Jeff Penny is an ASCAP composer and arranger who creates original music often inspired by computer games. You can find his official site at JeffPenny.com and follow his social media accounts, including a Facebook fan page, from there. His YouTube channel as the video game inspired tracks, along with anime covers and other titles. Geek […]
Articles by Andrew Girdwood
You can find more of Andrew Girdwood's Music, Tabletop & RPGs, and Geek Stuff articles on the blog.
4 reasons why Critical Failures are a bad game mechanic; 4 why they work
Roleplayers are familiar with the Critical Success or Critical Hit rule. The player rolls a natural 20 or similar maximum value and as a result successfully strikes an otherwise impossible target or hits their enemy with such force that extra damage is done. Critical Miss rules are not as common in core rules but they […]
When Magic: The Gathering players put on their armour
This cosplayer has found a use for his old and common Magic: The Gathering cards. Well, I assume these are common cards. I especially like the tailed cloak out the back. That seems to add even more depth to the surprisingly complete costume. I bet those swords took an age to make. (Via Amy Ratcliffe […]
Gamer comic Giocomics goes international
Giocomics is the episodic comic strip series by Stefano Castelli and Alan D’Amico. Originally published in Italian, it has now been translated into English. Stefano Castelli is a gamer and game designer; responsible for takes like Turandot and C.O.A.L.: Combat-Oriented Armored League. Alan D’Amico is an artist who has worked on board games like Kingsport […]
LEGO’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tower
This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle LEGO build was put together for the 2013 Comic-Con. Back then the Jonathan Liebesman film (produced by Michael Bay) was in mid-production, there were rumours the turtles might be aliens and some of us were worried the movie would be crap. This blogger still hasn’t seen the film and can’t […]
Blood Oath battles vampires, humans and werewolves on Kickstarter
Blood Oath is a three-player card game from SEDA Interactive. The core game has 54 cards per race, tokens, leader cards and specially designed play mats to facilitate the three-player battle. You can read more about it on Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] SEDA are looking for $18,000 to fund the game. At the time of […]
A blended potion of comedy and darkness: A review of Finn Fancy Necromancy
Finn Fancy Necromancy flips between humour, which is sometimes slightly immature, like magic eating Pac-man butt tattoos and rather dark subjects like family tragedy and mental health. The opening premise is very strong. Finn Gramarayre is returning to our world after a 25 year long exile to the Other Realm. He was exiled when he […]
That time the Starship Enterprise turned up at Red Bull Soapbox Racer
In 2013 a wonderfully made Starship Enterprise turned up at Red Bull’s Soapbox Racer in the UK. Superfan Rob Wixey also took his creation to the London premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness. You would, wouldn’t you? You can see more pictures of the racer over at RedBull.com/uk/ and read more about the Soapbox Race […]
Viewer discretion advised: A review of Exorcism
Exorcism is an 18-rated horror from director Lance Patrick and the actors and contributors Alex Rendall and Aisling Knight. The horror is a mashup of two common stories that combine to offer us something new. In one strand we’ve an exorcism gone wrong. In another strand we’ve behind-the-scenes footage of a movie being made. In […]
Sometimes geeks have to improvise their household decoration
Ooops! That’s not the Iron Man I know. Shared to Imgur by buy Redditor HotDog804 this image shows three superhero word art posters lined up with a model of each superhero. Kinda. Sorta. This blogger rather liked the posters and successfully traced them to Kirkland’s (Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man) and found plenty of other superhero […]
