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Archives for May 2013

Impressive Borderlands casemod

May 14, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The PC above has enjoyed some case modding tender loving care. What started off as an average case has been turned into something awesome. I’ve seen some case mods that look like robots and statues. They look like a lot of work. This Borderlands casemod may appear to be simple in comparison but it took […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Borderlands, casemod

Coupon: 15% off 12 of the strongest OSR RPG titles

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are you an OSR fan? The old school renaissance or perhaps the old school retro-clones? DriveThru RPG have compiled the 12 best selling old school rules titles in their collection. Not only can you check out the collection here you can bag yourself 15% off the top 12 with this coupon code. Use; OSRF711F2 That […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: castles & crusades, drivethrurpg, dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, Old School Renaissance, sales, Swords & Wizardry

The debate: what is the OSR?

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

This post is a debate and an introduction. This post is a debate because the OSR is a groundswell of thought among some gamer communities that was never planned, directed or defined. OSR means different things to different gamers. That is to say, OSR, at least places different emphasis on different issues for different gamers. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Old School Renaissance

Steven Moffat confirms Doctor Who 8

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Is there going to be another season of Doctor Who? Have the BBC given Doctor Who 8 the greenlight? Here’s what showrunner Steven Moffat said at last night’s BAFTA Awards. “This is a thing that just seems to have slipped by… so can I say it very firmly – series eight is absolutely, definitely confirmed,” […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: bbc, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Jenna Coleman, matt smith, steven moffat

Unofficial Attack on Titan poster looks scary awesome

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Attack on Titan gets rave reviews. I still need to watch it but I gather it can be more than a little brutal at times. Right now the anime series is avaiable on Crunchyroll and a live action is expected out in the winter of 2013. It was one of those titles that gained popularity […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: attack on titan

Knitting turns bollard into Dalek

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kevyn Jacobs snapped this set of pictures on the corner of West Magnolia Street and Commerical Street in Bellingham, USA. It’s a Dalek – soft on the outside, armoured on the inside. Wait, isn’t that the wrong way around? Someone has spent a lot of time knitting some Dalek armour and has then been brave […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: craft, daleks, doctor who

Fernando’s Top 5 Reasons Bards are Awesome

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Edwin Perez is an actor, dancer and choreographer from Vancouver, Canada. He is an associate producer for Standard Action, plays Fernando the Half-Halfling Bard, and was a costume designer for Season 1. He can be spotted in a variety of TV shows filmed in the Vancouver area, like Fringe, Psych and Hellcats, and teaches Salsa […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, standard action

T-shirt: Chibi TARDIS versus Dalek

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gimmick Tees are running two designs from Jeff Pina this week. The first is a great one for Doctor Who fans; a rather cute looking TARDIS giving a Dalek a hard time. You know she would.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: doctor who, fashion, t-shirts, tardis

The ABC approved Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. “Coulson lives” trailer

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has made it through the choppy waters of being a pilot and has been picked up the by the big boat that is ABC. Here’s the trailer. Okay, micro trailer. Okay, teaser. As you can see Coulson lives. He was the character that joined the individual titles in the run up to […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, marvel, teasers, The Avengers, trailers

The deadly assassin Cheshire graduates to DC’s New 52

May 12, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DC Comics have shown us the New 52 design of Cheshire. Cheshire is one of the more dangerous assassins of the DC Universe; an expert in martial arts and poisons. It’s likely that she’ll have some connection to the Red Hood aka Jason Todd and to Roy Harper. Both Harper and Hood are part of […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: batman, dc comics, Green Arrow, new 52, the joker

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