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Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Critical Role's chief creative officer, Matt Mercer, explains how he avoids burnout

Matthew Mercer relinquished the Game Master role for Critical Role's Campaign Four to confront burnout and prioritize rest despite ongoing projects and responsibilities.
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

How 2 men behind the Critical Role machine plan to turn the nerdworld royalty into a legacy brand

When the cameras start rolling at the Critical Role studio in Los Angeles, Ed Lopez and Ben Van Der Fluit are never in front of them. There are eight far more famous faces that front the operation. Critical Role's cofounders, a team of self-professed nerdy voice actors, have been streaming their show, going on tour, and starting their book business and game publishing arm.
Media industry
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Artist for top games gives 3 tips for landing illustration gigs

The name Ana Fedina may not ring a bell, but if you've played games like "Diablo IV," you've seen her work. For more than seven years, Fedina has been working as a professional artist and has contributed illustrations to games like "Raid: Shadow Legends" as well. Most recently, she was the illustrator for "The Armory of Heroes," a full-art compendium of weapons and character art released by the gaming and media company Critical Role in July.
Arts
fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

Ashley Johnson Talks Changes To Yasha's Story In "The Mighty Nein," Plus [Spoiler] Voicing Zuala

For fans of Critical Role, it has been such a dream watching Campaign 2 come to life with The Mighty Nein. Seeing our favorite characters and watching the early days of their stories being told through animation is, honestly, a dream. As Season 1 of the show has aired on Prime Video, one character in particular has everyone shouting for more week after week, and that's Ashley Johnson as Yasha Nydoorin.
Television
#the-mighty-nein
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago
Television

She went from a fan on Twitch to showrunner of Critical Role's Amazon-backed 'The Mighty Nein.' This is how she did it.

fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago
Television

She went from a fan on Twitch to showrunner of Critical Role's Amazon-backed 'The Mighty Nein.' This is how she did it.

Television
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

Critical Role's cofounders say they learned 3 big lessons from making 'Mighty Nein'

Critical Role adapted its 141-episode Dungeons & Dragons campaign into The Mighty Nein animated series on Prime Video, restructuring world-building and pacing for streaming audiences.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How one artist landed a 6-month dream gig making art for Liam O'Brien's Critical Role fantasy book

"In autumn 2023, we started talking in emails, and it wasn't until the winter of 2024 that we started the project," Borovsky said.
Books
Books
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How one writer secured his dream job working on a Critical Role book

Martin Cahill moved from long-time Critical Role fan to writer of The Armory of Heroes, a 216-page compendium celebrating CR's iconic gear.
Video games
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Dispatch May Get Season 2 Thanks To Super Response From Players

Dispatch sold one million copies in its first ten days, driving consideration of a Season 2 while AdHoc pursues a separate Critical Role game set in Exandria.
#dungeons--dragons
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago
Television

Critical Role's cofounders are dropping major teasers about what you'll see on Campaign 4, their major livestreamed show

fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago
Television

Critical Role's cofounders are dropping major teasers about what you'll see on Campaign 4, their major livestreamed show

#brennan-lee-mulligan
Video games
fromInverse
5 months ago

The World's Biggest D&D Campaign Is Changing Forever

Critical Role is set to launch Campaign 4 with a new player dynamic and a fresh world setting.
Television
fromPolygon
5 months ago

Critical Role's The Legend of Vox Machina is getting a fifth and final season

The Legend of Vox Machina has been renewed for a fifth and final season.
Film
fromPolygon
5 months ago

Critical Role's The Mighty Nein animated series premieres this November

The Mighty Nein series premieres on Prime Video, featuring a group of outcasts working together against a powerful relic threatening reality.
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

I followed Critical Role to their Australia megashows. Screaming fans and a 5-hour merch line prove nerdworld is now big business.

Thousands of people have paid hundreds of dollars to watch them play 'Dungeons & Dragons' - and now, their new game, 'Daggerheart' - for close to five hours.
Music
Film
fromPolygon
6 months ago

How Tusk Love, the most popular romance novel in Critical Role's D&D setting, became a real book

Tusk Love is a smutty fantasy novel featuring a romance between a half-orc and a human, inspired by the series Critical Role.
#tabletop-gaming
fromPolygon
6 months ago
Board games

D&D faces a real rival in Critical Role as a true TTRPG showdown begins

Critical Role's Daggerheart is emerging as a formidable competitor to D&D, particularly after the enlistment of former key D&D designers.
fromPolygon
6 months ago
Board games

Top D&D designers join Critical Role after quitting Wizards of the Coast

Christopher Perkins and Jeremy Crawford join Critical Role's Darrington Press to create innovative tabletop games.
#daggerheart
fromPolygon
8 months ago

Critical Role's new free comic traps its heroes in the mortification of interactive dinner theater

In Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins - Acquired Taste, Beau and Caleb get a tip that an individual they are searching for will be at a meeting at the Taste of Tal'Dorei in Bassuras.
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