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Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1680).

Final Fantasy Destination art

January 10, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gamer Print is sellingĀ limitedĀ edition copies of some fine looking Final Fantasy VII inspired art. The collection shows the destinations featured in the popular Final Fantasy VII. Ah. Memories.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: final fantasy, final fantasy vii, posters

New Year, New Game: Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade

January 9, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not the Chinese new year until the 10th of February (Year of the Snake) but perhaps a bit of Wuxia (martial hero) action might tempt you in DriveThru RPG’s “New Year, New Game” Third Eye Games’ Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade might tempt you. The 40% discounts at or the extra 15% using the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, Eloy Lasanta, ninja, sales, third eye games

Fairy cake

January 9, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This clever design and fantastic looking cake was put together by Tiffany’s Baking Company. It’s not a traditional fairy cake; it’s a cake with fairies that looks good enough to live in.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, food

Monte Cook’s Numenera becomes Planescape: Torment sequel

January 9, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I think the best computer roleplaying game I’ve ever played was Planescape: Torment. Skyrim is great but Planescape: Torment was special. It looks like the stars have aligned and there will be a follow up. Wizards of the Coast have carefully guarded the rights to Planescape and the original Black Isle studio close. Makes it […]

Filed Under: PC, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: InXile, kickstarters, Monte Cook, Numenera, Planescape Torment, wizards of the coast

New Year, New Game: Trail of Cthulhu

January 9, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DriveThru RPG are running a big sale, up to 40% off core rules with the offer “New Year, New Game” promotion. Want to save more money? Use the coupon happynyng2013 to bag a further 15% off. The question is? Which RPG should you dabble in? What about something dark, something a little dangerous, something that […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cthulhu, drivethrurpg, Kenneth Hite, Pelgrane Press, sales, Trail of Cthulhu

The Drummond dungeon

January 9, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Alex Drummond is a professional concept artist and illustrator. He produces work of this impressive quality. He has worked for Marvel, Games Workshop, AEG, Square Enix and many other big names. Recently, Alex popped up on reddit wishing he could draw more dungeons professionally. He shared a sample dungeon that he had created and it’s […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: maps

More Qualcomm, less GLaDOS in latest Pacific Rim trailer

January 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The latest Pacific Rim trailer comes to us via the Consumer Electronics Show, CES, and the chip maker Qualcomm. Guillermo del Toro, the director, turned up on stage for the tech comnpany to talk shop and show off what processing power can achieve these days. We’ve also been told that although you’ll hear the actual […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: glados, Guillermo del Toro, Pacific Rim, trailers

The lost art of Star Wars Taxidermy

January 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s wrong to hunt Bantha. Lovely animals. However, there was once a time when hunters would stalk the sands in search for the beasts. Those “prizes” are still around today in the form of taxidermy and often found with Wampa and Tauntaun. Here’s how you could display these heirlooms. Via Tauntr.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: star wars, wampa

New Year, New Game: Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook

January 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Want to try a new RPG this year? Gamers trying new games is good for the industry. If you like what you sample perhaps you’ll go on to support publishers and please your friends by buying some supplements. It can be expensive buying and testing new RPGs though and so, each year, DriveThru RPG holds […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, green ronin, Mutants & Masterminds, sales, Steve Kenson, superheroes

Beat zombie hordes and win Resident Evil prizes

January 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last month Geek Native looked at Resident Evil: Nemesis and Reisdent Evil: Code Veronica. These are two classic Resident Evil novels by S.D. Perry that have recently been re-printed (zombies never die). Here’s your chance to win a copy of each of them; two books for one competition. To enter you have to follow the […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: competitions, resident evil, zombies

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