Are you excited by Dungeons & Dragons 5, D&D Next or Tyranny of Dragons? I think they’re all the same thing but Wizards of the Coast keep on surprising me with new facets, twists and updates. Here’s another surprising twist: Basic D&D will be free. You’ll be able to download from the official website in […]
Articles by Andrew Girdwood - Page 1453
Looking back to 26th May 2014, Andrew Girdwood filed a report detailed as "This video is out early and shows lots of the cosplay at this weekend's London Comic Con.". It also was tagged with London Comic Con.
Continue reading more articles by Andrew Girdwood below.
An early look at the MCM Comic Con London cosplay
This video is out early and shows lots of the cosplay at this weekend’s London Comic Con. There will be more but in these 8 or so minutes we can see just how close to the working docks the Excel arena is, what a family event MCM Expo is and just how British cosplay is […]
The incredible fantasy landscapes of Rene Aigner
Rene Aigner is an illustrator based in Germany. You can see more of his work via his professional site, deviant art and new Facebook. I think Aigner’s work shows an attention to realism that isn’t always found in fantasy and sci-fi art. Do you have a favourite?
Dinosaurs! A review of the Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi
Csotonyi won the Lazendorf PaleoArt prize for his illustrations in 2010 and 2012. He’s both an artist and a scientist. He has a PhD in Microbiology. There’s a lot of reasons to be jealous of his talent but the summary is this – he’s very good. If you’ve Titan Books’ Dinosaur Art: The World’s Greatest […]
Void Star Studios turns to Kickstarter for Nova Praxis – Savage Worlds Edition
[Back this Campaign] Transhuman sci-fi games are hot right now. It’s a good time for Void Star Studios to take their Nova Praxis to Kickstarter and whisk up a Savage Worlds edition. The proof is in the pudding; the Kickstarter finishes on the 13th on June, asks for $6,500 and has already raised $5,500+ from […]
Dragonmeet gets new management
Cubicle 7 has managed the London RPG gamer convention Dragonmeet for the last two years. It is the capital’s largest one-day roleplaying, CCG, miniatures and boardgame event. Today the company announced the Chris Birch of Modiphius and the Music entrepreneur Jonathan Rowlands will take over management for the next event and relaunch the convention for […]
A cake story of How to Train Your Dragon
This impressive cake is a gold medal winner at Cake International. You can see why. We’ve Toothless and Hiccup on top and then the cast and crew of How to Train Your Dragon arranged around the cake. Each of the figures are detailed and the dragons are especially good. I may have dragon bias. The […]
They say it couldn’t be done – Tetris on the Launchpad
The Launchpad is an instrument designed to let you trigger samples and control instruments. You can even link them together if you’re hardcore enough. Is it possible to play the Tetris theme on the Launchpad though? YouTuber SoNevable thinks it is.
Competition: $50 of Redbubble shopping
Geek Native often features geeky designs of Redbubble t-shirts along with the occassional print, pillow or hoodie. I even reviewed the service back in February when I tried to ship pure evil to the UK. It can be frustrating checking out all the lovely designs if the money faeries won’t let you buy anything though. […]
Short film: Factory Farmed (by Godzilla’s Gareth Edwards)
You just need to hit up Geek Native’s Short Film collection and you’ll get access to a host of geek friendly sci-fi, fantasy and horror short films. Now and then there’s a short film that comes along that makes me think “Wait… I know that name.” In this case the film maker, the writer and […]








