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Vampire the Masquerade 5e on Amazon for twice the recommended price

September 13, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The fifth edition of Vampire the Masquerade hasn’t had an easy ride but some people are very keen to get it. I’m in that group so I was watching Amazon. The game launched at GenCon on the third of August and, as noted at the time, was hard to get hold off.…

Large Amazon US flash sale; 40% off many board games

August 5, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a daily deal section in the top navigation in most versions of Amazon. In the States, on Amazon.com, that link takes you to a URL with ‘goldbox’ in it, and the <title> tag of the page says ‘Gold Box.…

Amazon lets Paizo and Pathfinder 2 playtesters down

August 3, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Many roleplayers who preordered their copy of Pathfinder Playtest from Paizo did not get their book on schedule. Gamers who pre-ordered directly from Amazon, according to some players, have also had problems.…

The new way to get Audible onto the Amazon Fire TV

June 3, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

I’ve an Amazon Fire TV. I don’t mean one of the popular Amazon Fire TV Sticks that compete with Google’s Chromecast; I mean the full-fledged Amazon Fire TV. I’m not sure why but they’re far less popular than the cutdown version and still safely well under a hundred bucks.…

Good Omens comes to TV

January 19, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Amazon has greenlit the comedic apocalyptic series Good Omens based on Neil Gaiman’s and Terry Prachett’s book. Good Omens will only be available through Amazon Prime Video for most of the world.…

Amazon’s Echo can now play Spotify

February 4, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

You can now walk into a room, say “Alexa play Spotify” and Amazon’s internet of things offering to the smart home will obey your instruction. Okay, you need to be in the US and need to have a Spotify Premium account.…

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.…

Dungeons & Dragons tops Amazon US’s best sellers; Amazon UK has month long delay

August 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s good news for Wizards of the Coast. The initial reaction to Dungeons & Dragons 5 by the media has been positive. The response from fans also seems to be good.…

LEGO robot to combat DRM

September 14, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This LEGO bot combats DRM. Designed by Peter Purgathofer the Mindstorms bot holds a Kindle, flips through pages and takes pictures. He stresses this was a private project, not part of the Vienna University of Technology, not an invitation or instruction on how to get around digital rights management.…

Amazon launch Kindle Matchbook

September 4, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book-selling powerhouse Amazon has announced Kindle Matchbook. The program means anyone who buys a paperbook unlocks access to a cheap Kindle version of that book. Cheap or free. Of course, the Kindle book needs to be available in the first place.…

Vampire the Masquerade 5e on Amazon for twice the recommended price

Large Amazon US flash sale; 40% off many board games

Amazon lets Paizo and Pathfinder 2 playtesters down

The new way to get Audible onto the Amazon Fire TV

Good Omens comes to TV

Amazon’s Echo can now play Spotify

Amazon to pilot The Man in the High Castle

Dungeons & Dragons tops Amazon US’s best sellers; Amazon UK has month long delay

LEGO robot to combat DRM

Amazon launch Kindle Matchbook

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