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Archives for March 2016

World creation with a universal RPG: It’s Unbound

March 26, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Grant Howitt (Goblin Quest, Drunken Bear Fighter) teamed up with Chris Taylor to make this universal RPG for those people who wants to really contribute to building a RPG world but don’t have oodles of time. The Kickstarter is asking for £22,000 to fund and at the time of writing they have 26 days on […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adrian stone, Chris Taylor, grant howitt, kickstarters, look robot, unbound

Karma to burn you: Era – Survival

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I liked the look of Shades of Vengeance’s sci-fi RPG Era: The Consortium. The British publisher’s latest Kickstarter is also tempting me and is only a handful of backers away from funding. You can follow the progress on the official Kickstarter campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-survival [Back this Campaign] I like how they pitch this post-apocalyptic game […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, era: Survival, kickstarters, sci-fi, Shades of Vengeance

Superhero Day at Zavvi unlocks this amazing Ant-Man Pop

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Superhero Day at Zavvi. What does that mean? There’s a special Superhero Day store page you can access with links to discounted superhero goodies. The Batman v Superman pre-orders are already open, for example, with ten quid knocked off the retail price. There’s an extra 10% off superhero DVDS and blu-rays. Without a doubt […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: ant-man, models, sales, superheroes, zavvi

Welcome your child home with this eldritch horror

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imgur user Rentdownstairs has this fantastic wooden crib commissioned. Atlanta-based creator Garrick Andrus stepped up to the challenge to produce this amazing eldrich horror crib. The way the light plays through the tentacles to create shadowy creations on the wall behind is lovely. That’s not something you often say about a crib. Via Ben Paddon […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cthulhu, household

Star Wars bikini fashion

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fashion-meets-geek retailer Hot Topic know their audience. You can pick up this bundle of Star Wars themed swimsuits in time for the summer. There’s the dark side option as Darth or the heroic R2-D2. You buy tops and bottoms separately but here’s a handy link to the bundle; with 20% off right now. Tempted? Get […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: darth vader, fashion, r2-d2, star wars

Behold! The Easter Queen

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Easter. It’s now a geek tradition to remember the greatest egg laying creature of all time. Via Optipess who you can follow on Facebook.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, xenomorph

The rise of the Wolfmen: A werewolf survival game in the UK

March 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Zombie survival games in which you’re chased around by a group of actors in zombie make-up are pretty popular these days. They’ve featured on US TV shows like Castle and British soap operas. If you pop over to the experience day site Wish.co.uk’s best sellers you’ll see it’s dominated with zombie encounters. That’s right; fighting […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: days out, monsters, werewolves

LEGO Dimensions does Batman v Superman

March 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

LEGO have a timely trailer for LEGO Dimensions since Batman v Superman hit cinemas this week. There’s a host new DC Comic packs coming out for LEGO Dimensions in addition to a Lord of the Rings pack, The LEGO Movie pack, Ghostbusters pack, LEGO Ninjago pack and even a Simpsons pack. In the Superman Fun […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: batman, Ghostbusters, lego, lego dimensions, lord of the rings, playstation 4, Superman, xbox one

Here’s how you can make a bow and set of arrows using natural tools

March 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have you been following Primitive Technology? The one man series shows how you can start off with nothing except the woods you are sitting in and build shelter and weapons. We already have some tools at the start of this video. We’ve got fire and plenty of sharp stones to use for axes and knives. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: weapons

Short film: Code 8

March 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is more than a short film. This in an Indiegogo pitch from Arrow actor Stephen Amell, who was ex-producer for this and will be in the feature film in the role of the electrician once made. It’s funded already; in just two days. You can follow progress here. [Back this Campaign] In the short […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Arrow, code8, Indiegogo, kickstarters, robbie amell, short film, Stephen Amell, superheroes

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