Al Seeger is the mastermind behind Point of Insanity Games Studio. The studio, which Al modestly describes as a ‘one man band’, is responsible for some innovative RPG work. Point of Insanity Game Studio’s “MADS” or Mental, Attack, Defense, Skill system began life as a character conversion system but evolved significantly over the years, even […]
Optimus Prime amigurumi
Some geeky mashups are just unexpected. I’d suggest that an Optimus Prime amigurumi is one such treat. Crochet robots in disguise? It’s Voxmortuum’s who now a worldwide geek hero and I can only imagine their Flickr account is enjoying a healthy dose of visitors.
Japan arrests two for selling modified anime figure on eBay
Here’s one for the books. Two Japanese men, one 35 and one 36, have been arrested by police in Niigata Prefecture in Japan for trying to sell a modified anime figure on eBay. It is alleged that the two anime fans have breached Japan’s Copyright Act by trying to sell the altered Kamen Rider W […]
Sexy slave Princess Leia statue is vender’s biggest request. Shocker!
This Princess Leia Organa is from the animated Star Wars series. Here we can find her, alongside Salacious Crumb, as Jabba’s slave. That’s right, it’s the famous metal bikini Princess Leia. The statue is made by Gentle Giant and thefore sold by the humoursly named Giant Busts in the UK. Giant tell us that “This […]
Star Wars Bookends: The Mos Eisely Cantina in your home
These bookends are awesome. Then again, at nearly $500 from Amazon, you’d hope they’d be mega awesome. If you fancy one and you’re in the UK then Giant Busts (what a name!) is the ony supplier. The cost? Currently, £225. They’re sold by a vendor called Gentle Giant and rather frustratingly their site seems to […]
Blackbeard’s actual sword+2 found
Ah, okay, Blackbeard’s actual sword may not have been a +2 magic sword. However, over at Time over 6,000 people have Facebook liked the news of the discovery and that suggests to me that Edward Teach’s sword has some power. Edward Teach – better known as Blackbeard – was one of the first pirates to […]
Keep Anime Alive
Run by the Anime Defense Project, Keep Anime Alive is trying to sustain the industry by proving that fans will buy anime rather than only download illegal copies. The two masterminds attempting to pull this off are Colin Harvie and Chris Perry. They should be thanked and we should accept it’s early days for these […]
Kinect controlled robot – the first Kinect controlled model?
This video is frightfully impressive. This is all the work of a hobbyist and V-Sido software, which, if you want, you can get here. As you watch this video think about the robot’s balance. It simply isn’t falling over despite leaning quite some distances in some of the Kinect-powered poses. It’s impressive stuff. This particular […]
Steampunk USB stick
There comes a time when you need to draw attention to yourself and your geek cred at the start of any business meeting. The laptop has fired up. The projector is on and you’ve engaged in the F8 battle to ensure the contents of the laptop screen is successfully being shown on the projector’s screen […]
Using lasers to make popcorn
This is an advert for arctic spyder lasers and, yeah, the presentor manages to mention the brand about half a million times. We also don’t get to see his head so there’s the suggestion of some horrible popcorn torture video. However, the video is proof that with a couple of commerically available lasers you can […]
