This Kickstarter pitch has made its pledge target with still 24 days to go. At the time of writing over 160 gamers have backed this steampunk setting for Fate Core. [Back this Campaign] There’s an interesting option early on in the pledge levels. For just $3 you can get a retail shoutout on Phoenix Outlaw’s […]
Archives for September 2014
Ocarina of Time: Kokiri Forest on violin
Taylor Davis’ wonderful work on the violin brings the Kokiri Forest theme to life. There’s some simple but hugely effect special effects that give this music video that a host of extra geek points. You can download the song from various sites, including iTunes, or buy physical albums too. Pop over to her YouTube channel […]
The train set of quantum levitation
I think it will be a while before Hornby can sell anything like this train set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ52X6wg0po We’ve been able to produce quantum levitation for a few years now and those of us outside the field get to catch up with progress now and then through demos. This demo is a great one. A Japanese […]
10 urban myths of gaming [infographic]
What computer game myths do you know? Are any of them believable? In fairness to the team at Liberty Games, who put this piece together, the Luigi’s Mansion myth is believable and it’s the sort of secret twist that’s in keeping with the company even if not the game franchise.
What was it like? MCM Scotland Comic Con 2014
This was the second ever MCM Scotland Comic Con and my second time going. The big difference was in the size of the venue. Still housed in the SECC but in a much larger hall, MCM had enough space to create a table and chair area, serve food from within the hall and look after […]
Laniakea: Why your sci-fi RPG is too small
This video can be whatever you want it to be. Space porn? Yup. Education? Yup. Inspiration for your next sci-fi setting? Oh yes. The term to take away from this, I think, is supercluster. The plot device to borrow from the video may well be The Great Attractor. My evil GM mind is already a […]
Nurse Baymax is dork cute
We’ve discussed how Disney’s Big Hero 6 is likely to differ from the comic book series. All that’s left to do is sit back and enjoy the marketing before the animation opens.
Game of Thrones done North by Northwest style
Saul Bass was an American designer who worked for Alfred Hitchcock. He invented a new type of kinetic typography and put it to work on title sequences for moves like North by Northwest, Vertigo and Psycho. Skip ahead to more recent times and you’ll see sequences inspired by his style in the likes of Catch […]
Terrible shot!
Comic strip from Ninja & Pirate.com. This means we may still not know who would win in a fight, ninjas or pirates, but we know about the game of battleships. Pirates or stormtroopers? Pirates would win.
Now I Suspect You of Weaselry: A Review of The Gaean Reach
I must admit to having only a fleeting exposure to the works of Jack Vance, though I’m currently seeking to correct that by reading more of his work. For many, Vance has a strong link various editions of Dungeons & Dragons, where the mechanisms for spell-casting owe a debt to his Dying Earth books. Pelgrane […]
