Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]
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10 childhood memories turned to nightmares
Disse86 is an artist from Sweden. You can tune into his work over at Deviant Art, where you can buy his prints or watch his speedpainting on YouTube. No matter which option you pick you’ll be in for a ride! Dennis is a tattoo artist who likes to take childhood memories, favourite cartoons, and turn […]
New Cross X Marvel collection
I’m still a fan of my Spider-man pen from Cross. They’ve a new Marvel collection in stock. The Cross X Marvel Collection features Hulk, Spider-man and Thor. They’re rolling ball pens with chrome. The price tag of £50 makes them gift-worthy, I think. They might be more than you’d spend on yourself but just the […]
Is this… what… a sexy robot calendar?
You don’t stumble across this every day. Andrei Feheregyhazi is thinking about 2018 already, in fact, he’s already working on a calendar for it. He calls it ‘sexy’ robots and has a Kickstarter campaign to collect your money. I’ll let you deside whether you’re saying ‘Cwor! Look at the nuts on him!’ after the video! […]
10 trends spotted at the San Diego Comic Con
While there are certain things that remain the same at every Comic Con (lots of cosplay, trailer releases, long lines, etc.) each convention is also quite distinct from the last. Each year, there are certain franchises, merchandise types and costumes that dominate the convention and make it a unique butterfly of that year’s pop culture […]
11 great genderswapped costumes spotted at the San Diego Comic Con
If you weren’t living under a rock last week, then you probably know the San Diego Comic Con just wrapped up last Sunday. As always, there were thousands of cosplayers at the convention showing off their costuming and makeup skills. Also as always, some of the greatest costumes were those involving genderswapped versions of classic […]
Competition: Win a Game of Thrones pop-up mask
How do you think Cersei Lannister would react if you had a Lannister lion’s head mounted on your wall? Or what would it be like to have an awesome dire wolf mask on as you toured Winterfell? What about becoming a White Walker? Geek Native has four pop-up books from Steve Wintercroft, the author and […]
Should American Kickstarter projects support international shipping?
Some RPG publishers are talking about a thorny issue again – supporting international backers on Kickstarter projects. It’s an expensive challenge and some are asking whether it makes any sense to accept international backers at all. The catalyst for the latest round of discussions is artist Bambi Wendt’s $70,700 “A Field Guide to: Dragons, Wyrms, […]
Fantasy city map generator
[Show me this!] Here’s a great little tool if you want an instant fantasy city map made for your RPG. The free website will let you create a small town, large town, small city or large city. Hovering over the map lets you see the name given to a particular quarter – like docks, or […]
Doomfist cosplay!
Doomfist is an Overwatch character. I’m sure the Overwatch experts can tell us all about this character skills but as far as I understand of the backstory he’s a Nigerian heir to a prosthetic-technology company. He goes from goes from loosing an arm to becoming one hell of a badass! This incredible snap was shared […]
