The word “Chambara” is used to describe a genre of movies in Japan with the focus on sword fighting. They’re very often samurai peroid pieces set somewhere between 1600 and 1868. Talented deviant artist Alex Mitchell must have wondered what some of America’s most famous superheroes; the Justice League and The Avengers would look like […]
Archives for September 2012
Worlds Apart RPG launches with 6 books and a free edition
Worlds Apart is a fantasy RPG from Expeditious Retreat Press that uses the Traveller mechanics. It was written by Joseph Browning. There are six books in the the launch and these include the Worlds Apart core rules for £7.42 / $12 as well as the Worlds Apart core rules for free. What’s the difference? The […]
Gothicmade trailer
Hana no Utame Gothicmade is a mecha anime following Berin, a song girl, who is responsible for the “hope” of humanity. Gothicmade is being produced, directed and written by Mamoru Nagano who is also responsbile for character and mechanical design. Previously, Nagano contributed designs to Zeta Gundam and The Five Star Stories. His style is […]
Chocobo cake with edible models
How’s that for a cake? It’s the work of Barbarann Garrard (aka Cake Rhapsody). It’s even worth noting that the picture was snapped on an HTC smartphone. This cake looks as good as you see – no camera and lights tricks here. Any Final Fantasy geeks know the answer to this question? Which Final Fantasy […]
The new Rolemaster opens for public playtest
Iron Crown Enterprises, ICE, are busy rebuilding a game and its fan base. That’s their description for the new effort around Rolemaster. Rolemaster has split into two; Rolemaster Classic and Rolemaster Fantasy Role Play. The latter was launched a self-contained set of rules but grew and produced expansions. Rolemaster is a classic game, it turned […]
The Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Floating Lady Murder
You know the floating lady trick. You’ve probably seen it on TV and watched how the stage magician gets his assistant to appear to float in thin air; but generally under a light weight cloth. The premise of this investigation is that the Floating Lady trick goes wrong. Harry Kellar invented the trick and in […]
Doctor Who: The Last Days of the Ponds
The Angels Take Manhattan has just aired in the UK and the BBC have made live The Last Days of the Ponds, a 10 minute behind the scenes special, with a focus on Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan.
Doctor Who: The best of Tumblr’s farewell to the Ponds #apondfarewell
By I am Oswin and I am human. The Angels are yet to take Manhattan and yet Tumblr is awash with goodbye messages for Amy Pond and husband Rory. Many fans are calling the Ponds their favourite companions. It’s likely we’ll see many more of these visual farewells to the Ponds after the show but […]
Eight Weeping Angels caught on Instagram
Weeping Angel Cherubs By Jonyboy271 Weeping Angel cowers in darkness By Sexy Tardis Evil dolphins and the Weeping Angel By Kyle Wronsky The Triffid and the Weeping Angel By Jill Engel Giant Weeping Angel By Pushie Luv Weeping Angels lining up By Gage Bedrosian Weeping Angel in the house By Anna Meyer Decaying Weeping Angels […]
Doctor Who chess
This rather fantatic chess set, in full Doctor Who glory, was created by the deviant artist EldalinSkywalker. This is actually their second Doctor Who chess set, the first was for the tenth doctor and this one is for the eleventh doctor. Evil side: King: The Dreamlord Queen: Madam Kovarian Bishops: Silence Knights: Headless monks Rooks: […]
