Archives for September 2014

“Wild elf” LARP costume as good as any cosplay

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This outfit isn’t cosplay as such; it’s a LARP costume. These pictures show Lenora of Lenora Design as her character in the LARP group Aurerijahr. Here’s what Lenora had to say; “I´m playing this character as part of our LARP-group “Aurerijahr”.…

50 years of Batman in music with 3 awesome cars

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This video has been out for less than a week. It’s racing towards 2,000,000 YouTube views and there’s a reason why. Watch it to find out. The Piano Guys always pull the stops out to make impressive YouTube videos.…

Short film: LIFE

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A few seconds into this short animation from Pixelhunters and I’m thinking of Destiny. It’s the planet, the drop ship and then the well armoured Titan. Okay, that armour is pretty intense for Destiny so perhaps it’s more like Warhammer 40K.…

Anime fans more willing to sacrifice liberty for peace

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Imagine a future in which the police could read your mind. This is a peaceful future, everyone has jobs that suit their skills and there is hardly any crime. There’s hardly any crime because the police and authorities actively scan your thoughts.…

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor launch trailer

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If I’m asked for famous Lord of the Rings games I’d say Cubicle 7’s The One Ring or MERP. These are tabletop RPGs. Can’t someone make a computer game that does as well?…

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Review: A Peculiarly Amazing RPG

September 30, 2014 by Guest Reviewer Leave a Comment

This week I reviewed The Ministry Initiative: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. Before I dig into the meat of the review I have a couple of things I’d like to note.…

The weakest class will thrive with The Adequate Commoner

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

J.M. Perkins has a great idea for Pathfinder and other RPGs. This isn’t a sourcebook that brings in even more powers. This is a sourcebook, if published, that will look at the weakest class in the game.…

Those Crazy Olympians: Zeus is Dead

September 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I downloaded Michael G. Munz’s Zeus is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure and thought it had broken my Nexus 7. Why? The reader said 9999 pages. There was no error, the book is that big and Amazon estimates 484 pages if you use a Kindle to approximate a physical book.…

The Evil DM chair

September 28, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

How’s this for a robust chair for your evil DM? Created by Yaara Dekel and submitted to Design Boom this chair really is the clever juxtaposition of the familiar with the unfamiliar.…

Scoobythulhu, no really

September 27, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a Cthulhu mystery for a bunch of hippies and their dog to solve. Wait, what? Mikey Mason’s describes this mashup as “A bit of fun with an older song”. I think it’s a bit more effort than just a bit of fun.…

“Wild elf” LARP costume as good as any cosplay

50 years of Batman in music with 3 awesome cars

Short film: LIFE

Anime fans more willing to sacrifice liberty for peace

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor launch trailer

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Review: A Peculiarly Amazing RPG

The weakest class will thrive with The Adequate Commoner

Those Crazy Olympians: Zeus is Dead

The Evil DM chair

Scoobythulhu, no really

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