You might be too young to get this reference. < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > Wow, this new Rainman skill is really handy Wizards without Coats have already featured the powerful weatherman, and now it’s the turn of the intelligent Rainman. Every adventuring party needs one. Reference: Rain Man is a groundbreaking comedy featuring […]
Andrew Girdwood Articles
Continuing the Andrew Girdwood archive (Page 1608). This section features historical reporting and reviews.
A first look at Star Trek – Countdown To Darkness
Looking forward to Star Trek into Darkness? Star Trek – Countdown to Darkness is a prequel that’s out on the 10th of May. The comic book is written by Mike Johnson and illustrated by comic artist David Messina. Star Trek Into Darkness producer Roberto Orci oversaw the story in Countdown so there relationship between movie […]
The World’s End trailer
This is the UK trailer for Edgar Wright’s The World’s End. What a cast! Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike (Wrath of the Titans, Jack Reacher), Paddy Considine (Hot Fuzz), Eddie Marsan (Jack the Giant Slayer, Sherlock Holmes), Rafe Spall (Pete Versus Life, Prometheus), Michael Smiley (Tyres from Spaced, who appeared as an […]
Warner Bros buy the rights to Dungeons & Dragons movie
There’s the Neverwinter MMO just opening, there’s DnD Next in the works, Pathfinder going from strength to strength, the Old School Renaissance and blockbuster movies being made on the back of comic book franchises. The Hobbit and Middle Earth are in the cinemas. Will the movie makers turn some of their attention to Dungeons and […]
The Calamus is an ambitious pitch for the future of roleplaying
The Calamus would like be a hugely valuable companion app for your tabletop experience. It’s being designed for smartphones and desktop. The goal is to take some of the mess out of the tabletop experience and therefore to make it more convenient and easy to do. Whether it’s creating hundreds of different maps, designing PCs […]
Maker vs Marker: an animator takes on his animation
This stop motion animation from Jonny Lawrence makes me wonder how hard artists find it to kill off their creations once they’re no longer needed. Mind you. There’s nothing to say characters created by artists have any intention of being killed off quickly or easily. Inspired by Street Fighter and with a great soundtrack, this […]
GMOD offers a client to manage your mods
Are you a fan of modding? That’s either the creation of new bits of software for your favourite game or simply grabbing someone else’s published creation and adding it to your game. One of the first mods I saw that caught my attention was one that changed zombies to Teletubbies in Left4Dead. I’ve never applied […]
Female friendly Crone RPG launches open beta
Seeking to put women at the forefront of the game, Crone RPG has launched in open beta. Characters in the game are powerful elder witches during the Dark Ages and shortly after the fall of a mighty empire. The RPG takes a card-based approach to combat and encounter building. Tempted? You can join the beta […]
How to get the exclusive Gaming in the ‘Verse: a Firefly RPG Preview
Update: There’s been a price drop on this preorder. If you’ve bought already; you’ll get credit. Margaret Weis Productions announced an exclusive Gen Con product for their new Firefire license. You can pre-order and pick up at Gen Con or get it delivered to your door. Gen Con will be held some 6,043 klicks from […]
Short film: Hybrids
You can find out more about this project at the Hybrids film website. Written and directed by Patrick Kalyn, Hybrids stars Daniella Evangelista has an ex-special forces soldier who loses her daughter during an alien attack. She seeks revenge but discovers the government are behind the strange hybrids. Not only must she expose the scandal […]









