The trailer for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is out and it looks good. The distribution strategy seems to be a bit of a mess, the main sites carrying the news are using a geo-locked embed (it’s not as if the movie will only air in the States) and YouTube is a glut of reaction […]
From the Inkwell: The problem with being a; flesh-eating, blood-drinking, skin-wearing, bone-collecting, vengeful humanitarian
This From the Inkwell design essay is from Tim Westhaven of Broken Tower. Broken Tower’s FateStorm system is a diceless, detailed, set of RPG mechanics and the company has just released the Shattered Moon setting for it. In Shattered Moon players take on the roll of Sidhe. These people had ancient souls that finally awoke […]
The movie version of Bioshock Infinite
Watch out for spoilers if you’re still to finish the game. This is an experiment. This video takes the cutscenes from the game to make a three hour and thirty minute movie. Okay, the creator makes the point of saying this isn’t just a collection of cutscenes as a lot of the story and dialogue […]
Game of Thrones house sigil pillow collection
Are you a true Game of Thrones fan? Would you decorate your living room with the sigils of the great Houses; well, House Stark, House Lannister and House Targaryen at least! Of course you would and these 22-inch tall throw pillows are for you. The real question is in what situations would you through the […]
Lucasarts & Dark Horse to publish The Star Wars
It’s April Fools’ Day and therefore understandable that people are treating this news with cautious – but many news outlets are reporting that Lacasarts and Dark Horse will publish The Star Wars. Bleeding Cool has the same news but Rich Johnston’s write up was published yesterday. Let’s go with this as being real. Back in […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug preview feature
This isn’t a trailer as such but this feature with Peter Jackson does give as a peak into the second Hobbit film; The Desolation of Smaug. Released on April Fools’ Day it does have some joking with questions from special guest stars but is certainly worth a watch. I especially liked the Mirkwood art. Via […]
Invulnerable Comic Book Tabletop RPG Kickstarter offers OGL
[Back this Campaign] It’s quite hard to stand out as an RPG pitch on Kickstarter today and I suspect some companies are trying some headline grabbing techniques. There’s nothing wrong with that. The gaming industry needs to become masterminds of self-promotion. The promises attached to the Invulnerable Comic Book Tabletop RPG Kickstarter go beyond self-promotion. […]
Steampunk jewlery box with security measures cake
The name “Steam punk jewlery box with security measures” was given to this cake by its creators – the impressive talent of Mike’s Amazing Cakes. I think it looks like the sort of trap left by evil GMs when dungeon crawlers get too cocky. The cake was made as an example for one of their […]
The world’s smallest smartphone charger
[Back this Campaign] At the time of posting, the Kickstarter campaign for Fuel, the world’s smallest smartphone charger, has 18 days to go and has raised more than twice the $20,000 they asked for. Technology wise this campaign just makes sense and it’s a surprise to see big players aren’t already in this space. My […]
Think Geek’s 2013 April Fools!
Think Geek has a proud history of getting engaged with April Fools’ day. This is a rising challenge as it’s become increasingly popular for sites to play pranks on readers each year. It’s free marketing, after all, with blogs pointing out the best gags each year. Think Geek does April Fools’ well, though, and given […]
