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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1694).

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

Star Wars: Burlesque Princess Leia

January 5, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Artist Jasreet Pratap Singh as an alternative take of Princess Leia. We’ve seen plenty of Slave Leia on Deviant Art but this burlesque Leia, complete with Sith and Jedi tats, is new.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: princess leia, star wars

Bullet chart: exit and entry holes

January 5, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s sometimes remarked that roleplayers know far more about guns and weapons than the general public. Certainly, here in the UK if you found youself eavesdropping on a conversation about which type of gun to use… the chances are quite high you’re listening to gamers talking about a campaign.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: guns, weapons

Houserule Handbooks: Spellpoint Expansions

January 5, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Super Genius Games, founded by Hyrum Savage and Stan!, is an imprint for OtherWorld Creations. The publisher creates supplements for Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Call of Cthulhu and picked up the rights to Warlords of the Apocalypse from Adamant Entertainment. The Houserule Handbooks from SGG are available from Paizo.com as a Pathfinder supplement. The latest offering, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: pathfinder, Stan!

Justice League of American money

January 5, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

German artist Aslan Malik has worked some superhero magic on the mighty dollar.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: batman, Flash, green lantern, justice league, Superman, Wonder Woman

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