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Imagining Among Us bedside clocks

November 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designer Kim Min Soo has imagined what a digital clock, perhaps something to watch over you from your bedside, might look like in the Among Us universe.

Filed Under: Cool Tech

Selling out! Interactive gaming table scores thousands of Kickstarter backers

October 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no toe in the water option when it comes to pledges. However, there are no unlimited tiers, either. Everything is selling out.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: gaming table, household

The real-life 4000° lightsaber is scary as hell

October 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Hacksmith takes ideas from movies, games and comics and tries to make real-life prototypes of them.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: lightsaber, star wars

Short film: Percival

October 4, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s hard to tell – which is a good thing – but Percival is a technology first. This is the first film to be made in virtual production.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Geek Stuff Tagged With: jason kingsley, King Arthur, short film

Amazon’s cloud gaming platform Luna will take on Stadia and xCloud

September 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are 50 games in the Luna+ app already, with Ubisoft as a partner, one Sonic title and Control from Remedy Entertainment.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: amazon

Wildshape is a free animated map maker and virtual tabletop

September 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can use Wildshape to sculpt a landscape, drag features such as buildings, rivers or bridges onto it and create a detailed 3d-like experience. The software has a dice roller, models, tokens and even a small army of animated monsters.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, itch.io, virtual tabletop

Facebook leaks Oculus Quest 2 videos

September 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Facebook has the developer conference on the 16th with Connect, but two videos showing off the Oculus Quest 2 have appeared early.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: facebook, oculus, virtual reality

A rocky start for the free Warhammer 40,000 App

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been nearly 2,500 reviews and most of them 1/5. At the time of writing, the app has an average review score of 1.2/5.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apps, free to download, games workshop, warhammer 40k

D&D Beyond’s free mobile app hits the App Store charts

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The app has no dice rolling functionality, but you can track hit points, spell slots, conditions and features.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: character sheets, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons

Campaign Cartographer lands on Humble

June 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Campaign Cartographer, a long time favourite set of mapping software used by tabletop gamers, is currently on offer at Humble Bundle.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: campaign cartographer, cartography, humble bundle, sales

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