This blogger, like many other geeks, grew up on Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy series of choose your own adventure series. This month, the first Fighting Fantasy book, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain turns 30. Speaking at the Develop conference in Brighton, Ian Livingstone said; “When the 30th anniversary was coming along I […]
Archives for July 2012
6 Piranha Plants for around the house
Piranha plants were made famous by Mario. The original Piranha Plants were only found in pipes but could shoot fire. These days, Piranha Plants have escaped from the confines of the pipes but their fireball power is not seen very often. The plants were first seen in World 1-2 of Super Mario Bros as one […]
The Realm of Thyilia – to hell with profits, let’s make a good game
Another day. Another Kickstarter gamer pitch. This time let’s look at The Realm of Thyilia. At the current rate they’re not going to make their goal of $20,000. They’ve raised just $1,035 at the time of posting and have 20 days left to go. It’ll take a big blog to give them some coverage. The […]
Games Workshop build life-sized Ultramarine Rhino
The wargaming super-power have built a tank. It’s large, real and looks very tough. Check out the Games Workshop blog for more pictures. The picture below is shown as a fair use example – despite the risk of Ultramarine attack lawyers! The blog states that the rust and weathering are special effects and that a […]
My Nerdy Boyfriend
This charming song raises some interesting questions. Who would win in a fight – Buffy or Data? Which film is worse – Aliens 4 or Matrix 3?
Item 47 trailer
Item 47 is a short (about 12 minutes long) film that will be bundled with The Avengers blu-ray box set. It stars Jesse Bradford (Flags of Our Fathers) and Lizzy Caplan (Party Down) as two people who find a Chitauri gun in the aftermath of The Avengers battle with the aliens. They get it to […]
8-bit butcher chop diagrams
I don’t suppose you have ever wondered how some of the most iconic 8-bit character creations would chop up. Jude Buffum has. Working for the Giant Robot curated show “Pixel Pushers”, Buffum created a set of butcher diagrams that showed how certain 8-bit characters could be prepared for dinner. Jude writes; “Though I am still […]
A robot dancing the Evolution Dance
This video features a Nao from Aldebaran Robotics doing the same routine. What the video shows is just how good robotic motion has become. The little droid gave the Evolution of Dance a pretty good work out. The only catch? He didn’t seem so sure about the edge of the table.
After Earth trailer and the Tunguska Event
After Earth is the next movie project from M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Will Smith and his son Jaden. Smith, playing famous general Cypher Raige, who is forced to crashland on old Earth due to an asteroid storm. His son, Kitai, is forced to trek across the dangerous Earth in order to get help. This […]
Halo webisodes: Forward Unto Dawn full trailer
Forward Unto Dawn is a live action, web based, series for Halo 4. The team at Machinima will be hosting the content on their new Machinima Prime channel and we’ll get a series of five episodes. The official title is “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn” and sets the stage for the Halo 4 launch.
