We’ve got the nominations for this year’s GAME British Academy Video Awards. When I saw “British Academy” I do actually mean the BAFTAs. They’ve been giving out awards to video games since 2005 – I guess the name “video game” kinda proves they’ve been doing it for a while. Last year Super Mario Galaxy and […]
Archives for February 2010
William King signs five figure deal with Games Workshop and Black Library
Author William King has signed a five figure book deal with Black Library, the Games Workshop imprint, for a trilogy based on the elf high brothers Tyrion and Teclis. The twins are powerful heroes; Prince Tyrion is exceptional with the blade and Teclis is a mage without equal. King’s trilogy will be set two hundred […]
Lego Mindstorms: CubeStormer robot vs Rubik’s cube
How long does it take a robot built from lego to solve a Rubik’s cube? Not very long. Not very long at all. Take a look.. and the cool thing is that this video is going viral on YouTube. There are many geeks out there.
Star Trek PR stunt – costumes and Valentine’s Day
To whip up a bit more interest in Star Trek Online (really; is there a shortage of interest?) Namco Bandai coordinated themselves a clever Guinness World Record. The Millennium Bridge in London hosted the largest ever gathering of Star Trek fans dressed in character on Valentine’s Day. That’s 99 fans dressed in Star Trek goodness. […]
Index to Sharn, City of Towers
This index was submitted to GameWyrd by the writer Jason Tondro (aka 7th son). The original had a very flaky JavaScript search function written by yours truly. To search the index today; I recommend Ctrl+F. Name: Last name is given first, even in the case of cultures which list a family name first and given […]
Gamer humour | The Newbie and the Ranger
This joke was always bad… and it’s even worse out of context. The whole point is that the Ranger class in one addition of D&D lacked focus – at least, some would argue it did. There’s no point in bringing this over from GameWyrd except to prove that I tried to save as much as […]
How Stupid Do You Think I Am?
Are you stupid? Is your current PC stupid? No. Thought not. Let’s have your expert advice on these then: Adventurer bait – often pinned to notice boards in taverns. Annoying spam – often arriving as unsolicited email. Adventurer bait Dear friend, My name is LOI ESTRADA,The wife of Mr. JOSEPH ESTRADA, the former President of […]
Sapphire College for Elf Maidens
In response to the Book of Erotic Fantasy Wizards of the Coast updated the rules and regulations around the use of the d20 logo. Needless to say; GameWyrd set out to break them! “At Sapphire College sexy elf maidens frequently engage in wanton bathroom activity! They do so twice a day!” Apriale Raytho’lor: female elf; […]
Gamer humour | Cool… not cool
This is list from GameWyrd’s Lost Archives. It’s a user generated list of cool/not cool pairs from the world of gaming. Cool: Sparkling dice. Not Cool: Exploding dice. Cool: Describing the spray of blood when your party’s fighter kills an orc. Not Cool: Throwing a balloon filled with pigs blood at the player whose fighter […]
Mum raises $13,105 by selling one old Nintendo and 5 games on ebay
I’d be pretty annoyed if someone sold my old gaming console without asking my permission first. Let’s really hope that’s not what has happened here. A mum in the US, North Carolina in fact, put some old gaming gear form the attic on sale in ebay. It went for over $13,000. The reason? One of […]
