Sisyphus is a character from Greek myth and legends. He was cursed to be stuck pushing a boulder up a hill for all time. Instructions for building the inner workings can be found on JK Brickworks. I was blown away at how graceful the walking motion was on the statue. Hard to believe it was […]
Archives for December 2015
An introduction to Josei: Review of Bakumatsu Rock
I liked the premise of the series. Take a Japan where back in the 19th century, the dark rulers of the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled and banned all performers from singing any son that wasn’t a “Heaven’s Song”. These Heaven’s Songs work by brainwashing, calming and subjugating the masses. Skip forward and enter Sakamoto Ryouma and […]
Ingress mistake threatens Oxfordshire’s man job as augmented reality goes wrong
A player of Niantic’s augmented reality game Ingress is appealing to the game’s moderators to help remove a “portal” he created. After leaving Google, Niantic suspended the ability of players to suggest new portals – points of interest and locations to battle over – in the game. Before the (temporary) suspension came into force players would […]
Sponsored Video: A 145mph jump into battle
Just Cause 3 is all about fun and chaos. This manifests as blowing stuff up. In fact, one of the changes between Just Cause 2 and the latest game is the introduction of infinnite C4. Previously, you had to buy the explosive, but you won’t have that burden in the sequel. This 18-rated game from […]
Did you miss the cosplay at BlizzCon 2015?
There’s a mix of professional and amateur cosplay at BlizzCon but you can’t always tell it apart. There’s some really impressive costumes here. Of course, it was Blizzcon that the first Overwatch cosplay appeared as it was last year when the game was announced, and BlizzCon remains the best place to see which of those […]
Callout cover: Deus Ex #1 variants
The new comic book series is based on Eidos’ computer RPG Deus Ex. The story acts as the prologue to Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, dealing with the fallout of the Panchaea Incident and Human Revolution. Once again, former SWAT member Adam Jensen, features as the cyberpunk hero. We’ll have to wait until February 2016 before […]
An exclusive extract from The Jericho River
The Jericho River: A Novel About the History of Western Civilization is a novel from David W. Tollen that’s won a whole bunch of awards (London Book Festival, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, et al) and which should appeal to RPG fans. The novel sets about presenting history as an adventure story. The Jericho River […]
Holographic Halo 5 and Netflix
Hololens is Microsoft’s augmented reality solution. I imagine it’s easy to say “so what” to tech like that but this little video makes some of the use cases pretty clear. Imagine watching Netflix without having a TV or even a screen handy. Why stop at just watching TV? Why not play a whole computer game […]
Loyal droid or junk? A review of the R2-D2 desktop vacuum
Here’s a safe bet – Star Wars toys will be all the rage this Christmas. I was pondering Star Wars gifts for my godson and his brother but wasn’t sure if they’d seen the films. After all; The Phantom Menace came out in 1999. That’s 16 years ago and neither boy is 16. As it happens […]
A sense of wonder in SF roleplaying games
Author Sarah Newton talks about what should really be at the heart of SF RPGs: the sense of wonder, and the conflict of great ideas. Sarah’s company, Mindjammer Press, is running a Kickstarter campaign, currently approaching x3 funding, for the next phase of the transhuman RPG. [Back this Campaign] A sense of wonder in SF […]
