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Behind the scenes with The Can Opener’s Daughter

December 18, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rob Davis’ The Motherless Oven is an award-winning comic. In this world there are no birthday, only deathdays and it’ll be a battle for Scarper Lee to survive that long. In this world children make their own parents and Scarper’s father is a wind-powered construction and his mother a Bakelite hairdryer. Now, in the The […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: selfmadehero

Difficult? This is a Dark Souls Fire Keeper cosplay

December 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of the many things I hear Dark Souls fans raving about is the quality of character design. It’s certainly influenced Russian cosplayer Niamash who put together this stunning Fire Keeper cosplay. Just a heads-up on Niamash. She runs this cosplay store on Etsy and it offers a chance to snap up some of creations. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, Dark Souls

Adorn your ears with these Squirrel Girl earrings

December 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Squirrel Girl, hero of the Great Lakes Avengers, has yet to go mainstream but her geek-fu is strong. Who knows? Perhaps Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will slay the box office and studios will start looking for another way to do a non-grim, lighthearted, proper hero story. If there’s a Squirrel Girl movie then here’s […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: jewellery, superheroes, ThinkGeek

Magic and Time Paradoxes: Shintiara passes Kickstarter goal

December 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shintiara is a fantasy world caught between two stars. On of the stars has collapsed into a black hole and is dragging the planet slowly towards it. The result? Weird time effects. Past and future technologies and other hazards are now active in the world. Shintiara RPG: A World of Magic and Time Paradoxes will […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, kickstarters

There are monsters in the subway

December 16, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A mysterious Facebook account called Subway Doodle is shining light on the dangerous problem of monsters on the subway. Okay, it’s sharing doodled monsters which have been superimposed on everyday subway pictures and the results are great. Check out a sample below.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: monsters

Grab your sexy norse god calendar now

December 16, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

[Show me more!] Fancy a sexy norse god? In calendar form, of course. Good news. Etsy retailer Hello Ground has just the calendar for you. Here’s the line-up; January – Odin February – Vali March – Heimdall April – Freyr May – Njord June – Hod July – Thor August – Bragi September – Tyr […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: calendars, Etsy

This is not Margot Robbie!

December 16, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve seen some incredible look-a-like cosplay over the years. Have you seen cosplayer Santatory as Margaery Tyrell from Game of Thrones? Now we get to check out the Infamous Harley Quinn, as yes, Harley Quinn. There’s no doubt that this young Australian is a great look-a-like for Margot Robbie. View this post on Instagram A […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, Harley Quinn, Margot Robbie

Site discovery: DNDKids.com

December 15, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DNDKids is a new online comic from writer and game designer Uri Kurlianchik and artist Jamie Keys. Okay, a newish site – it has been going since June 2016 but unlike many webcomics it has kept going. Uri’s been published by the likes of Wizards of the Coast and Paizo Publishing in the past and […]

Filed Under: Sites

Transformer USB

December 14, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Tell me more] This Decepticon doesn’t transform into a jet fighter, a tank or even an old stereo system. This Transformer changes from big cat into an USB 2.3 flash memory drive. It comes in a range of sizes; 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The largest will set you back just shy of $25 on […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Transformers, usb

Judge Dredd’s iconic 2000 AD grants license to Warlord Games

December 14, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a new line of miniatures and games coming for the legendary 2000 AD. Warlord Games has secured a worldwide license based on the characters from the weekly comic; this includes Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Nemesis the Warlock and the rest. It’s early days yet but it’s believed that the popular post-apocalyptic series Strontium Dog […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2000 AD, Beyond the Gates of Antares, judge dredd, models, Rick Priestley, sci-fi, Strontium Dog, war games, warlord games

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