https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE8T7BECO1s What do you think the state of British cosplay is? Behind Japan; for sure. Caught up with the States? It’s true that our Comic Cons aren’t so big but we’ve got fewer people. Surely there’s some strong cosplay in the United Kingdom? This is one of the first videos out from MCM London Comic […]
Archives for October 2013
Shadowmantle is the second free expansion to Neverwinter
Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have revealed Shadowmantle, the second free expansion module for the D&D based Neverwinter MMORPG. Set the Forgotten Realms universe from Wizards of the Coast, Shadowmantle releases the Hunter Ranger class which is currently available on the test shard. The update, expected out later this year, takes players to the […]
Which were the best selling horror comics this year?
Last week we asked “Who scares the best” and investigated DriveThru Fiction’s best selling horror stories. We found out that gamers tended to go for anthologies and White Wolf did well. Gamers don’t just read books; they read comics too. There’s DriveThru Comic’s best sellers from Halloween 2012 up until the start of this month […]
Top RPGs this summer: Pathfinder top, D&D third and Fate Core new in fifth
ICv2 have released their 2013 summer research into the best-selling RPGs. This list is put together from interviews with retailers, distributors and manufactures. In other words they’ve not examined the bags of gamers leaving stores and some key players like large online book stores and second hand markets may not be included but this research […]
The 12 Masks of Halloween: #10 Angela
We’ve seen a range of scary faces in this year’s The 12 Masks of Halloween. Do we need to use monsters into order to give someone a fright? We do masks need to be scary at all? Here’s something different – a full head kigurumi mask; Angela. DKAG (Doll’s Kingdom Art Group) is an Etsy […]
Bender as the Laputa: Castle in the Sky robot
Illustrator Boulet has created a Castle in the Sky robot that I might think twice about trusting; although the birds still seem to get on with him. That’s right. This is Bender. Rusty and covered in moss. Bender in the Sky? Via Lauren Davis at io9.
Short Film: Windmills
This is a graduation movie made at the Georges Melies school and which won Best Animated Film at Boston Sci-Fi in 2012. It’s the story of a young woman in a horrible world filled with ruin, dark and rain. Her father can barely stand to do anything after the death of his wife. Together, however, […]
A YouTube channel to watch: The DM’s Craft
The DM’s Craft is a YouTube channel from DM Scotty that, as the name suggests, interest DMs, GMs, STs and moderators of all shapes and sizes. It’s been on YouTube since early 2012 and at the time of posting has over 6,000 subscribers. The channel shares craft tips for DMs. Here’s the five most popular […]
Underground, Overground, Wombling Free: A Review of The Devil’s Spine
When Monte Cook and his team ran the Kickstarter for Numenera, three of the many stretch goals achieved offered 32-page adventures. Somewhere down the line, Monte Cook Games reached the decision that they would instead combine the three adventures into a single 96-page volume. With Numenera so fresh and new, a massive world of potential […]
The 12 Masks of Halloween: #9 Ludo
How about one very large mask this Halloween? A mask large enough to be a full costume. A mask that can talk to and control the stones… oh, wait, I’m not sure about that last bit. I’m sure that Deconstructress’ Ludo is a blow the competition out of the water Halloween costume. This is a […]
