: What’s in the box?
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
September 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
PAUL: What’s in the box?
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
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"Sony let Kojima's next experimental game slip away to Xbox"
"The hot new Looney Tunes movie was barely saved from oblivion by Ketchup Entertainment"
"No one can figure out the premise for a new Muppet Show"
we are living through an era of exceptionally high incompetence from corporate leadership
"The hot new Looney Tunes movie was barely saved from oblivion by Ketchup Entertainment"
"No one can figure out the premise for a new Muppet Show"
we are living through an era of exceptionally high incompetence from corporate leadership
September 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"Sony let Kojima's next experimental game slip away to Xbox"
"The hot new Looney Tunes movie was barely saved from oblivion by Ketchup Entertainment"
"No one can figure out the premise for a new Muppet Show"
we are living through an era of exceptionally high incompetence from corporate leadership
"The hot new Looney Tunes movie was barely saved from oblivion by Ketchup Entertainment"
"No one can figure out the premise for a new Muppet Show"
we are living through an era of exceptionally high incompetence from corporate leadership
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On pre-order, Sophia McDougall's hilarious Mars Evacuees is back in the UK at last. Your kids will love this.
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September 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
On pre-order, Sophia McDougall's hilarious Mars Evacuees is back in the UK at last. Your kids will love this.
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
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An RNLI lifeboat guy here, and as I’ve been saying for many years now: why is it that the public have been subjected to hate campaigns against hated enemies including rescue services, Stonewall, Amnesty International, the left of the Labour Party, the National Trust, the Proms and Match of the Day?
September 8, 2026 at 11:07 AM
An RNLI lifeboat guy here, and as I’ve been saying for many years now: why is it that the public have been subjected to hate campaigns against hated enemies including rescue services, Stonewall, Amnesty International, the left of the Labour Party, the National Trust, the Proms and Match of the Day?
If you were a Rogue Trooper bio-chip, which bit of kit would you like to be attached to.
(Rogue Trooper's comrades have their personalities encoded on chips in case they get killed. )
(Rogue Trooper's comrades have their personalities encoded on chips in case they get killed. )
September 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If you were a Rogue Trooper bio-chip, which bit of kit would you like to be attached to.
(Rogue Trooper's comrades have their personalities encoded on chips in case they get killed. )
(Rogue Trooper's comrades have their personalities encoded on chips in case they get killed. )
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I'm doing a Halloween run of my haunted-Teletext larp TRANSMISSION! So excited that after years of developing it on and off, running it at festivals, I'll finally be doing a public run
Group tix are on sale, w individual tix on sale 22nd Sep
Info & tix here: everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
Group tix are on sale, w individual tix on sale 22nd Sep
Info & tix here: everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
September 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I'm doing a Halloween run of my haunted-Teletext larp TRANSMISSION! So excited that after years of developing it on and off, running it at festivals, I'll finally be doing a public run
Group tix are on sale, w individual tix on sale 22nd Sep
Info & tix here: everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
Group tix are on sale, w individual tix on sale 22nd Sep
Info & tix here: everythingimmersive.com/events/trans...
Really looking forward to this. I'll be on the What Next for Doctor Who? & John Carpenter Retrospective panels, as well as running the Outrageous Liars panel show...
The full programme for this year's Fantasycon is now available! Join us in Glasgow next month for 3 days of talks, workshops, live podcasts, panel discussions, readings, and more - plus, of course, to find out who's won the British Fantasy Awards!
Head to: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...
Head to: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...
September 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Really looking forward to this. I'll be on the What Next for Doctor Who? & John Carpenter Retrospective panels, as well as running the Outrageous Liars panel show...
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Today I realised that Huel is just formula, but for adults.
September 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Today I realised that Huel is just formula, but for adults.
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they’ll figure it out if they get hungry enough
September 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
they’ll figure it out if they get hungry enough
And that was the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Plenty of reviews over on the @starburst.bsky.social website from me, lots of amazing shows seen and it was great to catch up with folk.
August 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM
And that was the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Plenty of reviews over on the @starburst.bsky.social website from me, lots of amazing shows seen and it was great to catch up with folk.
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Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
August 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.