by Newt | Dec 17, 2016 | 2nd Incarnation Development, News, TV & FILM
It took fifteen years to write and develop the first edition of Monkey the Storytelling game of the Journey to the West. It was first released in July 2010 at the Continuum Games Convention in Leicester UK. You see this was five years ago, when we didn’t have...
by Newt | Jun 27, 2016 | Monkey Monday, TV & FILM
A big part of my ‘research’ for Monkey the 2nd Incarnation is catching up on all the TV and Film versions directly inspired by the book. In many ways they are useful for finding ideas, especially from a visual context, on how to bring Monkey to the gaming...
by Newt | Feb 7, 2016 | TV & FILM
Well I’m ready for my announcement about the Monkey 2nd Incarnation tomorrow on the Chinese New Year, which is the start of the Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey. In my travels round the t’internet I’ve found a couple of relevant vids for your...
by Newt | Dec 28, 2015 | Kung Fu Christmas, TV & FILM
From the 1990s comes this film based off the Chinese Classic The Water Margin. It covers the meeting of two of the heroes Li Chung and the monk Lu Chi Sum, and the downfall of Lin Chung at the hands of corrupt nobles at court which leads to his outlawing. From the...
by Newt | Dec 21, 2015 | Kung Fu Christmas
For some its Wizard of Oz. For others it’s Die Hard which brings them Christmas cheer. Me I’m not one of them, I like my Christmas tales filled with Kung Fu action of the Hong Kong variety. It was the UK’s Channel 4 that introduced me to Hong Kong...
by Newt | Jul 11, 2013 | TV & FILM
A quick guest post about fansubed Chinese films and TV shows from my friend Lynn Yin. Note that that she talks about the Chinese version(s) of Monkey which most folk won’t be familiar with. Lynn originally brought the Chinese version to my attention when I was...
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