Beat Down Boogie teamed up AutoDesk to visit Chicago’s C2E2. Turns out AutoDesk were quite shy about mentioning their free graphics tool, Pixlr, but BDB gave them a shoutout anyway. C2E2 benefited from plenty of great costumes. It looked like there were quite a large number of “big suit” cosplays – dragons, for example. Doctor […]
Archives for May 2015
Is Ingress about to add levels 17 to 24?
Ingress is Google’s alternative reality game. Two sides, the green Enlightened and the blue Resistance, battle it out for control of portals. I’ve written about why I feel Google is messing up the Resistance’s story, turning them into hypocrites but I and millions of others still love the game. For the last year the level […]
The Temple teaser looks tempting!
It’s 2085, the oceans have swallowed coastal cities and islands. In one of the surviving megalopolis a genetic virus and cyborgs are threatening the remaining population. Oz, a health service worker, has to find a way to survive the growing chaos. temple is a project from the team behind the impressive Akira Project. Once again […]
Break Out or Fall Out: review of Behind the Walls for Fate Core
Evil Hat Production has leveraged the power of Patreon and burgeoning support for Fate Core material to crank out some top notch supplements and adventures for their game. Unlike crowd-funding, which drives people to contribute toward a lump sum, the Patreon-model supports ongoing and regular content. Evil Hat has used this regularly ‘income’ to draft […]
Periorbis mines success from Kickstarter
Periorbis is an economic strategy game set in space around the business of mining asteroids has cleared it’s Kickstarter funding goal with days left on the clock. It’s worth a look at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gdmnw/periorbis-the-deep-space-mining-board-game-for-2-6 [Back this Campaign] The early bird pledge slots are all gone so the first tier that might interest you […]
Don’t blink. Meeping Angels.
Yup. It’s a meeping angel. What else could it be? Just remember, what ever you do, don’t blink! This clever model is the work of Terry Gisler. (Via Krypton Radio)
Star Wars Tie Fighters make great fascinators
[Make this mine!] Looking for a geeky fascinator? Perhaps you’re going out to Ladies Day and the racing? A work party or convention? I think it’s worth checking out the family business GeekyU1 and their Etsy store. They’ve a range of geeky goodies, plenty of Star Wars stuff and this Tie Fighter head-band. I think […]
Victorian Darth Vader dress
It’s Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you) and that means we’re all going to see some strange Star Wars tributes. How does this one strike you? This Darth Vader Victorian dress was created by May Burnett of Custom Fairy Wings. What a mashup! (Via EPBot)
Short film: TIE Fighter
Today’s addition to the short film collection has been especially picked for Star Wars Day. This animation has only been live for a few weeks but it’s had well over 3,000,000 views on YouTube. Animator Paul Johnson wanted to create a classic 80s anime that put the focus on the Empire, oozed crazy detail and […]
Rule 63 cosplay for Star Wars Day – it’s genderbent Greedo
This clever Greedo cosplay seems like a perfect way to kick off Geek Native’s celebration of Star Wars Day. Designed, made and modelled by Corinne Alexandra this genderbent bounty hunter was designed to upgrade and replace a sexy Chewbacca cosplay that had become widely copied. Alexandra certainly picked a good subject; I don’t think I’ve […]
