You know how Games Workshop are super protective of their brand? If a fan tries to do anything to build some natural buzz for their products the lawyers tend to sweep in. Now, granted, Games Workshop have their reasons for this – they see the value in their Intellectual Property (ie; their ideas) rather than […]
Archives for July 2010
Impressive lego battle machines! Of doom!
Some people can create art out of Lego. Other people can create kick-arse combat machines that would be at home crushing enemies, conquering planets or defeating super villains. (Credits) (Credits) (Credits) (Credits) (Credits) (Credits)
Jervis Johnson on new Warhammer “We’ve ramped the rules up to the next level”
Jervis Johnson is a name rich with Games Workshop history. In this video promotion/intro for the new Warhammer Johnson discusses how the game offers your chance to impact the game world. We learn that you can’t really trust the landscape. Rivers might run with blood, buildings might be magical or woods filled with monsters. The […]
SCEE close Eye of Judgement
The collectable card game which interacted with the PlayStation 3 through the PSEye is to close. On the forums, LordRoss broke the news; “We at SCEE sincerely thank you for your continued support of The Eye of Judgement. The online battle service for this product will terminate on September 30th 2010. Offline play will remain […]
Lisa Foiles launches Everday Achievements (hey @darthchix0r)
… and it’s good. In this episode Lisa unlocks the “Less important than cheerios” badge. However, don’t think this is an Xbox bias web series. Our video star keeps her PS3 in the limelight too. We’ve just got 5 minutes of Everday Achievements. That’s about right for YouTube but hard to really judge. First indications […]
Pete’s Elite costume – Halo cosplay goes awesome
Some people have all the talent. Step forward Mr Pete Mander. This special effects guru has put together a fully functional Elite costume. The scale makes a lot more sense all of a sudden. Imagine come across one of these Elites in a real life Halo situation! Ouchie! I just have to throw in his […]
Spot the difference: Final Fantasy XIV alpha verus Final Fantasy XIV beta
Square Enix have been showing off some more of Final Fantasy XIV. In particular, they’ve addressed some initial concerns that the game looked a bit bland. I would agree that the lighting differences between the alpha test and beta test versions are more dramatic. I do worry about the combat though. I used to perfer […]
Free to Download: Signs and Portents 82
The Mongoose Publishing team have released the latest edition of their free to download e-zine: Signs and Portents. This month is called “Sex, Dice and Gamer Chicks”. That’s because James Desborough and Jonny Nexus are just about to see their Sex, Dice and Gamer Chicks book hit the shelves. The Mongoose supplied summary is below […]
I Kissed a Nerd music video
The Damsels of Dorkington will have an internet hit on their hands with this spoof of Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl”. Faron Morales does a great job as the lead nerd! Watch the video once and enjoy it. If you watch it again try and keep track of all the geek culture in it; […]
Exclusive interview: Ruffian’s James Cope talks Crackdown 2
Hi James, you worked as the Release Manager on Crackdown for Realtime Worlds and then transferred to Ruffian to work on an “un announced project”. It all seems so obvious in hindsight. Did anyone guess? Did you have to lead an MI5 life of espionage and guile? Lots of people guessed what we were upto […]
