This week has been a busy one for cRPG news on Kickstarter. We’ve had Torment: Tides of Numenera race to $1,000,000 in just 7 hours on Kickstarter already. Now there’s another big name cRPG franchise asking for a fresh million with Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues. Even if you’re out of juice for any […]
Inside the mind of the man emailing you monsters
“Let’s find out why you’d want monsters in your email.” Nicholas Cloister is an artist based in Sweden. As a gamer he’s played the likes of MERP, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer FRP, Skyrealms of Jorune as well as Swedish RPGs. Cloister has drawn for Paizo and Fantasy Flight Games with his Monsters by Email, which […]
A review of Stitched Volume 1
Stitched is a horror graphic novel (and movie!) from the Northern Irish author and comic book creator Garth Ennis and the highly respected Mike Wolfer. Ennis is known for the likes of Preacher and Marvel’s Punisher. Wolfer has worked on Crossed, the Night of the Living Dead and Gravel. I think that rather sets the […]
Steampunk Iron Man cake
This cake has all things going for it. It has steampunk influence. It has Iron Man influence. It has cake. As it turns out these three turn out to be important food groups that when put together bake up some awesome. Hat tip to Delectable Cakes who use words like “EPIC” and “LOVES” to describe […]
Amazon suspend SimCity downloads, blaming EA
In an unusual twist Amazon have suspended downloads of SimCity and issued a warning about EA’s servers. In effect they’re saying; you could buy this from us but you’ll not be able to play it and then you’ll be angry at us. Instead, they’re making it clear the problem sits firmly with EA and their […]
A parkour tour of a cosplay convention
The event is Katsucon which is dedicated to Japanese animation, tradition and society held at the National Harbor in Maryland. Calling it a “cosplay convention” rather under sells it. Enough of that – look at the video! You can follow MLZ Studios on Facebook. Next year, if they do it again, their Shinobi costume for […]
The Wookiee Skateboard keeps barefoot skaters warm
This interesting skateboard will set you back $299 from Weird Boards.com. It’ll keep your toes warm too. If I was you I’d keep it out of the rain… and well, isn’t this more to look at than use? Wookies, I’m sure, don’t take kindly to being stood on. Via the ever savy Amy Ratcliffe at […]
Anime Limited reveal the anime charts for the UK
Anime Limited, the latest anime buyer and disbutor in the UK, has published the top ten best selling anime titles in the UK in January. In an earlier post they shared the top 10 for 2012 and gave very rough estimates of the number of units shipped. The post suggests demand for Anime DVDs and […]
Lewisham’s Role Play Haven makes the news
What happens when you send a journalist who, by his own admission, couldn’t even make it through a Lord of the Rings film to interview a large roleplaying club in London? The results are surprisingly pleasant for the gamers. There is, of course, a catch. The club’s venue, a room in Lewisham Hospital, is at […]
How K-9 winds up the Doctor
This is how K-9 winds up the Doctor. That’s right. Just when you thought the Doctor had successfully rebooted the Universe and healed those cracks in time… they start to appear again.