With 50 years of stories, Doctor Who has a phenomenal bank of imagery. The Doctor and his companions have been across the universe and back. It occurred to me that it might be quite entertaining to take a few images from a bunch of stories and use them as the catalyst for new role playing […]
Archives for December 2013
A classical guitar cover of the BBC’s Sherlock
This is a compilation of various tracks heard on the BBC’s Sherlock. David Weese and Derek Sena both performed and composed this cover collection. The music video has little vignettes from the series too. How do you think Sherlock survived the fall?
The monstrous GM’s chair design
Where do you sit when you GM? Do you sit on a sofa as you command hordes of orcs and control the thoughts of terrors from the void? Or do you sit on the same sort of chair as your players? What about an alternative? What about a suitable monstrous chair for a GM? This […]
Wrestling with demons: An interview with Michael Poisson
Fanboy Comic’s graphic novel The Arcs is the story of angels versus demons in a battle to protect humanity. Created and written by Michael Poisson the story deals with angels battling against all sorts of troubles. In this interview Geek Native speaks to Michael about inspiration, religion and the future. We’ve reviewed The Arcs here […]
Parp! Moon monster in spoof ad
This is a cheeky spoof ad. It’s also a great showcase for animation director and Eamonn Butler and Cinesite’s creature animation. What do you think? Clever or puerile? Both?
6d6: The Kickstarter catch-up sale
Did you miss the 6d6 Kickstarter last year? It offered a wealth of products in return for pledges. It reached something like %330 of the funding goal. As is sometimes the case when a Kickstarter smashes targets it can also take a bit longer to put together. There’s all those pledges and stretches to […]
Things That Go Fhtägn in the Night: A Review of Cultists Under The Bed, for The Laundry RPG
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was formed during World War II as a secret unit engaged in combating certain enemies and forces intent on activities esoteric and occult. With Hitler’s Abwehr-SS hell-bent on the use of malevolent and otherworldly weapons to change the course of the war, Britain needed a counter-force. It was vital the […]
Free to Download: Cold & Dark at Christmas
It’s the holidays and the gift giving has started already. Publisher Wicked World Games have made a number of free downloads available for their sci-fi horror Cold & Dark. The free downloads include rules for a Medical Pod, a handy device in Cold & Dark. Apparently these rules were ready in time for the core […]
Only Leigh – A Very Fangirl Christmas
I’m impress at the speed at which Leigh Lahav is able to animate. Fangirls seems to be going from strength to strength. This Jingle Bells variant, for example, went live on the 16th and has already racked up some 160,000 views. What do you think? Is this a budding animation empire in the making?
You may not believe what powers this full sized LEGO car
This LEGO car runs on air. That’s not to say it hoovers air into its engine as it drives along as the video shows canisters but it is still very impressive. It was created Steve Sammartino a marketer from Melbourne and his super clever buddy Raul Oaida. There’s more than 500,000 pieces of LEGO in […]
