Do you have a favourite meme response to Disney’s The Force Awakens trailer? I like the lightsaber memes… but I like the lightsaber. I don’t see what’s wrong with the handle. Do you?
Articles by Andrew Girdwood
In this archive, you'll find Andrew Girdwood's recent work on Geek Stuff, Art, and Tabletop & RPGs.
Zombie Pokemon for your nightmares
These two horrible alternative Pokemon are the love-children of artists J.R. Coffron and Stephen Oakley. Pikachu is pretty scary as a brain eating undead monster. Weezing is far, far, worse, though. You can imagine running from this monstrous Weezing as a level boss in a survival horror gets the drop on you.
Gaming night sends slapping girlfriend to jail
A Monopoly game row over whether too many $500 bills and who could play with the new cat token landed Alyssa Ferraro in jail. Police in Boston responded to a domestic disturbance charge. According to Boston.com the boyfriend did not require medical attention. It is alleged that Ferraro told responding officers that she had had […]
What does Dragonmeet 2014 have install?
This is the first year that Modiphius is running Dragonmeet. This means gamers will be filling hotels in London and that big British names will be making announcements. We know that Modiphius will be talking about their Infinity RPG. This is their biggest launch yet after signing a deal with Corbus Belli to bring the […]
Official Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer hits YouTube
Seen everyone raving about Star Wars: The Force Awakens while many bemoan that it’s only on QuickTime? Not great news for Apple. The official trailer, not one of the clever fakes, is now on YouTube via the Star Wars account. What do you make of the teaser? Has it done enough? Are you an old […]
Black Friday comes to the UK but are there any geek sales?
The American tradition of getting the shopping done and big discounts on this Friday has come over to the UK. It’s not the first time British retailers have tried but the 2014 Black Friday sales in the UK are the biggest yet. The question is; are there any geeky deals? If you find any great […]
GAME goes Christmas crazy – Christmas sweaters on offer
What might you expect GAME to do this Christmas? It survived financial disaster and enjoyed a “Raise Dead” spell being cast on it. There’s even a GAME store in my local shopping centre. Did you expect them to line up a range of Christmas game jumpers? There’s a whole collection and seem to be pretty […]
Listen to The Dragons of Dorcastle
The Dragons of Dorcastle is an Audible exclusive. It’s written by Jack Campbell the author of the excellent military sci-fi series The Lost Fleet. Two Great Guilds control the world of Dematr; the Mechanics and the Mages. The only thing that the two guilds agreed on – the world must not change. Now a Storm […]
Gamer conjures Dice Tower from abandoned toy
This “Build and Paint Knight’s Castle” was an unused gift. Gamer Pallandor points out that the maker’s didn’t even have enough faith in their product to see the finished product. The castle on the box looks kinda crap. As it happens; Pallandor had another idea. Could this model become a handy dice tower for a […]
Competition: Win The Killing Time
The Killing Time is a novel set in the universe of the TV series Grimm. Follow Hank Griffin and Nick Burkhardt, two police detectives in Portland, as they are called to track down a missing person. The cops soon discover that a strange creature is stalking the streets, able to dissolve a victim with just […]
