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Archives for February 2015

Reef Social leak for Destiny

February 26, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: destiny, PlayStation 3, playstation 4, sci-fi, the house of wolves, Xbox 360, xbox one

Anime wizards: An interview with Animatsu

February 26, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

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.…

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Akame ga Kill, Andrew Hewson, Animatsu, anime, halo: nightfall, Jerome Mazandarani, manga uk

Enjoy the happy madness of Katsucon 2015 with this video recap

February 25, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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”.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: beat down boogie, cosplay, Katsucon

It’s a trap! Trap

February 24, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

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.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, star wars

Short film: Running the Gammatar

February 23, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, kaiju, monsters, short film

Competition: Win Wastelands 2 from George R.R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, et al

February 22, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

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.…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: ann aguirre, apocalyptic, competitions, Cory Doctorow, George R. R. Martin, Hugh Howey, Junot Diaz, Rudy Rucker, Titan Books

Short film: 1900-2000

February 22, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, short film, time travel

In a RPG you can do anything…

February 22, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: humour, orcs

9 war machines and wonders by Nick Carver

February 21, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: military, nick carver

Burn! Burn in the Witch-King of Angmar

February 21, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: household, lord of the rings

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