I first came across the name Maciej Kuciara from this behind the scenes look at Cyberpunk 2077. The concept illustrator gets involved in some great projects. He’s worked on Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Jupiter Ascending. You can follow him on Facebook, Deviant Art where you can buy prints, an […]
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Short film: Two Worlds
The story here, according to Andy Lefton, is that opposites attract. The two characters featured are certainly opposite in many ways but both quite charming in their own right. The catch? They’re also both in dire straight in this short, 3D animated, sci-fi adventure. Hop onto this random teleport link to load up another short […]
Travel to Mars with Jamie xx and Gosh
This music video from UK based Jamie xx is all about the colonization of Mars. I imagine it’s a bit like the trip to Mars in that most of the video is taken up with the journey but once we get to the planet and start to work our charms there’s an incredible pay off. […]
GM Tips: Why your campaign needs a boat
Pierce Fraser is the creator of the HC SVNT DRACONES tabletop roleplaying game and the 8-10-12 dice system that powers it. He’s a long time player and narrator of a variety of systems and settings, and his game is noteworthy for making players decide how to approach problems, instead of waiting for the DM to […]
Short film: The Rise and Fall of Globosome
Inspired by the times we live in, Sascha Geddert wrote and directed The Rise and Fall of Globosome. The Globosome are odd little lifeforms that live on a small rock lost in the darkness of space. What will the Globosome make of their chance to thrive? Use this teleport link and the site will whisk […]
Google it: A review of the Book of the New Sun – Shadow and Claw
This offering from Gollancz’ Fantasy Masterwork series has the first two volumes of Gene Wolf’s (four-volume) The Book of the New Sun with The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator. It’s a book that belongs in the Masterwork series, winning a host of rewards and respect over the years. For me; […]
Competition: Barricade
Good news! Barricade is out as a paperback. Geek Native gave the gritty sci-fi a positive review last July and I added it to my Best of the Year 2014 roundup at Forbidden Planet. You can buy Barricade at Amazon. Now you can win Jon Wallace’s adventure and follow Kenstibec’s trip from Edinburgh to London […]
The Temple teaser looks tempting!
It’s 2085, the oceans have swallowed coastal cities and islands. In one of the surviving megalopolis a genetic virus and cyborgs are threatening the remaining population. Oz, a health service worker, has to find a way to survive the growing chaos. temple is a project from the team behind the impressive Akira Project. Once again […]
Periorbis mines success from Kickstarter
Periorbis is an economic strategy game set in space around the business of mining asteroids has cleared it’s Kickstarter funding goal with days left on the clock. It’s worth a look at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gdmnw/periorbis-the-deep-space-mining-board-game-for-2-6 [Back this Campaign] The early bird pledge slots are all gone so the first tier that might interest you […]
Who’s afraid of the dark? A review of Dark Star
Dark Star by Oliver Langmead is an original sci-fi. The whole book is written in a verse like format. I thought this would be annoying, especially as I used my Kindle app on my Nexus 7 to read my copy, but I was wrong. As it happens, the verse-like formatting of Dark Star is easy […]
