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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 319).

Birdie Wing tees up again

April 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kohmi Hirose, from the first season, returns to perform the opening theme song “Venus Line.” Sarasa Kadowaki sings the ending theme song “Kimi ga Iru Kara,” which translates to “Since You’re Here.”

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Bandai Namco, Crunchyroll, trailers

The Star Wars collectable market shot through $250m in fan purchases in recent years

April 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The insanely rare Darth Vader signature mask and helmet from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, sold for $1,125,000.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: collectibles, darth vader, disney, infographics, r2-d2, star wars, stats, Warner Bros

ENnie-winner, Nebula-finalist Basheer Ghouse goes Guns Blazing with a combat RPG

April 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a world on the cusp of change. The old system, tyrannical and ruinous, cannot hold. The new is unknown, to be defined in the decades to come, in the wreckage of the old.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hit point press, kickstarters

Third time the manic charm: Record of Ragnarok II’s latest impact trailer

April 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The streaming giant Netflix had the first season in 2021, which ran for 12 episodes before reaching not much of a conclusion.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: netflix, record of ragnarok, trailers

Phil Reed steps aside as CEO of Steve Jackson Games, Meredith Placko steps in

April 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

My excitement at joining the team at Steve Jackson Games is something I cannot express in words. Mostly dinosaur-esque screeching noises.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: steve jackson, Steve Jackson Games

Bundle offer: Hold-up! Mork Borg 2 isn’t what you might think

April 3, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Stand down. There’s no Mork Borg 2 RPG, and Mork Borg 2 is the name of an all-new third-party Bundle of Holding offer. It’s love until April 24th and has titles like Cthork Borg, Dire Mutterings and Galgenbeck: Sacrifice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, mork borg

Putting the D&D into BDSM: Kinks and Cantrips funds

April 1, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Not everyone is comfortable openly playing with kink themed 5e content, but many might wish to use the rules found in this book in their normal games

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

QA is never optional: Quality Assurance in Another World

April 1, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m used to QA in the website governance sense. The QA team checks that changes to a site or its build are progressing so that the technical requirements are still being met and everything works as expected.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Audio EXP: #191- No joke

April 1, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPGs, the big screen, the sense of ownership and direction from fans on the companies and hobbies they support, and the lingering joy of Mario Kart for the Wii. Welcome to Audio EXP.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Voting opens for patrons in May’s RPG Publisher Spotlight

April 1, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native launched on Patreon as a way to offer an alternative for people running ad blockers and with the promise of using any money coming as money to put back into the community with writer, artist and related commissions, never on technical fees.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, Patreon

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