This Gizmo cake is impressive. I’m pretty sure it won’t turn into a gremlin either… but I’m not willing to lay money on it surviving much beyond midnight! This cake is the work of Kerrycakes Newcastle. The about page notes that this is just a hobby but also that Kerrycakes has won Sugarcrafter of the […]
Archives for June 2015
Discover what was posted on the blog during June 2015. This collection covers topics in Geek Stuff, Tabletop & RPGs, and Music.
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New Zombie RPG from World of Darkness’ Mark Rein-Hagen
Following on from a Kickstater campaign launched in June 2013 Mark Rein-Hagen’s new RPG “I am Zombie” is due in stores. The game will have a I Am Zombie Field Manual which will cos about $40 and a I Am Zombie Playkit which includes two decks of ID cards, 8 “Brainz” dice, bump chips and […]
Forces of Dorkness: Chewquila
On the 7th of July there is a two week window to be one of eight people to order a custom made Chewquila models. They’ll be available via Tenacious Toys Super Series Sundays and will be made by Forces of Dorkness’ Scott Kinnebrew. (Via Plastic and Plush)
Travel to Mars with Jamie xx and Gosh
This music video from UK based Jamie xx is all about the colonization of Mars. I imagine it’s a bit like the trip to Mars in that most of the video is taken up with the journey but once we get to the planet and start to work our charms there’s an incredible pay off. […]
Short film: The Alita Project
This short film is a proof of concept. The Alita Fan Project.com‘s goal is to show that a live-action version of the anime Batle Angel Alita is possible and a good idea. Forrest McClain, the writer and creator, has reasons to bring this demo to the wider audience as it thought that James Cameron fancies […]
Iaijutsu sword master versus MOTOMAN-MH24 industrial robot
Should we teach industrial robots to use katana? Machii Isao holds five Guinness World Records including the marathon 1,000 iaido sword cuts whch took just over 36 minutes. In this challenge the advanced industrial robot, the MOTOMAN-MH24, was taught Machii’s style (and we can see him help the robot) and then put against him. The […]
Dungeon Master built in LEGO
This incredible build is the work of Chris van Vliet. The Autodidact Artist from The Netherlands has a love for fantasy and sci-fi and we can see this here as Dungeon Master is pretty much brought to life with LEGO bricks. Check out the original Flickr to see some more photographs of Dungeon Master and […]
Founding fathers return to rescue Call of Cthulhu
Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen have returned to Chaosium. Petersen is the original designer of Call of Cthulhu the RPG Chaosium made famous and Stafford founded the publisher back in 1975 with a war game called White Bear and Red Moon (later renamed Dragon Pass). In June of 2013 Chaosium raised over half a million […]
Can you work out these movies from just Ingress Glyphs clues?
If you don’t play Ingress and still do well at the Glyph quiz then you’re an amazing talent and should start to play straight away! You don’t need your Oynx Badge to do well in this quiz, though. In Ingress the mysterious Shapers (and perhaps the N’Zeer) are believed to be passing messages hidden in […]
Serious Disruption: Review of Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels
The multiverse holds infinite possibility and diversity. Unfortunately, some individuals don’t appreciate that chaotic state of affairs and seek to impose an oppressive and entropic order. The Disruptors want to return the multiverse to a collapsed state, as was the case in the youthful eons of existence, and to that end seek the union of […]
