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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1633).

From the Inkwell: The problem with being a; flesh-eating, blood-drinking, skin-wearing, bone-collecting, vengeful humanitarian

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This From the Inkwell design essay is from Tim Westhaven of Broken Tower. Broken Tower’s FateStorm system is a diceless, detailed, set of RPG mechanics and the company has just released the Shattered Moon setting for it. In Shattered Moon players take on the roll of Sidhe. These people had ancient souls that finally awoke […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, Broken Tower, from the inkwell, monsters, vampires

The movie version of Bioshock Infinite

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Watch out for spoilers if you’re still to finish the game. This is an experiment. This video takes the cutscenes from the game to make a three hour and thirty minute movie. Okay, the creator makes the point of saying this isn’t just a collection of cutscenes as a lot of the story and dialogue […]

Filed Under: Movies, PC Tagged With: BioShock, bioshock infinite, fan movie

Game of Thrones house sigil pillow collection

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you a true Game of Thrones fan? Would you decorate your living room with the sigils of the great Houses; well, House Stark, House Lannister and House Targaryen at least! Of course you would and these 22-inch tall throw pillows are for you. The real question is in what situations would you through the […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: game of thrones, household

Lucasarts & Dark Horse to publish The Star Wars

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s April Fools’ Day and therefore understandable that people are treating this news with cautious – but many news outlets are reporting that Lacasarts and Dark Horse will publish The Star Wars. Bleeding Cool has the same news but Rich Johnston’s write up was published yesterday. Let’s go with this as being real. Back in […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dark horse, LucasArts, star wars

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug preview feature

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This isn’t a trailer as such but this feature with Peter Jackson does give as a peak into the second Hobbit film; The Desolation of Smaug. Released on April Fools’ Day it does have some joking with questions from special guest stars but is certainly worth a watch. I especially liked the Mirkwood art. Via […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: lord of the rings, peter jackson, previews, the hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Invulnerable Comic Book Tabletop RPG Kickstarter offers OGL

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Back this Campaign] It’s quite hard to stand out as an RPG pitch on Kickstarter today and I suspect some companies are trying some headline grabbing techniques. There’s nothing wrong with that. The gaming industry needs to become masterminds of self-promotion. The promises attached to the Invulnerable Comic Book Tabletop RPG Kickstarter go beyond self-promotion. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: charity, Chronicle City, kickstarters, Open Game License, superheroes

Steampunk jewlery box with security measures cake

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The name “Steam punk jewlery box with security measures” was given to this cake by its creators – the impressive talent of Mike’s Amazing Cakes. I think it looks like the sort of trap left by evil GMs when dungeon crawlers get too cocky. The cake was made as an example for one of their […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, food, monsters

The world’s smallest smartphone charger

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Back this Campaign] At the time of posting, the Kickstarter campaign for Fuel, the world’s smallest smartphone charger, has 18 days to go and has raised more than twice the $20,000 they asked for. Technology wise this campaign just makes sense and it’s a surprise to see big players aren’t already in this space. My […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: kickstarters, smartphones

Think Geek’s 2013 April Fools!

April 1, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Think Geek has a proud history of getting engaged with April Fools’ day. This is a rising challenge as it’s become increasingly popular for sites to play pranks on readers each year. It’s free marketing, after all, with blogs pointing out the best gags each year. Think Geek does April Fools’ well, though, and given […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: aliens, April Fools' Day, Bane, batman, Minecraft, star wars, ThinkGeek

Batgirl cosplay is proper armour

March 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

This collection of fully dressed superheronies is quite popular on Geek Native. Here’s the good news; sensible female superhero armour isn’t restricted to pen and paper. Here’s a Batgirl cosplay and her armour looks like it might be effective. Via Women of Comicbook Cosplay.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: batgirl, batman, cosplay

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