ReviewBooks
Martin Bower’s World Of Models by Shaun McClure & Martin Bower (book review).
I’ve known Martin Bower was involved in model-making from many decades back, enforced when he had a small exhibition in Bristol’s ‘The Forever…
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Games
Computer and board games.
April 2020
NewsGames
Edge magazine & the Ultimate Guide to Fantasy Gaming, issues free online (game news).
Edge magazine, which looks at computer games from the viewpoint of professional developers and those involved in the actual industry itself, and The Ultimate Guide…
NewsGames
Tintin video game on the way (game news).
Tintin is making a comeback on PC and consoles. Game firm Microids and the rights-owner, Moulinsart, have inked a partnership for the game…
NewsScifi
United States Space Force action figures on the way (news).
Luckily for the world, the United States Space Force action figures are now on the way, thanks to the project over at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amazotoys/united-states-space-force-action-figures…
TrailerGames
Surviving the Aftermath, Hostile World update (trailer: game news).
If you fancy playing a PC strategy game where you need to rebuild civillization after a mega-disaster (you get to choose … asteroid…
NewsGames
Astartes (Warhammer 40,000: fan film project).
Here’s a very well-produced piece of Warhammer 40,000 animation from the creative pen of Syama Pedersen (well, his 3d workstation, at any rate)…
March 2020
NewsGames
Sam Leith is using national quarantine to reactivate World of Warcraft (news).
Sam Leith is using a nasty touch of national quarantine to reactivate his World of Warcraft account. Let no national disaster go to…
TrailerGames
Iron Harvest: new trailer (steampunk strategy game).
King Art Games has wopped out another trailer for its RTS game with a steampunk/mecha twist on World War One … aka, Iron…
NewsGames
How self-isolation can feed your Warhammer addiction (game piece).
Science writer Tom Chivers has a shocking Warhammer habit, and now self-isolation means that his secret supply from Games Workshop on Tottenham Court…
TrailerGames
Sakura Wars (steampunk game: trailer).
From the large clock tower atop Ginza train station, dominating the city skyline, to the Imperial Theatre at the heart of Tokyo, the…
February 2020
NewsGames
The stacked game of Japanese arcades (J-life video).
The gaming culture in Japan is intense, so this pair of miscreants decided to check out the scene inside a Tokyo-based Japanese arcade…
January 2020
ReviewBooks
The Art & Making Of Fantasy Miniatures by Jamie Kendall (book review).
Part of the job of reviewing is picking out books that although I might not know about the subject generally, I do appreciate…