I wasn’t expecting much from Stuart Jennett’s Chronos Commandos: Dawn Patrol. The pitch worked for me – time travelling soldiers battle the Nazis in dinosaur infested swamps. What’s to go wrong with that? I could almost hear the editor in charge of commissioning catchy ideas click her fingers and say; “We’ll print it! Full colour!”. […]
Archives for February 2014
Persona 3 The Movie #2: Midsummer Knight’s Dream trailer
Aniplex has released the first trailer for the second movie in the Persona 3 trilogy. The first film is just about to hit DVD and Blu-Ray in Japan. The trailer features a song called “Fate is in our Hands” by Lotus Juice. Persona 3 began life as an RPG for the PlayStation 2. In the […]
The BBC shop’s exclusive Doctor Who 50 sale
Have you ever bought anything from the official BBC shop? It’s worth checking once and a while as they do keep some Doctor Who goodies back for themselves which you can’t get anywhere else. That’s what happened with these official 50th Anniversary Doctor Who mugs. The only place to buy them is directly from the […]
Dungeons & Dragons Yoga creates new positions
D&D Yoga is the creation of Scott Wayne Indiana. He spent a weekend at an ashram, taking part in yoga and guided meditations when the idea came to him to blend the two. Why not listen to a guided narrative while doing yoga? The next step was to involve some interaction and so Dungeons and […]
She Makes Comics sets high but worthwhile Kickstarter goal
[Back this Campaign] There’s no doubt in my mind that She Makes Comics is a worthy Kickstarter. The quote at the end of the pitch video from producer Karen Green makes that clear. She says; There are a lot of women in this club and there is always room for more. The team are asking […]
Second impressive trailer for Game of Thones season 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ZNaLQD60Y All men must die. This is the second trailer for Game of Thrones season 4 and it’s pretty awesome. It looks like everyone is out for revenge, lost in war… and meanwhile Winter is coming. While we have to wait a bit for season 4 the good news is that season 3 is out […]
From bar fights to RPGs: An interview with Damned author William C. Dietz
William C. Deitz is an American author who’s worked as a surgical technician, PR and marketing Director and in the Navy. Deitz has written Star Wars books, Halo novels including Halo: The Flood and has written the Legion of the Damned sci-fi series. This interview follows Geek Native’s review of the prequel Andromeda’s Fall and […]
Laughing now: He Who Laughs Last for Cthulhu Dark cackles a Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] At the time this post went live; Dave Sokolowski’s He Who Laughs Last has funded on Kickstarter. The campaign asks for $3,000 and has raised more than $4,000. There’s still 25 days on the clock. Sokolowski’s game makes use of Graham Walmsley’s Cthulhu Dark rules and, in fact, comes with the complete […]
AdeptiCon’s impressive Iron Hands charity army
This year at AdeptiCon you can buy raffle tickets in advance (or on the day) to support the Wounded Warrior Project charity. The winner will get their hands on 2000 points of Horus Heresy-era Iron Hands, a Badger Airbrush setup and a lot more. The models have been donated by Chaos Mail Order, the bases […]
DC Bombshell: Supergirl cosplay
DC’s Bombshell range come from their covergirl range of models. Okay, I might arch a worried eyebrow at the use of “covergirls” to describe superheroes today but the range does tend to show alternative stylings of costumes; such as 50s era or 60s rather than just flashing the flesh. This Supergirl cosplay is modelled, I […]
