Jake Murray is an illustrator from Columbus, Ohio who specialises in sci-fi. Jake creates for publishing and advertising markets as well as doing plenty of work in gaming. In particular, gamers might know his work for Fantasy Flight Games. Alternatively, his work for AEG, Dark Horse, Solaris or Mongoose Publishing might well have him on […]
Archives for May 2014
Looking back to 2nd May 2014, Andrew Girdwood filed a report detailed as "Do you like to send a shiver down your players' spines? These "hand lamp" designs from 1stDibs should do the trick.". It also was tagged with Household.
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Creepy hand lamps ideal for spooky GMs
Do you like to send a shiver down your players’ spines? These “hand lamp” designs from 1stDibs should do the trick. The chandelier is impressive. All the joints – and there are four on each finger – are articulated. As the lamp’s arms can also bend it means the chandelier can shrink to 22″ wide […]
Is this how gamers eat their food?
This is a little strange. Perfect for a Friday distraction. Mr TV Cow (and a horse) take us through various game vs food genres. Which is your favourite?
Short film: Forsaken
Published back in 2011 by Apis Motion Pictures Forsaken is a sci-fi with some impressive special effects. The company was funded by Joel Loukus and Try Rollins and makes a point of showing what can be done with little budget but lots of storytelling. Rollins features in this short along with Andrew Weigand and Dyland […]
Hero Games launches US only Kickstarter for Fantasy Hero Complete
Hero Games are aiming for a 240-paged book with all the rules necessary to play the classic Fantsay Hero RPG. While it will be compatible with all Hero System 6th edition books; you don’t need anything else to play. [Back this Campaign] There are PDF copies of the book available and those who back with […]
Friendly psychos: Nobunagun review
There’s a few anime with “Nobunaga” in the title. This is a review of “Nobunagun” and what they’ve done there is added a “gun” to the end of the word. To be honest, Nobunagun had me from the very first episode. They very quickly and successfully had the lead character Shio Ogura portrayed as a […]
Too snuggly to be dangerous? Cotton Monsters
These monsters are made by Jenniger Strunge. Born in Baltimore, Mayland, Jennifer quickly got into making pillows, puppets and dolls. Now she uses recycled clothes to craft these creatures. Tempted to try the snuggle test? You can pop over to Cotton Monster on Etsy and take a peak.
Cosplay: Diablo III Witch Doctor
In Diablo III Witch Doctors are a hallowed part of Umbaru society. They have a knack for battle and for communing with spirits. In the game their mana recharges slowly but they can summon pets to fight for them. This impressive set of cosplay pictures are of SpcatsTasha from South Korea. She’s part of the […]
Harry Potter as a 1980s cyberpunk anime
YouTube channel Nacho Punch are well into making 1980s style cartoons of some of our favourite things. Kudos. Sometimes the quirky team hit on a truly interesting mashup. This isn’t just an 80s cartoon version of a geeky topic. This is an 80s anime, with cyberpunk spin, version of a geeky topic. That’s right: Harry […]
Free to Download: Valiant Universe RPG Quick Start
I’ve been charting my progress through Valiant Comics’ super group “Unity” in my Irregular Reconnnaissance Comics column. It was billed as a way to get into the Universe as the Unity team took on the mighty X-O Manowar. Did that work? I’ve struggled at times but I’m still reading it and, in fact, the latest […]
