Category Archives: Games

Beer and Board Games – Beer + Famous People = TableTop!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Gill

Here’s a webseries that you can bet I’ll be posting on TBR a lot! Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day have teamed up to create a series of half-hour episodes wherein they talk about table top gaming (called, appropriately, TableTop) – … Continue reading →

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Saturday Morning Mass Effect

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Gill

Well, IGN just outdid themselves with this hilarious April Fools Day video of a fake Mass Effect Saturday morning cartoon that ROCKS! This was made by Harry Partridge, the man who has given us awesomely animated videos that feature Nicolas … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – April 2

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Gill

Michael Fassbender has only been acting in films and television for 11 years, but now he’s one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Born and raised in Ireland, but trained at the Drama Centre in North London, Fassbender’s first major role was … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – March 30

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Gill

Actress Juliet Landau is all kinds of awesome! For starters, she’s the daughter of Martin Landau, grew up in L.A., and was a professional ballerina for a time. She co-starred in the movie Ed Wood alongside her father, appeared in … Continue reading →

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Beer and Board Games: Drunk Payday

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Gill

It’s tax time, and the Blame Society guys are playing Payday in the latest instalment of Beer and Board Games! I’ll admit that I’ve never played Payday, even though I sold a lot of copies of it when I worked … Continue reading →

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Plan Your Trip To Gotham City Today!

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Gill

Awkward Spaceship made this awesome tourism commercial advertising trips to scenic Gotham City! I’ve gotta say, they’ve aped the style of travel ads perfectly, and Two-Face looks great! A fine job, all around. But I’m still not going. Sorry.

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Being Mentally Deficient In Fallout

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Gill

To my knowledge, this was a feature that never carried over to the later Fallout games, but in Fallout 1, if you gave your character an intelligence of 1, it would come out totally stupid! Even the NPCs get annoyed … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – March 27

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Gill

There must be something special about March 27, because not only was Quentin Tarantino born today (we celebrated his birthday last year), but so was nerd god Nathan Fillion! Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Fillion started off as a theatre actor … Continue reading →

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Zombies, Run!

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Gill

Are you, like me, just a bit too lazy to take up a useful daily exercise routine? Then you should check out Zombies, Run! It’s an audio adventure game that encourages fitness by turning your jog around the neighbourhood into … Continue reading →

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Behind Quantic Dream’s Kara

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Gill

Not too long ago I posted a video demo of Quantic Dream’s new performance capture system that will be used in their next big video game release. It’s pretty astounding how far the technology has come, as we’re on our … Continue reading →

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