Computer Games Online previews Vampire: The Masquerade—Redemption looking ahead at Activision and Nihilistic's upcoming third-person game of blood-sucking fun. If you're confused about Vampire's pen-and-paper roots, reading the preview will either help or hurt, as they offer the following explanation:

Now, some "traditional" pen and paper role-players may immediately mention a company called White Wolf and its very popular Vampire: The Masquerade game system. Others, who tend more towards the collectable card market, will remember Jyhad, a Magic-like game based on White Wolf's vampiric socio-political structure. And some poor few will recall the wicked stepsister of this family, a thoroughly rancid Aaron Spelling TV show called Kindred. However loosely, these disparate properties all tie into a game universe called the World of Darkness, where vampires rub shoulders with faerie-folk, and werewolves become the ultimate eco-terrorists.