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Archives for June 2014

New scenes in the UK Guardians of the Galaxy trailer

June 17, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can tell this is the UK Guardians of the Galaxy trailer because it refers to the Avengers movie as the Avengers Assemble movie. That’s right, the smash hit had a different name in the UK just in case it was mistaken for Mr Steed and Emma Peel. This is the second UK trailer to […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: groot, guardians of the galaxy, rocket raccoon, trailers

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage launches on Android

June 17, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage has done very well on iOS and the appstore. Roadhouse Interactive has today announced the side-scrolling action game has made it to Android. You can download it from Google Play. At the time of posting there’s been nine reviews with an average of 4.5 stars. The game costs €5.99 / £4.99 / […]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: games workshop, trailers, warhammer 40k

The Kraken’s Game of Thrones posters

June 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These Game of Thrones posters are the work of Kraken Graphics. They mix illustrations with font, bleeding from one to another. Kraken’s designer Jason Nichols maintains a Behance page where you can see futher examples of his style.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: dragons, game of thrones

PocketScan – help gamers or hurt publishers?

June 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native features Kickstarters for new RPGs often. Sometimes the blog talks about computer games. Rarely there’s a hardware story. PocketScan was not created for gamers but, wow, check out the uses. Some concerns here. Just because scanning could be easy does not mean gamers should scan copyright books. Authors in this industry don’t get […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs

Short film: Grounded

June 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a short film by Kevin Margo. Margo’s had big movie experience with the likes of Thor: The Dark World and Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas. He’s also worked on Civilization III. Grounded is a bit deep. Margo talks about using an ethereal backdrop to explore aging, inheritance, paternal approval and even behaviors passed […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: sci-fi, short film, Thor: The Dark World

The 2014 Origins Winners

June 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The 2014 Origins Winners were announced during the Origins Game Fair last week. This is the 40th annual Origins Awards and winners include AEG, who one twice, Monte Cook and Green Ronin. Categories included RPGs, various tabletop games, figures, accessories and even related media. Best Roleplaying Game Numenera by Monte Cook Games Best Roleplaying Supplement […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Alderac Entertainment Group, awards, Felicia Day, green ronin, HeroClix, Iello, Love Letter, Numenera, Origins Award, Origins Game Fair, wyrd miniatures

Illuminate! Illuminate! Dalek bedside light

June 15, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a friendly Dalek. It’s task is to sit near your bed and act as a night light. Should it turn evil – as Daleks so often do – it’s only 6″ tall if you don’t count the plug. In terms of power this Dalek only manages about 7 Watts. This Doctor Who monster […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: daleks, doctor who, household, lights

The hex worldmap project

June 15, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

Les Inkwell is a gamer and designer from Oslo in Norway. On his Google+ profile he says; I am quite content doing my mundane muggle day job to pay the bills. The time left i spend doing the artsy stuff that i really care about, things like: World Building, Table Top Game Design, Illustration, Comix, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: maps

Inside the mind of a mythos creator: The Art of Neil Gaiman

June 15, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Neil Gaiman is a geek native. He’s a creator of many favourite novels, comic books, characters, scripts and plenty more. He’s a curator and participant too; active on social media, blogging and part of geek culture. I’d call Neil Gaiman a “mythos creator” as he is one of those creatives who forge legacies with their […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Sandman

214 fantasy wallpapers; castles, sorcery, dragons and maidens

June 15, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imgur user White Sorceress shared a gallery of over 210 fantasy wallpapers. The entire collection can be downloaded from the link on the far left and arrives as a 123MB zip file. A sample of the wallpapers are shown below. There is no reason to believe any skullduggery was used in putting this collection together. […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: castle, dragons, fantasy, wallpapers

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