Imagine the situation. You have to recap the Lord of the Rings. All of it – but, thankfully not the Hobbit – and you only have 99 seconds do it! On top of that challenge your audience isn’t really interested. They have a low attention span. You’re going to need to jazz it up, while […]
Archives for July 2012
Watermelon dragon destroys your carving skills
The Invisible Underground is the company run by Shawn Feeney and specialises in edible alchemy, vegetable sculptures and fruit carvings. Who knew there was such a thing? Feeney worked as a sketch artist for the New York Police for two years before starting a fruit carving company. The images below are just a sample of […]
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJFQXxGUzqM Square Enix’s reboot of Final Fantasy XIV has been blessed with a name and a website. The 2.0 version of the game is “Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn” and the website lives here. This trailer is called “Fate of Eorzea” and will no doubt do very, very well in YouTube. The game was […]
Real life quest trails would be stunning
These photographs were taken by the London photographer Joel James Devlin. He creates original images and has studied the effect of moving lights through long exposure photographs. It’s that technique which creates the stunning photographs we can see here. The “adventure trail” or “quest trail” is a fairly common device in computer RPGs. It’s a […]
Turn your phone into a robot – meet Romo
I think this is a good idea – but let me know if you disagree. Romo was a Kickstarter project that funded last year and raised just just of $115,000. It lets you turn your smartphone into a robot. Romo is still pretty basic but, we’re told, he’s fast learner. This is him messing around […]
The mighty Xenomorph Rex
On Monday we posted the first episode of Barry Sonnenfeld’s Dinosaurs Vs Aliens motion comic. It’s an interesting concept. There are all sorts of dinosaurs – and there are also all kinds of aliens, including the facehugging, acid drooling, xenoform aliens. This impressive predator is the creation of Nebezial and shows you what might happen […]
Re-create Jeff Dee’s original Dungeons and Dragons art
Jeff Dee (and that’s a Wikipedia entry link) is a recognised RPG artist. He co-created the first superhero RPG (Villains and Vigilantes) and he worked for TSR to help illustrate a number of books for AD&D. He did covers for adventure modules and interior artwork. Wikipedia suggests he’s best known for his Deities & Demigods, […]
Clever Tetris lights
These Tetris lights are pretty clever. This isn’t not a single light sculpture. There are actually a number of different shaped lights – and they only light up when they touch. This means you can control the lighting colours and effects you want but you also get to impress and entertain your guests. The lights […]
Dire wolf – Game of Thrones book ends
The sigil of the House of Stark is the Dire Wolf. The motto is “Winter is coming”. These dire wolves are a pair of bookends. Not only are they fantastic for true fans of a Song of Fire and Ice but they’re pretty handy for goths, gamers and geeks. These are quality items and heavy […]
Hello… uber geek!
I think designs might need to get down on their knees and pay respect to Joseph Senior. This illustrator and artist has taken the familiar and humble Hello Kitty mascot and given it a superhero, a super villain, a Star Wars, a comic book – and uber geek make over! The pictures below are just […]
