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Archives for January 2021

Short film: Avarya – trapped on a spaceship as the robot overseer deems all planets unsafe

January 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Avarya opens with Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics which remind us that robots must now allow humans to come to harm. This includes not following orders that may conflict with those directives.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, sci-fi, short film

A Jawa’s tribute to Eddie van Halen

January 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Eddie van Halen, of the rock band Van Halen, died last year. Quite rightly, he is regarded as one of the greatest guitar players in history.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: star wars, stop motion

Where horror writes itself: Backwater – Southern Gothic Horror

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Humanity is rebuilding, characters are Wardens, people tasked with keeping order at civilization’s southern reach. Staying alive requires careful thought.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, backwater, horror, kickstarters

The combat wheelchair/spider chair comes to Cyberpunk Red

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve worked with Sara Thompson, one of our freelance writers on the Witcher TRPG line and an advocate for disability representation in gaming to create the Rocklin Augments Cyberchair line, ready for use in any Cyberpunk RED session.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cyberpunk red, free to download, R. Talsorian Games, sara thompson

Megalobox 2: Nomad sees the return of Gearless Joe

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Megalobox 2: Nomad is the sequel to the boxing anime in which Gearless Joe fights his way to the top.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #85

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news round-up with new releases, interviews, reviews, RPG tips and write-ups from around the web.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: acheron books, Achtung! Cthulhu, brancalonia, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, darkraven games, Dragonlance, dscryb, Dungeons & Dragons, ed greenwood, forsaken system player's guide, goodman games, lex arcana, loresmyth, mighty narwhal productions, Modiphius Entertainment, morra, paizo, Palladium Books, pathfinder, quality games, righteous blood ruthless blades, routinely itemised, silver vine publishing, soulbound, summon skate, tome of beasts, Vampire: The Masquerade, warhammer 40k, wizards of the coast, wrath & glory

Borderland’s 3 and Assassin’s Creed in the Zavvi x Akedo gaming trainers collection

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On sale now, until they sell out, are Akedo gaming collection shoes at Zavvi.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: akedo, assassin's creed, Borderlands, fashion, zavvi

Half a million and counting for the Origins gaming table

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Origins game table transforms from a dining table to a lined and inset playing surface.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gaming table, kickstarters

Stéphane Richard releases 90GB of fantasy art to Public Domain

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Driven by the urge to disobey, Stéphane Richard has released art from his Wootha project to Public Domain. Richard has worked on video games, TV and animation.

Filed Under: Art

Layout Level-up! 67 RPGs for $20 to buy designers publishing software

January 29, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For every two bundles bought; 1 designer gets a license for Affinity Publisher.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, itch.io, Meguey Baker, sandy pug games, thousand year old vampire, vincent baker

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