The team behind the new Red Dwarf have shared the first promotional image. Filming for this, Red Dwarf 10, finished last winter. We’re still waiting for TV dates. How do you think they’re holding up? Via Bleeding Cool.
Archives for April 2012
Monte Cook quits D&D Next, defends team
The respected and popular designer, Monte Cook, unexpectedly announced he was quitting Wizards of the Coast and the D&D Next project this week. Cook’s return to the company, over a year ago, was one of the first signs that the next generation of the roleplaying game was on the way. Cook blames a difference of […]
Really real? A Star Trek Phaser
Boing Boing is reporting that somechap has managed to build himself a Star Trek phaser. The video is below and it’s a little odd. The title seems third party and it appears on this YouTube channel. On the other hand, the claims of the phaser aren’t very high – he’s had to fill the garage […]
Bourne Vivaldi – the mashup
Can you mash the Bourne Identity Soundtrack with a cello concert? Okay; let me rephrase that. Can the Piano Guys create a Bourne Identity cello concert mashup? The answer is yes! If you want to download from iTunes then you can do so here. Or you can just check out this extremely well crafted video.
Festo’s flying and morphing shape – new robots ahoy
I was impressed by the Festo team at The Gadget Show Live this year. I even managed to capture (some) video footage of their robot bird as it flew gracefully around the stage. A new video from the company shows off their “SmartInversion”. This is a flying geometrical band, filled with hellium, that moves through […]
TERA: Picking classes and races
Which is the best class and race combination in TERA? Which race should I pick? The new (for Europe) MMO TERA opens in “head start” mode today. While the head start mode runes (which finishes on Monday the 30th of April) players get to experience the full version of the game up to level 38. […]
The wine tentacle
This is a wine stopper. A very different sort of wine stopper – like something out of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos or, dare I say it, certain anime films. The wine tentacle is resin-cast on a stainless steel stopper with a rubber lip. Fancy it? It’s one of the new arrivals at the indie craft […]
Atlas Games sets WaRP to Open
Atlas Games has announced that the rules system for the 20 year old Over the Edge RPG rules system will be released under the Open Game System. Fans can currently pick up a limited edition 20th anniversary edition for Over the Edge now. The OGL rule system is a works in progress. Atlas Games will […]
Blood-C: The Last Dark trailer
Due for reason in cinemas in Japan this June, Blood-C: The Last Dark is an anime from CLAMP and Production I.G. Blood-C follows a group called SIRRUT as they try and oppose a politician called Fumito Nanahara who is high influential in Tokyo. Fumito is responsible for the Youth Ordinance Bill which not only has […]
Hasbro slips into the red despite growth in Magic: the Gathering
Hasbro have posted their financial results for the first quarter of 2012. There are some mixed signals but the overall performance of the company is down. To blame? Girls and bad games. The company has four product categories. Here they are along with their 2012 Q1 performance and percentage change. Boys made $302.8m in net […]
