101 Films has a dramatic World War II movie out this month. Saints and Soldiers – The Void tells the story of Sergeant Jesse Owens; an African-American soldier put in charge of an all-white tank crew with one final mission. It’s the last few days of World War II but there is still a platoon […]
Archives for October 2014
Demonically intense: A review of Berserk 3 – The Advent
It was two years ago that I watched the first two new Berserk movies. The Egg of the King creates an interesting cast and world. Then as the second movie, The Battle for Doldrey, ends we get a kick in the teeth and things look to be over for our characters. The third movie, The […]
Mapping Minas Tirith
Have you ever been a mapper in an old style dungeon crawl? It’s not easy. If you have then you’ll have an additional level of respect for this very detailed map of Middle Earth’s Minas Tirith. It’s fair to call out old RPGs for this map as it was surfaced over at Reddit as an […]
Making the perfect paper mache dragon
It’s been too long since I made paper mache. Now that I’ve found Ultimate Paper Mache.com that may change. Check out Cindy’s dragon and the four-page step by step instructions on how she did it. Cindy says she started the project by chance and accident. Just like me, Cindy hadn’t sculpted anything since high school, […]
Short Film: E N V O Y
It may be another child finds alien/robot, wants to play and then the military get involved but David Weinstein’s short film is better than most. It was put together without a big budget and does very well. The dog. The trick with the ball. The special effects. All great. Ready to watch more? Use this […]
Fantasy Ground puts Pathfinder top, eclipsed only by the D&D collective
At the start of the month Geek Native shared some stats from the virtual tabletop software Roll20. It showed that Dungeons & Dragons dominated the list of RPGs gamers wanted to play. The catch? To give D&D the lead you had to add up the share of all the slices of D&D. You had to […]
Short film: Nothing Safer
It’s the eve of an alien invasion and a husband and wife team are testing an experimental pocket panic room. What could go wrong? This short was edited, photographed and written by Marc Leidy. Joe was played by Brian Kinney, Irene by Kestrin Pantera, the desert girl by Jessica Schwartz and the spokeswoman Julie Ness. […]
Black Butler live action coming to UK; latest trailer
I watched a chunk of the Black Butler anime before giving up. I wasn’t the target demographic. The live action is very different. It’s set in the future. There’s a different sort of the anime-esq gender role tensions. Sebastian is still one hell of a butler. He’s looking after a young noble who has had […]
Surprising facts about Wolverine’s costume [infographic]
It turns out that the iconic yellow and blue is not the costume which had the single longest run when it comes to Wolverine. However, he’s worn yellow and blue more often than any other colour. He’s also been without a nose. Need to know? This is a costume catch up infographic via Halloween Costumes.com.
Be an educated geek: Storm review
It’s been out for years but until recently I hadn’t heard of Tim Minchin’s Storm. How come? I’ve seen Minchin on telly. Why do I think this is so bad? I’ll let the free YouTube version of this spoken-song/poem speak for me in a bit. But first; a quick introduction to Tim Minchin as it […]
