Archives for October 2012

Peter Jackson and WETA Workshop give Air New Zealand flyers an unexpected briefing

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

I’m a frequent flying and I’m so very tired of the safety briefings. I know, though, it’s important to pay attention. Perhaps I should book a flight to New Zealand. Air New Zealand have put together an unexpected briefing that manages to hold my attention.…

Star Wars: The Essential Reader’s Companion review

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week Disney has secured the rights to Star Wars (and the rest of the Lucasfilm empire) and announced plans for Star Wars 7, 8 and 9. Already fans are asking which novel will Star Wars 7 be while tipsters whisper it’ll be an all new story.…

6d6’s Kickstarter offers all products for 5 years

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

[Back this Campaign] 6d6 are one of the first roleplaying publishers, perhaps the first, to take advantage of Kickstarter’s UK launch. Their campaign opened on the same day Kickstarter UK opened.…

Dante’s Inferno as a scary sandcastle

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The talented folk at Villafane Studios have used their mastery over sand to create a sculpture inspired by Dante’s Inferno. The photography here is wonderful too, especially with the brooding clouds in the background.…

The Ship: Full Steam Ahead

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

[Support this Project] Edinburgh based Blazing Griffin are one of the first out of the starting blocks with a UK Kickstarter. Thankfully, despite some trouble, Superstorm Sandy didn’t completely derail Kickstarter’s UK launch.…

Giant, two person, AT-AT costume

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It suddenly turns out that Star Wars would be a super topical Halloween costume. Wouldn’t it be great if it turns out you’d been working on a rather awesome, two person, AT-AT Halloween costume all this time.…

Star Wars 7 will be all new story

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

E! Online are claiming LucasFilm sources are describing Star Wars 7 as all new. The quote is simply; It’s an original story This will disappoint Timothy Zahn who might have hoped to follow the adventures of Luke and the assassin Mara Jade.…

Sesame Street of evil

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can buy these prints from Etsy and Isaac Bidwell’s store. Why wouldn’t you? We all like to see what happens when heroes turn to the dark side of the Force or become cenobites after a deadly pact.…

Old photographs turned into spooky animations

October 31, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These photographs come from the Library of Congress’ Flickr account. They’ve then been transformed into rather spooky and rather cool animations by the talented Kevin J Weir. Which is your favourite?…

Peter Jackson and WETA Workshop give Air New Zealand flyers an unexpected briefing

Star Wars: The Essential Reader’s Companion review

6d6’s Kickstarter offers all products for 5 years

Dante’s Inferno as a scary sandcastle

The Ship: Full Steam Ahead

Giant, two person, AT-AT costume

Star Wars 7 will be all new story

Sesame Street of evil

Old photographs turned into spooky animations

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