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Archives for August 2019

Who would you bring to a first alien encounter? A soldier or a diplomat?

August 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imagine you had to meet an alien. You’d be the very first human to do so, and we knew nothing about the alien, their race or their situation and yet circumstances have arranged it so that you have to meet them on behalf of humanity.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: aliens, stats

Wuerfel.app is a lovely and free dice roller

August 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Click on the dice to add them to the tray and then click the dice icon on the right to make them roll.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: dice

Lords and Lands expands The Witcher TTRPG with a GM screen and extra rules

August 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

New rules for Nobles as a profession, Halflings as a price and a shiny GM screen.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cd projekt red, gm screens, R. Talsorian Games, the witcher

Become a 2D girl as DeepFake comes to anime

August 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

A director could change the script of an animation (not necessarily an anime) at the last minute without the need to redraw. You could be an anime character on your Twitch channel.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: animation

DC orders stores to destroy copies of Superman and Supergirl

August 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DC will send replacements for both issues out and they will have different covers.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dc comics, Supergirl, Superman

Himiko Toga cosplay

August 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Himiko Toga is one of the villains from the League of Villains in the hugely popular anime My Hero Academia.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, my hero academia

Genre Police: We’re All Out Of Bubblegum

August 11, 2019 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

But let’s be honest, sometimes you just wanna blow stuff up and fight all the enemies in widescreen sprawling combats that define your character as a complete and total ass-kicker.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: feng shui, genre police, rpg tips

Shadowrun’s Sixth World begins with a takeover

August 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Trailer video for Shadowrun 6e urges people to log off the Matrix.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, Shadowrun, teasers

Audio EXP: #4 – The Map is on Fire

August 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In “The Map is On Fire” we talk about the format of the podcast and how it compares to your own character sheet. We discuss the future of Pathfinder, Wil Wheaton’s legal fight with Legendary over unpaid Geek & Sundry wages and the Matt Mercer effect.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #40

August 10, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This collection of anime range from “Avoid — too weird” to “hit of the summer”.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Crunchyroll, Irregular Reconnaissance, netflix, reviews

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