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Damsel in Distress: Part 2 – Tropes vs Women in video games

May 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Damsel in Distress series by Feminist Frequency is picking up plenty of attention. Rightly so; it’s an intelligent commentary on the role of women in video games. Feminist Frequency comes at their observations from a feminist point of view and that can only be a good thing. I find it impossible to accept that […]

Filed Under: Games, Online Shows

Nights at the Round Table trailer

May 30, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

RedShirt Film’s latest web series looks like it might interest gamers. I pressed play on this by chance. An idle second when I had nothing better to do – click. It had my attention straight away and it was the joke on the t-shirt that did it. Yes, seen it many times before, I’m a […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: trailers

Short film: From the Future with Love

May 27, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imagine a Robocop-like future where the police have become privatised. You’ll have well equipped officers prowling the streets looking to protect their insurance paying clients. It might be sold a bit like car insurance and breakdown cover; with ads telling you how quickly the police can get to you. In director K-Michel Parandi’s vision you’ll […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: sci-fi, short film

Chronicles of Doom: Episode 1

May 20, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

   This is the startChronicles of DoomNext video >    To support the forthcoming Marvel Heroes, a free to play MMO from Marvel and Gazillion. Gazillion is David Brevik’s current project, he’s one of the creators of Diablo. The Chronicles of Doom is a four part motion comic series that’s been written by Brian Michael […]

Filed Under: Comics, Online Shows Tagged With: Brian Michael Bendis, chronicles of doom, Doctor Doom, fantastic four, marvel, marvel heroes, motion comic

Fernando’s Top 5 Reasons Bards are Awesome

May 13, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Edwin Perez is an actor, dancer and choreographer from Vancouver, Canada. He is an associate producer for Standard Action, plays Fernando the Half-Halfling Bard, and was a costume designer for Season 1. He can be spotted in a variety of TV shows filmed in the Vancouver area, like Fringe, Psych and Hellcats, and teaches Salsa […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, standard action

Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS, needs your help

May 11, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/syntheticph/wish-it-inc-a-comedy-fantasy-web-series/ [Back this Campaign] Have you ever seen Ellen McLain? She’s the voice of GLaDOS. Geek Native once found a video of the trained opera singer on stage but it was pulled. Maybe someone’s unearthed another. However, if you want to see the famous McLain and listen to her voice you can. In fact, you […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: Ellen McLain, humour, kickstarters

Top 5 things to keep in mind when costuming a fantasy webseries

April 21, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vanessa Driveness studied Theatre Arts at the University of Puget Sound, and now lives in Vancouver, Canada. She is the costume designer and an associate producer for Standard Action, as well as stepping in as Assistant Director for parts of Season 2. She works throughout the professional and independent film and TV industries in Vancouver […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: cosplay, costume, larp, standard action

The top 5 things I learned about gamers working on Standard Action

April 11, 2013 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Tara Pratt is originally from Edmonton, Canada, and plays Wendy the Sorceress in Standard Action. You can often catch her on stage performing in Vancouver, and on screen in some of our local productions, most recently the hit show Fringe, and Emily Owens, M.D. Her favourite colour is purple, she’s a huge Star Trek: The […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Online Shows Tagged With: standard action

Top 5 lessons I learned as a webseries producer in the nerd world

April 6, 2013 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Joanna Gaskell is originally from Victoria, Canada. She is the producer and the writer of Standard Action, and plays Edda the Elf Barbarian. You can see her in the board game review series Starlit Citadel Reviews, catch her in the upcoming Gamers: Hands of Fate movie, hear her voice in new animated TV show Animism, […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Online Shows, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: standard action

Joanna Gaskell: Elf barbarians and loyal geeks could put insipid network TV under pressure

April 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Back this Campaign] Standard Action is a webseries that follows a disparate group of heroes and would-be adventures in what’s clearly a roleplaying setting. The first season enjoyed tens of thousands of views on each episode. This Kickstarter has been launched to support season 3. Joanna Gaskell created the series, produces it and starts as […]

Filed Under: Online Shows, Sites Tagged With: kickstarters, standard action

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