The title of this post is “Real life elephant wooden steampunk elephant mecha” to which my only comment can be; “No! Really!” French artists François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice have built, from wood and metal, a working, elephant shaped mecha that snorts steam. It’s the most surreal and the most artistic mecha you’re likely to […]
Archives for July 2012
Second Skyrim Parodies teaser: the sexy charge
I think the official title for this is; “A Companion’s Guide to Being Dovahkiin” but I like to think of it as the sexy charge. Featured are four of Nedopak’s model friends, dressed as Forsworn, charging towards the camera. Yes, the Forsworn are fierce and the weaponry here looks real – but put body beautiful people in skimpy clothing and you’re going to earning some charisma bonuses.
Time is running out to be a founder for Ouya
Ouya promises to be the next generation of gaming console – possibly the last generation of gaming console. The background is simple; consoles are expensive and the industry is a closed shop. At the same time people are now able to game much more cheaply than on consoles due to the growth in smartphones, tablets […]
10 amazing pictures for The Hobbit
Just in time for Comic-Con, there’s a new batch of awesome looking visuals from The Hobbit movie doing the rounds. You put 9 of the images together to create an impressive panoramic showpiece. Each of the nine represents scenes from Peter Jackson’s film. I suspect Beorn and Gandalf will both be popular. Click on the […]
Kickstarter comes to the UK – RPG publishers and fans rejoice
It’s early days – very early days and we don’t have the full details yet but @Kickstarter has just tweeted to say that people in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter this autumn. People in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter starting this autumn! More info soon! […]
The Skyrim Parodies teaser
We have the first teaser clip from Kristen Nedopak Skyrim Parodies series. This is a social media and native geek success story. Nedopak first produced a successful and popular short parody of the popular RPG with “To Lydia with Love” and then went on to raise about $5,500 with an Indiegogo project. This is money […]
Michael Fassbender joins the Assassin’s Creed movie
Ubisoft have managed to lure Michael Fassbender into the Assassin’s Creed movie. The news is that the Magento actor will also be co-producing the movie – and I wonder if that was part of the lure. Jean-Julien Baronnet, Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO, said; “Michael Fassbender was our first choice. Michael (Fassbender) is an extremely smart, […]
The world’s tallest LEGO tower – more than 500,000 bricks
What did you do this weekend? A team of LEGO fans took four days to build a 500,000+ brick tower. Built at Legoland Windsor, the tower is built from 160 different colour sections that were constructed at ground level before a crane was used to help get them into position on the tower. The Lego […]
Robo Redneck stars in “The Wind” music video by Mike Judge
Mike Judge of King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead glory has produced an animated music video for the Zac Brown Band. The single is caleld “The Wind” but I suspect many people are going to call it Robo Redneck!
RoboCop trailer
It doesn’t always work like this – but the marketing efforts behind the forthcoming RoboCop video have released “Viral #1” which showcases some of Omnicorp’s product line. The video has gone viral; including coverage from Mashable. The RoboCop remake has an interesting cast. Hugh (House) Laurie is on board as a villain, there’s Gary Oldman […]
