Ociacia is a professional artist who specialises in animations and has a fondness for futuristic and robot designs. I think he can take what looks like a piece of sci-fi, a cyborg schematic for example, and turn it into a piece of art. Based in Kiev, Ociacia has worked with the like of Intel, Republic […]
Revolution or revenge: A review of Andromeda’s Choice
William Dietz is known for the Legion of the Damned series. I’ve not read that. I picked up at Andromeda’s Fall instead. In other words, with Andromeda’s Choice, I’m reading the sequel to the prequel series. I rather like it this way. If time allows I’ll move onto the Legion of the Damned and perhaps […]
Paizo announces a new RPG: Starfinder
Starfinder is Pathfinder in space. It’s Pathfinder in one possible future and the gods are acting strangely. The project is being helmed by Creative Director James L Sutter, has a microsite of its own and is due out in August 2017. Does that feel like a far future date for a RPG release to you? […]
Short film: Retrofit
This film from the CGBros explores a near future in which technology allows us to have options after we die. Could we cope with that, though? Is it a good idea? Time for more? Click on this teleport link and you’ll load another randomly selected short video.
Short film: Uncanny Valley
This work from 3DAR is very clever. Imagine a future with easy to access virtual reality. Okay, that future isn’t too far away. Imagine a little further ahead when the tech is cheap and people have had enough to become addicted. Why would these addicts ever want to return to a ‘normal’ life? That’s the […]
14 stunning character concept images by Kait Kybar
Kait Kybar is a concept designer based in Tallinn, Estonia. He’s worked on projects like Killzone: Shadow Fall, Horizon Zero Dawn, Overkill’s The Walking Dead and PayDay 2. Kindly, he shares much of his art over at Behance complete with some personal projects. This post compiles and teases some of his character designs; all of […]
Classic sci-fi aliens as LEGO head mounts
Can’t have an Alien head mounted on your gaming den wall? After all they do dribble acid for a good while after death. The next best thing might be one of these LEGO head mounts designed and made by the New Zealand-based creative talent Grantmasters.
Rifts opening a path to Savage Worlds
I played a lot of Rifts back at University. There was just so much world, so many dimensions, to play with. Ooph, though, did that system begin to struggle! I can see why fans are pleased the Shane Hensley and co finally have permission to take a Savage Worlds conversion to Kickstater. You can follow […]
Short film: 2am
This short film from New Monday uses robots and space travel to explore the concept of loneliness. With a loud soundtrack from Three More Shallows it manages to do that and feel a bit like a music video too. Ready to watch one more? Hop on this teleport link and you’ll load up another randomly […]
Short film: Metroid – The Sky Calls
Nerdist’s Jessica Chobot stars as Samus Aran, hero of Metroid, in this not-for-profit short. In the film director Sam Balcomb uses themes from the first Metroid game of isolation, exploration and the wonders of deep space to give us a Samus out on a mission. Take advantage of this teleport link if you’ve time for […]
