The unveiling a life sized X-Wing Fighter in New York this week made the news and drew huge crowds. Joe Meno, editor-in-chief of BrickJournal was lucky enough to get a secret and personal tour ahead of the big day. His write up appears on Brothers Brick. The model uses more than 5 million bricks, was […]
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Andrew Girdwood Articles
Continuing the Andrew Girdwood archive (Page 1601). This section features historical reporting and reviews.
Curiosity – what the grand winner saw
Here’s an update from the Curiosity has finished post which shared what all the players at the last minute saw. Now we can see what the grand winner saw. This Edinburgh gamer didn’t win – but a gamer down the road did; congratulatuions to Bryan Henderson. Bryan now becomes god. That is to say Bryan […]
A look inside Sojourner’s Quest, is it an AD&D retro-clone?
Sojourner’s Quest is an RPG by Randall C Ellis. The 168-paged PDF, illustrated by Agnieszka Miroslaw-Kalinowska, is on sale at DriveThru RPG for $4.95. The game, along with the free to download character sheets, was the first upload to Sojourner Games’ home in the electronic retailer and has been followed by Module SQ1: Wynold Forest, […]
Dice Bag! A competition inspired by Zoidberg, Cthulhu and a Beholder
At the start of the month I stumbled across a beholder! Did it kill me? Nope! The collection of eye tyrant dice bags, inspired by the familiar D&D horror, won me over with their quirky charm and usefulness. I want to rummage around in the mouth of a beast before every dramatic dice roll. You […]
Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness review
You can preview Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness here in an earlier post on Geek Native. Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness was overseen by the Star Trek movie writer Roberto Orci, was written by Mike Johnson and illustrated by David Messina. It began life as a four part comic book series in the run up […]
Curiosity Cube finished. What was inside 22Can’s game?
Late last year, Geek Native and other blogs took an interest in a little mobile game called Curiosity and its cubes. It was free to play and was simple; bash cubes to slowly unveil another layer of cubes. The layers of cubes seemed to be nearly endless but we all knew that was not the […]
Mind’s Eye Theatre: Vampire the Masquerade LARP looks to return
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bynightstudios/minds-eye-theatre-vampire-the-masquerade/ [Back this Kickstarter] At the start of the year By Night Studios announced a deal with CCP that gave them a license deal to update the LARP system for Mind’s Eye Theatre. This would mean a revision of the Vampire: The Masquerade LARP rules and perhaps other World of Darkness properties. It’s a few […]
Cute monsters taking over postcards
Postcards? Monsters in Instagram? These memerable creations are the work of Juan Carlos Paz, aka Bakea. Based in Spain and working as an art director for an ad agency, Bakea has a knack for mixing real with surreal.
A peak into London MCM Comic Con cosplay
Kim Nguyen, aka KBLNoodles, is a British born videographer who travels across the UK an US to film cosplay music videos. He has early footage from MCM London Comic Con which finishes today.
My Neighbor Kurama
This is an anime mashup. Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro is blended with Naruto. The result? My Neighbor Kurama. Created by Jin Joson, the clever image refers to the spirit of the Nine Tail Fox that is trapped inside Naruto. The mashup works not just as a smashup but as an inspired way to show […]
