Reef Social leak for Destiny
Matt Martin over at VG247 has a good write up and video of what the leaked screens for the next Destiny upgrade might mean.
In summary it looks like the House of Wolves will bring a new social area to Destiny.…
Archives for February 2015
Anime wizards: An interview with Animatsu
At the start of the year Geek Native reported on the rise of Animatsu and a launch with 11 titles. Former Manga UK managers Jerome Mazandarani and Andrew Hewson have taken their expertise and created a company that’s not just an anime distributor but touches on production and IP.…
Enjoy the happy madness of Katsucon 2015 with this video recap
Team Beat Down Boogie went to Katsucon and, as is their way, have produced a highlight video of some of the best and most interesting cosplay. This cut is about 10 minutes long and called “Pretty Strange”.…
It’s a trap! Trap
How’s this for a brand of mouse traps? Ackbar!
It’s a trap!
“Mon Calamari” is the name of the amphibian species Gial Ackbar belongs too. In truth the trap was probably made on the planet Dac.…
Short film: Running the Gammatar
This is weird. I’d describe it as a Japanese kaiju film meets some sort of American slice of life TV show. Yeah; really.
Made on a limited budget, Running the Gammatar keeps the visuals looking stylishly rubbish and in line with the weirdness.…
Competition: Win Wastelands 2 from George R.R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, et al
Wastelands 2 is a series of post-apocalyptic short stories from authors such as Game of Thrones’ George R.R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, Junot Diaz, Rudy Rucker, Hugh Howey, Ann Aguirre and others.…
Short film: 1900-2000
A short animation in French. A couple have to persuade a theatre owner to let them run their “time travel” show in which they preview what the world in the Year 2000 will be like.…
In a RPG you can do anything…
A piece titled “In Dungeons & Dragons you can do anything” by Rumbleraven. I think it works as well for any given RPG.
There’s more than one truth in this straightforward but effective comic strip.…
9 war machines and wonders by Nick Carver
Nick Carver is a character and concept artist. He now works as a senior artist at Blizzard Entertainment and is a graduate from the University of Sheffield in England.
Carver specialises in the use of Zbrush for digital sculpting which looks like a great tool for character design, texturing and the challenges of concept art.…
Burn! Burn in the Witch-King of Angmar
Toasty!
This may not be the intended use of the great wraith but I still think it works pretty well. In this case the Witch-King of Angmar is made from an old gas bottle and scrap steel.…
