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5 Low Budget Masterpieces

Proving that money isn’t everything, film critics Colin & Mitch suggest five low budget films that might appeal to a gamer.
Tetsuo
Shocking black and white underground masterpiece that shows you can realise apocalyptic destruction, the melding of man and machine, giant death dealing mecha and industrial carnage and still have enough change from a tenner. Given [...]

5 Box Office Flops You Really Should See

Resident film experts Colin & Mitch bring you five films you may have missed but really should see.
Ed Wood (1994)
Can you bear the shocking truth about Tim Burton’s modestly priced film (under $20 million) about Edward D Wood jr, dubbed The Worst Director of all Time, that was blessed with an abundance of talent and [...]

Bad Ways to Die

Film experts Colin & Mitch have seen more people die in more horrible ways than anyone else I know. Here are their top 5 horrible ways to die (in a film).
Stung to Death By Bees (My Girl)
Horrible death. Horrible film. Macaulay Culkin adds to the horrendous proceedings by dying off screen, thereby removing the only [...]

Top 5 Ham Performances

This week, film critics Colin & Mitch look at some of the most overblown performance in cinema because sometimes, GMs need to just ham it up.
Jeremy Irons – Dungeons and Dragons
With Tom Baker as a geriatric elf, Richard O’Brien as an effete thief lord, Marlon Wayans as Marlon Wayans and a blue lipped weirdo with [...]

5 Great Villains

Film critics Colin and Mitch bring you more inspiration from the world of cinema.
Hans Gruber from Die Hard (Alan Rickman)
“Give him a big hand – he’s British”. The ne plus ultra of villains in Hollywood films being played by Brits. Gruber is just in it for the money although a sideline in getting Bruce Willis [...]

5 Great Supervillains from the Movies

6d6 is pleased to welcome film reviewers Colin & Mitch to the blog with five great bad guys from the movies. Some will be familiar but one or two may surprise you.
Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon (Max von Sydow)
A long career in top-notch arthouse fare becomes redundant as Max von Sydow trades playing chess [...]

Last Flight of Leviathan IV

Remember how last week I asked for suggestion of free games to fill a two week gap in our gaming schedule? We had some good ideas but nothing was quite what we were looking for so I had a good rummage on The Free RPG Blog. Eventually I ended up choosing Geiger Counter that [...]

Picks of the day

Tweets from the 6d6 Fireball Twitter feed.

Monday: Summer Blockbuster Trailer Bonanza!

Tuesday: Size matters in 40K – Ork stompa assembled!!!

Wednesday: Lair of the Leprechuan –

Thursday: Worst Gaming Cliche

Friday: Using Google to Measure Interest in Dungeons & Dragons

Saturday: A simple question, Why no Harry Potter RPG?

The People’s Bucket

It’s Friday and that can only mean one thing. A bucket bursting with links.

Out to kill some sacred cows, Gaming Brouhaha declares Temple of Elemental Evil was not a good adventure

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The Old / New School [...]

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