Here’s cosplay worthy of Gallifrey – although the subject might worry those Time Lords. Cosplayer Bewitched Raven has created a hybrid dress, a mixture of TARDIS and dalek complete with a light from each on her headband. The photography is by CONography who, as the name suggests, specialise in convention based photography.
Archives for January 2014
Retro sci-fi as Boiling Point serve up more posters
Creative group Boiling Point have taken to Etsy and expanded their range of fan posters. In the past I’ve rather liked Boiling Point’s Shogun Warrior collection. The new “retro sci-fi” have a similar style, mixing colours with simplicity to create some striking images. The Flash Gordon poster [The poster is alive!] The Black Hole poster […]
Chaosmos board game is a love letter to sci-fi master William Sleator
This post by Joey Vigour, the lead designer at Mirror Box Games, is about YA sci-fi author William Sleator and his book Interstellar Pig. Strange as it may sound, Interstellar Pig is the inspiration for the Chaosmos board game that’s close to raising $100,000 on Kickstarter. William Sleator is gone now, but every used bookstore […]
#TableTopDay 2014 announced
Saturday the 5th of April will see the second TableTop Day. TableTop Day is the virtual and real-world event created by Geek & Sundry the entertainment network associated with Felicia Day and Sheri Bryant. It was Wil Wheaton who was especially close to TableTop Day in 2013. In 2013 the event was held in March […]
The fires of marzipan Smaug
This little Smaug is a dragon made from marzipan and who has made his home an small hill of chocolate soufflé. I love the little on candles. This is a marzipan dragon that breathes fire. Via Caracal Feathers.
Cyberpunk RPG soundtracks kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] This is a RPG campaign that gets to use the word retrofuturistic in the pitch. It’s the project by an artist called Strangelette who suggests her mind might be akin to The Addams Family taking on a 3D role-playing game. The pitch is to provide soundtracks for roleplaying games. We’re talking Shadowrun, […]
The creation of Dungeons & Dragons: The Great Kingdom
http://vimeo.com/85059163 This is the trailer for the documentary The Great Kingdom that follows the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. It’s about the great work of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson… and then the troubles with TSR. I think the trailer looks pretty compelling. It’s just a few minutes long and seems to promise an interesting […]
Photograph: 12th Doctor and Clara
This photograph shows Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor walking with Jenna Coleman on the set of Doctor Who. It looks like Queen Street in Cardiff and you can see the pattern of Santander, Lush and Phones 4u on Google Maps. The photo was taken by Alun Vega who has a pretty good record at […]
Beware the Pikachu crawler
Imagine seeing a cute Pikachu peeping up from behind a bush. Imagine the horror as it crawls forth to reveal the bloated caterpillar body that shuffled through the mud. How fast would you run when the monster’s head peeled back to reveal a gaping jaw and rows of teeth. I know. It would be being […]
Cannons in but tentacles out for both sexes in latest holiday cruise survey
If you had a few weeks to enjoy on a cruise how would you like the holiday spiced up? Research from Virgin Cruises discovered that both men and woman could be persuaded to enjoy a fantasy themed holiday on board a cruise ship. The survey discovered that the most popular themed cruise idea for men […]
