Bethesda have released the trailer video for Skyrim: Dawnguard. Rather than waiting for E3, Bethesda are teasing us today for the first piece of DLC for Skyrim – due out on Xbox Live this summer. It’ll cost 1600 Microsoft points. Our hero is tempted by the dark side… the very dark side. From what I’ve […]
Archives for May 2012
Interview with Nuno Bernardo – creator of new sci-fi series Collider
Collider is a new sci-fi entertainment project that will manifest itself in film, online and comic books. The story follows a group of people who find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world and in 2018. The group are from different timelines and no one knows how they got there. The name “Collider” comes from the fact […]
Cyberpunk tabletop RPG to become computer game
The Polish games company behind the very popular The Witcher computer RPG announced yesterday that it would be making a new computer game based on the Cyberpunk pen-and-paper RPG from Mike Pondsmith. Pondsmith founded R. Talsorian Games in 1985 and published Cyberpunk 2013 in 1988. Cyberpunk 2020 came in 1990 and Cyberpunk V3 was published […]
The 55 gallon Mario tank
Did you know that Mario’s full name is “Mario Mario”. He’s called Mario and together he and Luigi are the Mario Brothers. I bet this fish owner knew that. Over at Reddit jennyleighb shares a 55 gallon fish tank made by her flatmate. My favourite comment so far? One of the redditors pointing out that […]
The UK Games Expo 2012 Award Winners
The gaming convention UK Games Expo came again to Birmingham this year, running over the the weekend of the 25th to 27th of May. Hosted at the Clarendon the event covers miniature games, card games, board games and RPGs with news, a large trade fair, tournaments and championships. In addition it’s a chance to meet […]
Standards body rules against Activision
In the United Kingdom the ASA is celebrating 50 years of helping to enforce legal, decent, honest and truthful advertising. Today they ruled against Activision and adverts for Call of Duty Elite. The Call of Duty Elite site was designed as an online community for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and offered both a free […]
Durham Red returns to 2000 AD
Made famous by the popular Strontium Dog series, Durham Red will return to 2000 AD tomorrow (or Friday if you download from the 2000 AD store). Durham Red is mutant bounty hunter driven to feed on blood. Created by in 1987 by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra, the 2012 return of Red is […]
The Rockabilly Batman and Bane
Bob Kane and Bill Finger created Batman in 1939 and so the Dark Knight lived through the Rockabilly era of the 1950s. I suspect, though, Batman art and stories haven’t been touched by the Rockabilly style until now. I keep on wanting to type “rockability” – but I suspect that’s the gamer in me trying […]
10 awesome Game of Thrones tees
Here in the UK it is Game of Thrones night. Those geeks who haven’t read the books have been busy trying to avoid spoilers drifting over the interwebs after the first showing of the episode over the Pond. Game of Thrones is only available on Sky Atlantic and Monday night means many geeks trying to […]
The DnD Next playtest collections
Wizards of the Coast have reached an important stage in the production of the 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. The project, known as DnD Next, is being widely playtested by registered gamers across the world. There are some restrictions as to what these tabletop roleplayers can say – don’t expect to see many posts […]
