Don’t make the same mistakes as I did with Alastair Reynolds’s sci-fi. Despite the mermen and the ghosts I found the start of “On The Steel Breeze” to be quite slow. I wasn’t paying full attention when a few small paragraphs described how the main character Chiku divided into three identical copies and decided to […]
Articles by Andrew Girdwood
Recently, Andrew Girdwood has been covering topics like Books, Geek Stuff, and Tabletop & RPGs for Geek Native.
Eerie dragon packback just wants a hug
This rather strange backpack design is by Bob Basset’s Lair and has been living on the internet for years. What do you think of this black dragon, the big eyes and the way the beast wraps around your body? Cute, creepy or somehow both? You can’t buy the backpack but the site does link to […]
This Harry Potter LARP is magical
This video is footage from this year’s international and volunteer created LARP “College of Wizardry”. It might remind you of a certain magical school boy and so I’m going to call it a Harry Potter LARP. That’s just me, though. You can conjure up more information over at the official page at Rollespilsakademiet. At a […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service trailer
From chav to British secret agent. It’s a movie based on Mark Millar and Dave Gibbon’s graphic novel Kingsman. Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) and stars Colin Frith, Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson.
Cutting the rope: tomorrow’s elevators will go sideways
If you’ve stood in an elevator then you’ve probably stood in a ThyssenKrupp elevator. The steel company is huge and is a power player in the space. This video explains their new breed of rope-free elevator. Here’s the question; would you ride in a Multi? If there’s no rope would you brain be comfortable knowing […]
Retro-futuristic: A review of the classic Futureworld
Futureworld came out in the year of my by birth and is a sequel to the 1973 Michael Crichton Westworld. In Westworld a company called Delos ran three themed words; West World, Medieval World and Rome World and populated them with lifelike androids. Guests could fight, kill, or even have sex with the androids. As […]
6 famous RPG designers and the monsters they look like
You can search Google with images. All you need to do is drag and drop your image from your desktop or tab into the search box. As a security and privacy feature Google refuses to match faces for faces. If you search for a face you’ll exact matches and a wide range in the so-called […]
Paizo and Dynamite team again for Pathfinder Origins comic series
Paizo has announced Pathfinder Origins as the next comic series based on the Pathfinder RPG. The Redmond company has again teamed with Dynamite Entertainment for the work. In Pathfinder Origins the early days of the iconic Pathfinder heroes will be told and each issue will focus on one of them (Valeros, Seoni, Harsk, Merisiel, Kyra, […]
The Last: Naruto the movie
Naruto is coming to a close after a 15 run. That’s impressive. The Last movie (called The Last – we’ll have to see whether it’s the final movie in the franchise) deals with the dangers of the Moon. True to Naruto’s large plots we have the scenario where the Moon is coming too close to […]
Your very own giant dinosaur plushy
This derpy giant was designed by artist John Murphy exclusively for the Land of Nod. Grab him while you can. The limited edition “Paleo Plush” looks idea for having facing the computer console or gaming table so you have something to lean against while you sit on the floor. I dare say you can also […]
