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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1682).

Computer board table

January 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

David Maloney had been tossing old computer boards into a box in the garage over the last few years, keeping them until inspiration for a project hit. When the idea came it was a good one. Maloney built this table out of walnut wood in such a way that there’s really two tables; one inside […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: household

More Prismatic gamer art

January 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Prismatic Art collection is a Kickstarter funded, free library, of art that represents heroes of all backgrounds. The collection is an attempt to sure that fantasy art isn’t dominated by white people looking cool. Geek Native has covered the collection before and you can look back for other examples. This post is an updated […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs

Star Wars as incredible maps

January 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These maps are designed and drawn by the talented Andrew DeGraff. They should the original Star Wars trilogy: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. They don’t just show the film, they tell the film and in map form. Via Slasfilm.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: maps, Return of the Jedi, star wars

Nightmare Before Christmas cake pops

January 7, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These very clever Nightmare Before Christmas must have been a pain to make. They’re the wonderful creation of the Yorkshire-based My Honey Bunch and ship to the UK. Fan of geeky food? You might like to follow Geek Native’s Geek Grub board on Pinterest.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cakes, food, Nightmare Before Christmas

Samsung SERIES 7 Chronos

January 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The world is gearing up for CES. This is the big, perhaps the biggest, consumer electronics show of the year. It starts on January the 8th and will run to the 11th. Blogs like Geek Native will most likely be finding a video or two to share. Samsung has been quick of the mark and […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: ces, samsung

Bring Forgotten Realms to Google Earth

January 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

The cartography page on the Forgotten Realms Wikia page suggests that the circumference of Abeir-Toril is about 40,007 km. That compares to Earth with about 40,075 km. That’s not the same but it’s a pretty good match. Redditor McCourt spent “Countless total hours, just messing around, fixing little things… a labour of love, though, so […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: forgotten realms, maps

$100 million Smallville law suit settled

January 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are a number of legal battles around the way Warner Bros handled the money for Smallville. One such battle, the one between the production company Tollin/Robbins Productions and Warner Bros has now been settled. We don’t know the details of the settlement but the suit was aiming to take $100 million from Warner. Tollin/Robbins […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: dc comics, legal, Smallville, Superman, Warner Bros

Free to Download: The Caravan of Watched Enlightenment

January 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lady Ophelia’s Shop of Roleplay Specialties is an indie publisher run by Venus De Coy. De Coy doesn’t mix her words has given Ophelia’s Shop a clear stter; this is a conmpany for non-dungeon crawlers, pushing roleplay over roll-play. The publisher also has plenty of time for international gamers, like this blogger, but promotes a […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, pathfinder

Female Barbarian cosplay

January 6, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Diablo 3 cosplay as lyeric stars as the female barbarian. Photographer: Brennan Clouatre

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, diablo, diablo iii

The Delvers’ podcast launches

January 5, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Delvers is a podcast series of an actual roleplaying game. The game is Goblinoid’s Labyrinth Lord and the players are a mother and her two daughters. This is a roleplaying adventure that lives the favourite discussion topic of forums around the web; how do you introduce kids to RPGs. The Delvers’ experience is that […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: labyrinth lord, podcasts

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