Running Shadow is one of the new breed of mobile games that are sometimes (perhaps incorrectly) described as an action RPG and sometimes (perhaps more accurately) simply as a running game. Running Shadow describes itself as a hybrid of the two. In the game; you run. You run through the city of Hadrion, a city […]
Archives for February 2014
Live footage from Elite: Dangerous Alpha phase 2.0
Some lucky gamers are getting to test Elite: Dangerous already. In this video we get to see some of the action with a walkthrough from the Frontier Developments team. The video actually reminds me of Elite – especially with the name of the ships. It feels very MMO too and I can see how it […]
Explore the Galaxy… join the Imperial Navy
Empire has a set of six limited edition cards to promote the new animated series Star Wars Rebels. They’re pretty cool illustrations and I think use a “standard propaganda style” with a few colours and a strong message. The show itself is set between Revenge of The Sith and A New Hope, before the Rebel […]
Invader Zim cake in Calvin and Hobbes scene
It’s the snowmen. The snowmen! This Invader Zim cake looks tasty. Made by Nerdache Cakes and scoring high on the geek grub scale. We’ve the infamous snowmen from Calvin and Hobbes as an added bonus.
Bioshock Rabbit Splicer mask
How’s this for a piece of Bioshock? Created by SkinzNhydez Steampunk Steam-Tec this Splicer Mask can be yours. Just pop over to their Etsy store, put down the £120 or so you need and wait. I might start saving for Halloween now. Ian Finch-Field, who runs the shop, clearly has an eye for the steamtastic.
Shipping Evil to the UK: A Redbubble review
This post was made possible by Redbubble who provided a coupon to pay for the items I bought to test the system. I decided to try and purchase pure evil and see if it made it through UK customs. I’ll touch on the reasons for that in just a bit. If you read any geeky […]
Competition: Win one of three new Grimm novels – The Chopping Block
A pile of bones hidden in a Portland forest leads to murder mystery for detectives Nick Burkhardt and Hank Griffin. These bones have been stripped of flesh, severed and their not animal. More skeletal discoveries make it clear; these bones were cooked before being buried. Nick, Hank and a local werewolf find themselves hunting a […]
Bluff your Tolkien knowledge: The Silmarillion in three minutes
Think you aught to know what happens in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion in order to protect your geek cred? Don’t fancy reading the book? This video might help – although, yeah, you really should give it a read. Creating by John Kloess the YouTube animation rushes through the events in the book, paying special attention to […]
Sex elves and AD&D: An interview with Tanya Huff
Tanya Huff is the author of The Silvered a new mage and werewolf fantasy out in the UK via Titan Books. Before The Silvered, Tanya had already grown an audience of loyal fans through the sci-fi Confederation series and hits like the Enchantment Emporium and Blood Books. The Ravenloft novel Scholar of Decay was written […]
Back after 7 years: ElfQuest – The Final Quest
I think it’s been about 7 years since the last ElfQuest. You may well have fond memories of the title. Now there’s a new series with the title “Elfquest: The Final Quest.” It’s out now. You can grab a copy at sites like TFAW or via the Dark Horse app. Issue one is full colour […]
