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Continuing the archive of independent Geek Stuff reporting (Archive Page 238).

Zavvi strike exclusive fashion deal with the Pokemon Company

February 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Each of the one-of-kind boxes contains four exclusive items, a black hoodie, embroidered socks, a white cosmetics bag and a black cap. There will only be 2,500 units for sale.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, pikachu, pokemon, zavvi

Fandom, D&D Beyond’s owner, buys Fanatical game marketplace

February 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today, Fanatical announced it has been bought by Fandom.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: cortex, fanatical, fandom

Fantasy Grounds merges Classic and Unity for RPG report

February 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are two versions of Fantasy Grounds. There’s the classic virtual tabletop software and then the next generation, which no one is forced to use, built on Unity after a successful Kickstarter to fund the project.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy Grounds, pathfinder, stats

Challenger virtual tabletop Foundry scores the Alien RPG and Forbidden Lands

February 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Free League Publishing has partnered with the virtual tabletop Foundry.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: alien rpg, forbidden lands, foundry, Free League Publishing

Drew Struzan’s lenticular of The Thing destined to invade homes

February 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Made famous by director John Carpenter, The Thing is a 1980s horror movie based on John W. Campbell Jr’s Who Goes There?, a novella published in 1938.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: John Carpenter, posters, the thing, vice press

Definitely not a trap door

February 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s made of %100 recycled rubber from tires, is non-slip and frame-retardent and has been UV-stabilised to help resist fading.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: household

Over 1 million homebrew games on Roll20

February 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As Roll20 has shared their user base milestone, we can run some maths. We know the percentage of games users play and know the total number of users; we can convert those ratios to absolute figures.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Dungeons & Dragons, roll20, The Orr Group

Sophie Katssby cosplaying as Arcana Queen of Pain

February 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cosplay by Sophie Katssby as DOTA 2’s Arcana Queen of Pain. Photography by Just Moolti.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, dota 2

QuestCompanion: An chat with Barna Toth, creator of the Quest companion site

February 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The QuestCompanion site is notable even among the vibrant community. It’s quick, clean and easy to use.

Filed Under: Interviews, Sites Tagged With: quest

Audio EXP: #84 – Anime Awards, and is Vampire coming to Roll20?

February 20, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While the Zine Quest RPG surge continues, we look outside RPG news for a bit and at the Anime Awards 2021 winners before going back to the hobby to discuss the World of Darkness on virtual platforms and looking for group sites like Mindflayer.

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

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