Short film: Story of R32
An effective short film from Vladimir Vlasenko. R32 is a down on his luck robot in the not too distant future. He’s running low on repairs but all he needs is a helpful hand.…
Archives for May 2015
Competition: Win In Dark Service
In Dark Service starts off feeling a bit like a steampunk adventure but things escalate and change quickly. Geek Native’s reviewed the book and called it a “Mashpunk”; a mashup-punk of genres and drama.…
Cosplay realism: Cowboy Bebop
Photographer Instanto posted these pictures, and more, of a cosplay troupe taking on Cowboy Bebop. It’s an amazing set of photographs, each one of these cosplays are superb and when they all come together it is very impressive.…
Here’s what the cosplayers of MCM London Comic Con got up to
The London Comic Con managed to roll 20 for Save versus Luck. The weather held up (largely) and what might have been the first national rail strike to hit the UK in 20 years was called off at the last minute.…
10 of the best movie sets ever created
The CineFix team dig into what they think are the best 10 movie sets ever made. There’s more than 10 featured here as we get a bit of history and insight for each category and so we see everything from Waterworld, to Batman, to Metropolis, Dau and The Abyss.…
Game of Thrones re-imagined as Feudal Japan
What would Game of Thrones have been like if it had happened in a world like Feudal Japan? Sei-G has put together a set of 8 woodblock prints that illustrate how the events of Westeros might have looked if done in the art style we associated with the era.…
Explaining the Archer’s Paradox to younger gamers
The Archer’s Paradox is this; there’s a bow between your arrow and your target so how come the arrow goes straight? Slow motion and some science can explain this.
While the folk at Smarter Every Day didn’t intend for this video to be aimed at games (oh, pun), I think we’re a good audience and I think gamer kids will be especially interested.…
Gamers grow up in many places at once…
A rather awesome animated comic from Books of Adam. It’s true too. Gaming fires the imagination.…
Poster: Dungeon Crawlers
I’m loving this poster from Anna-Maria Jung. Like it too? It’s called Dungeon Crawlers and tells a story many of us will be familiar with.
You can buy this print at Society6.…
The Old Made New Again: A Review of the Lone Wolf Adventure Game
When I was a kid, I was an adventure book hoarder. I had an entire bookshelf full of them. Every day, before I got on the bus for elementary school, I’d take this small black briefcase and fill it with adventure books and bring it to school.…
