Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
@leebwood.bsky.social
Game Designer. Softography: Far Cry 3; Killzone Mercenary; Dark Pictures: House of Ashes; Classified: France '44. Author of Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual. Based Cambs, UK.
I like to take a good movie and perfect it with one or two casting changes. My go-to example is: 'Crimson Tide', which saw Tony Scott at his restrained best. It could have been perfected by replacing Denzel with Andre Braugher. Denzel can chew furniture, but Andre was the smartest man in the room.
There are some shows that just make me gasp. Episode 6 of 'Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia' ends with two women, taken as plunder by the Mongol horde, vowing to bring down the empire by sowing dissension between the former emperor Genghis Khan's sons. It's haunting, breathtaking stuff.
'Draw This, Then Die!', about a high school manga club, is a wonderful paean to creativity. However, the true protagonist is not the kids but their teacher, who failed at her own professional comics career despite her talent, and is DESPERATE not to let her charges experience the same misery.
Today's moment of joy: stumbling across a classic car meet on the green in front of the cathedral. Classic cars polished to within an inch of their life, and lots of Old Car smell.
I see the Axanar film got taken down. I honestly don't know why, but I'm fairly sure Alec Peters didn't help himself with all his sniping at Paramount.
Today's a heavy day of working on prototype game components for the next 'Air & Armor' and 'Razor's Edge', our Falklands wargame.
In honour of Bill Oddie's passing here's his ISIRTA spoof from 1973, with Tim Brooke-Taylor as Captain Kink and Graham Garden as Scotty. Cleese is playing Sulu.
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again Star Trek Spoof
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I marvel that this fan film got made at all. Possibly in spite of Alec Peters, who really should shut his yap and let the work speak for itself.
Axanar: The Gathering Storm
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They did it. They finally, really did it. You maniacs! Damn you! Oh, goddamn you all to hell!
Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV
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Went to the market to get lunch and tried the Brazilian sushi van. The deep-fried sushi roll was... <japanese>interesting</japanese>
I'm working on this with James. Here's his first designer diary.
Razor’s Edge: The Falklands War 1982 - Designer Diary #1
What is the razor's edge?I was wee when the Falklands War happened. Except for the headlines, I knew little about it. That changed a few summers ago when I participated in a professional wargame run f...
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In a year of stellar animated shows, 'Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia' stands head and shoulders above the rest. Starting with the sack of the Persian city of Tus in 1221 by Ghengis Khan's son Tolui, the slave Sitara works to get her revenge by leveraging her knowledge of islamic scholarship.
How did that playground joke go? "Jesus saves, but Keegan scores on the rebound."
So, 'QuestWorlds' came out last year. We're currently working on a settings book for 'Ouvergend', a Tsarpunk world of thieves and revolutionaries. Also a book on the bronze-age world of Glorantha. Also in the works are 'Pioneer Space' (raygun SF), and 'Age of Miracles' (1970s superheroes in NYC).
So, I worked on this board game title and at last, my comp copy is finally out for delivery! Next title in the series? BAOR. After that? A title I'm NDA'd on.
The Odyssey is very, very good. It rents real estate in my head right now. Go watch it on the biggest fucking screen you can find.
Nothing to see here. Not in the slightest bit worrying.
King's study finds AI chose nuclear signalling in 95% of simulated crises | King's College London
Artificial intelligence (AI) models used for a simulated war game escalated conflicts by threatening nuclear strikes in 95% of scenarios, according to new research from King’s College London.
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Sam Neill should have won an Oscar for this “help I’m being attacked by an invisible Chevy Chase” scene with a stupid looking plastic gun taped to the side of his head
My latest game, wot I am making. Out later this year.
Fangtopia - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games
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Just got a copy of Dangerous Dave's new book, 'The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk', where he sweetly namechecks me in the intro.
I just pee'd myself a little at that last shot.
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO | First Look Teaser
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Hey! I worked on this game! (And many of my chums, too!)
Firearms Expert Reacts to Far Cry 3 & Blood Dragon Guns | EXP
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So here's a playthrough of a game I made some 23 years ago for the 40K IP. This brings back memories! I'm going to shuffle through the playlist and see if I can find any levels I worked on.
Pit of Chaos - Warhammer 40k: Fire Warrior - Let's Play - 9
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The Lidya Litvyak movie looks stunning, and the woman playing Yekaterina Budanova has an uncanny likeness.
Литвяк: официальный трейлер (2026)
YouTube video by Киностудия 28 Панфиловцев
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Because the missus is translating a football comic, I'm currently fielding a lot of footie-related questions.
Cool! Someone has made a movie about the 'Fray Bentos', aka tank F41, which got stranded in the mud with its crew during Passchendaele.
Landship - The Fray Bentos Story - OFFICIAL UK TRAILER (2026)
YouTube video by Tin Hat Productions
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When my day job forces me to sit at my desk and play games. It's a tough life!
Philip Goldstein of the 49th Fighter Squadron next to his P-38, named 'Jewboy', showing the one and only way to correctly display swastikas.
