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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1699).

Brainstorming a Forgotten Realms adventure

December 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A DM sits down to brainstorm his ideas for tomorrow’s campaign. It starts to go downhill from there. There’s a little bit of swearing too.

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

The Assassin’s pinafore

December 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This Assassin’s Creed inspired apron pinafore with an attached hood was created by Darling Army and is on sale at Etsy. Some thought has gone into the pitch. Darling Army writes; Welcome to Darling Army! I specialize in anime, gaming, and lolita inspired aprons and pinafores. This particular listing is for a custom apron/pinafore inspired […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: assassin's creed, cosplay, fashion

Dead Hand snowman

December 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As mini boss from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time the Dead Hand will be familiar to many gamers. They might not have seen one like this before, though! (Via)

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Legend of Zelda

Darth Vader from the typewriter

December 29, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Created by Gabriel Dishaw and currently on sale at Etsy for $800. The helmet is made from recycled parts of typewriters, old computers and even adding machines. Dishaw calls this upcycling, which is a good word for it, and you can see more of the up-cycler’s work at his website. Via Geek Art Gallery.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: darth vader, star wars

Epic tier papercraft models

December 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The super talented designer behind these awesome papercraft models is the deviant artist is Destro2K. Dominik Kempen, who describes himself “still a Mad Scientist”, designs the models in a 3D capable computer program first, prints his guides before beginning the long and careful process of folding and gluing. Kempen says that it took two weeks […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: BioShock, Borderlands, papercraft, Sonic the Hedgehog, yoshi

Doctor Who fans create a crack in the universe

December 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fancy a crack in the universe in your bedroom wall? Doctor Who Overdose has set of helpful photographs that walk through the construction project that created one. “My roommate built a “Crack in the Universe” is the headline and I’m really not sure that’s something you would want a room mate to do.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: doctor who

Mechanical Dragon for Pure Steam RPG

December 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This mechanical dragon was shared by BomarrPunk on reddit. The illustration is by Alejandro Lee for the steampunk RPG Pure Steam. BomarrPunk was asked what the status of the game was. This was his response; We are in backers-only beta playtesting right now. Once our beta doc is cleaned up, we’re posting it on Paizo.com […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragons, rpg, steampunk

This is the OUYA developers will get

December 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

This video shows the developers’ edition of the Ouya leaving its box. Over a thousand have been shipped which might be why the company is saying that any gamer who’s lept in this early will not find any games yet. The developers’ edition is transparent plastic. The main version of the Ouya will not be. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Ouya, unboxing

Famous Last Words: Hey you!

December 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

 < Previous stripFamous Last WordsNext strip >    “Hey you! bitch queen of the spiders!” Have you any famous last words from one of your gaming groups? Silly things that players might regret having said?

Filed Under: Famous Last Words, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: famous last words, famous last words friday, humour, v shane

5 Souffle Girl t-shirt designs

December 27, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Doctor Who Christmas Special has handed us a mystery. Who is the Souffle Girl? We first met her as Oswin Oswald but might know her as Clara in due time. That Oswin Oswald encounter in Asylum of the Daleks was a big one, though, and it left an impact. RedBubble, a site that lets […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: clara oswald, clara oswin, doctor who, fashion, Jenna Coleman, Oswin Oswald, t-shirts

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