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Archives for January 2014

Important safety reminder: Ewoks eat people

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Are they cute? Did they help kick the Empire out of their planet? Did they like the shiny C3P0? Yes and all sorts of yes. While that’s true it’s important not to forget a key characteristic Ewoks share. They eat people. This video is a timely, LEGO powered, reminder.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, lego, star wars

Surprise your friends by revealing which celebrities voiced which cartoons

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Screen Junkies invited @BlackNerd in to discuss cartoons. Andre showed a depth of toon knowledge and was able to link some celebrity voices to some unlikely cartoons.

Filed Under: TV

Epic Norse fantasy for Fate Core: Iron Edda on Kickstarter

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/iron-edda-war-of-metal-and-bone-for-fate-coretm/ [Back this Campaign] Sand & Steam Productions, helmed by Tracy Barnett, look to have a successful Kickstarter. Iron Edda: War of Metal and Bone, which will be for Fate Core to begin with, asks for $10,000 and a few days into the campaign has $10,000+ in the bank. A full-colour PDF copy is available […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, fate core, kickstarters

Candy Crush Saga makers drag Banner Saga into their fights

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Trademark law is a crazy thing. On one side we have The Banner Saga from Stoic, an independant developer, who’s made a game that looks great and plays better. On the other side we have King. King make the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga, Bubble Witch Saga, Pet Rescue Saga and others like Farm Heroes […]

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: legal

Be surprised: Labradors can dress as dwarves

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

As it turns out Labradors can dress as dwarves. All it takes is a cleverly knitted Tolkien style hat that comes complete with lengthy beard and you have a winner! Okay, you might also need a cute and patient Labrador too. Via Reddit and Imgur.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, humour, lord of the rings

Hugh Hancock talks Death Knight Love Story and the future of machinima

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

http://vimeo.com/84434371 What’s the spoiler free plot pitch for Death Knight Love Story? Death Knight Love Story is a classic “Love In The Time Of War” story. Girl meets boy, girl bonds with boy over shared love of honor, violence and swordplay, girl loses boy, girl ends up on the opposite side of battle from boy. […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Online Shows Tagged With: Brian Blessed, World of Warcraft

The Console Wars Remix

January 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Where are you in the Console Wars? Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U or none of the above? Yet. If you pop back to September of last year the Console Wars had fewer consoles and rather more music. This video from Lil Tommyj is a remix of musical console noises and sounds.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: PlayStation 3, wii, Xbox 360

DC’s New 52 turned steampunk wonderful

January 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

  It’s been expected for a while but this February DC will do steampunk variant covers of many of their New 52 titles. As it happens comic book super site Comic Book Resources were given an exclusive peak at some of the designs. They’re too good not to share.             […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Aquaman, batman, Batwoman, dc comics, Flash, justice league, new 52, nightwing, Robin, steampunk, superheroes, Superman, Wonder Woman

One Mord-Sith all wrapped in leather

January 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mord-Sith are strange warrior-inquisitor from Terry Goodkind’s Legend of the Seeker. I’ve not read the books but I’ve seen some of TV show and certainly recognise the leather outfit. This is great cosplay. Mordsith Cara is clearly a fan of the series and knows her stuff. This couldn’t have been cheap cosplay either. It’s more […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay

Renowned planet killer and artist: Adam Burn

January 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Based in the UK Adam Burn is an artist with oodles of gaming experience. He’s worked for Games Workshop and Fantasy Flight Games as well as bands, other game developers and authors. He’s produced art for the multiplayer Novus Aeterno, likes sci-fi, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect and Borderlands.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Borderlands, fantasy flight games, games workshop, mass effect, sci-fi

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