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Amazon to pilot The Man in the High Castle

November 11, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Based on Philip K Dick’s alternative history, Hugo Award-winning, the pilot episode is an hour long and will be part of seven shows in a season airing via Amazon Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany.…

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: Alexa Davalos, alternative history, amazon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Frank Spotnitz, Philip K Dick, Rufus Sewell, The Man in the High Castle

War of the Worlds meets Achtung Cthulhu in this great video

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a must see video. It’s called the “Great Martian War” but this gamer took one look and immediately saw War of Worlds meets Achtung Cthulhu. The footage here comes from World War 1 footage… with, yeah, aliens added.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs, TV Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, alternative history, sci-fi, short film, the history channel

Free until the end of January: The Great Game

October 8, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While in playtest The Great Game from Aetheric Dreams is free to download. ENnie and Origins nominated for Nights of the Crusades, Aetheric Dreams is an indie RPG publisher to watch.…

Filed Under: Tabletop RPGs Tagged With: Aetheric Dreams, alternative history, free to download, lovecraft, steampunk

E3: The Order 1886 trailer

June 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Order is an alternative history set in a strange Victorian-style London. Myths and advanced technology share the world together as you play an one of an elite order of knights in a centuries-old war.…

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: alternative history, e3, playstation 4, Ready At Dawn, sony, The Order 1886, trailers

Interview the man who vaporised America; John Birmingham

January 14, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

John Birmingham is an Australia based author known for writing detailed alternative histories series. Without Warning is the first of three books that discover what happens to the world after a large energy field, The Wave, wipes out America on the eve of the Gulf War.…

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: alternative history, ohn Birmingham, Titan Books, without warning

Without Warning review

January 10, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I rarely pick up Alternative History novels. I like Alternative History and my expectations for Alternative History novels are sky high. The problem is that most Alternative History books fall short of those expectations; they could always have been so much better if only the author had done things differently.…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: alternative history, john birmingham, Titan Books, without warning

The Company of the Dead review

January 3, 2013 by Guest Reviewer Leave a Comment

Depending how your festive period went and perhaps how much liquid lubrication was involved in your Hogmanay celebrations; time travel may sound like a good idea. However, changing even a small event can have serious unforeseen consequences, so what would be the effect of saving the Titanic?…

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: alternative history, david kowalski, reviews, The company of the dead

 

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