Kim Newman is a London born horror writer, winner of the Bram Stoker Award, who has also written Warhammer novels under the name Jack Yeovil. One of Kim’s most famous books, Anno Dracula, has been re-released by Titan Books which gives this blog the cheeky chance to pester Mr Newman with a quick Q&A style […]
Spider-pig plushie
SPIDER PIG, SPIDER PIG, Does whatever a SPIDER PIG does, Can he swing, From a web, No he can’t, He’s a pig, LOOK OOOUUUTTT!!!!, He is a SPIDER PIG!!LOOK OOOUUUTTT!!!!, He is a SPIDER PIG!! This particular Spider-pig was created by deviant artist Natalisa Serrano and looks amazing.
RC Superhero with VTL
I’ve flown a kite but never was bitten by the RC bug. It seemed like an expensive and awkward hobby. I live in Scotland in a city surrounded by hills. It would be a challenge to wait for good flying conditions and then a battle not to crash the expensive little helicopter model into the […]
Stunning Lego Pegasus actually moves
This Lego sculpture is impressive. It isn’t that the design is elegant and graceful; full of curves, which is very hard to do with Lego. It’s that the whole model moves, just as gracefully, with the turn of the handle on its pedestal. This beauty was built by Edulyoung who notes that the model makes […]
Two words: Tron Samurai
Some pictures need very little introduction beyond their title. This is one – this is Tron Samurai. For a brief minute I had to wonder how and why the programs in Tron ended up battling with flying discs instead of more traditional weapons. But, duh, it’s a computer program and they’re simply doing what they […]
Emergency broadcast in Middle-earth
Hungary tested its emergency broadcast system this week by warning of severe and dangerous storms. In order to avoid worrying people by mentioning actual places in Hungary, the emergency system used names from The Lord of the Rings. According to the test catastrophic weather hit Rivendell, Helm’s Deep and Gondor as well as other Middle-earth […]
Disney Princesses as Fighters
Deviant artist Josh MC has another successful adaptation of the ever-popular Disney Princess meme. Josh has successfully portrayed them as a range of fighters in a high-quality art collection. I don’t know about you from about half of these illustrations give me the wrestling vibe and the other half rather more of a Dungeons and […]
Portal 2: Personality Spheres
Finished with Portal 2 yet? You could do yourself a favour and check out Chris Myles’ Flickr account for photographs for some rather awesome Portal 2 Sphere goodies. There’s the Hello Kitty Sphere, for one, but for this teaser I wanted to showcase his collection of personality spheres. These are all handmade which, I think, […]
Cats in Tanks
Aww. Maru has proved just how cute cats in boxes are. If some geek just happens to make a tank out of a pile of boxes then surely cats would be attracted to them… and surely it would be just as cute? Perhaps. A note of caution though – this cute cats in tanks video […]
The Call of Cthulhu is “Pika!” followed by an electric zap?
Some sights cannot be unseen. Some images will remain burned as mental scars for a lifetime. This is one. Behold the twin evils of the electric rat and the unholy Cthulhu! On your knees and despair before the Pikachu Cthulhu!