The official website for Studio Pierrot’s Wizard Barristers is now online and the first promotional video live. The anime will be animate by ARMS, the group responsible for the animation of Elfen Lied and Kite, and will be directed by Yasuomi Umetsu (Kite). As the name suggests the series blends magic with.. er, legal practice. […]
Archives for August 2013
Watch Matt Smith become Peter Capaldi
Will we see something like this in Doctor Who? This is a photomorph of 11th Doctor actor Matt Smith morphing into Peter Capaldi who will play the 12th. It’s a good morph. I’m actually struck by how similar the two actors are. I think they have the same sort of chin and forehead. Via Mick […]
Warcraft webseries: The Burdens of Shaohao
Blizzard have put together a wonderfully animated webseries called The Burdens of Shaohao. It is a story from the games’ past, a warning of The Great Sundering and features the last Emperor of the Pandaren has he tries to save his people from destruction. It’s animated by Laurel Austin and narrated by Winnie the Pooh. […]
The Parable of the Donkey – as told by a geek
You may know the Parable of the Donkey. Some say it teaches us not to try and bury our mistakes and others say that it reminds us things will work out in the end. When the donkey fell down the well and the farmer decided to shovel lots of dirt in to get rid of […]
Would you wear a TARDIS Onesie?
Sworn never to wear a Onesie? What about a dinosaur suit Onesie with a tail? What about a TARDIS blue Doctor Who Onesie? Tempted? Better suited as a pressie for someone else? Yours (on pre-order) from Red5.co.uk.
Geek builds full-auto gauss gun
Gauss guns, aka coilguns, are a projectile based weapon most commonly found in science-fiction but which can be built with today’s technology. They work by using electromagnets to propel solid slugs at a high velocity. This gauss gun, with a full auto feature, was developed by Delta V Engineering. Delta V is about making sci-fi […]
Making Link’s Master Sword in real life could kill you
In many ways this is an interesting video. It shows some modern expert blacksmiths making Legend of Zelda’s Master Sword. This is Link’s Master Sword. It is just a recreation of course but the sword itself is just cut from a sheet of steel. Does that mean it’s weak? Not at all; watch to end […]
The dice hate me!
Have you ever issued the roleplayers cry of anguish “These dice hate me!”? Worse; have you ever warned the gamers at the table that dice hate you, not been listened too and then half an hour later had to explain “I told you so – the dice hate me!”? This t-shirt helps you avoid that. […]
Left your cookies in the oven? Turn to Catan!
A geeky baker found a clever way to make use of cookies forgotten and left to melt in the oven. Is there nothing a game of Settlers of Catan can’t fix?
Is geek dating ever this easy?
I’m not sure what’s going on here but the caption says “Speed dating”. I’m not an expert but I hazard a guess that the guy is doing it wrong; he sounds ever so slightly aggressive. Full points to the lady geek, though, not only is that a nerdy answer that is a perfect repost to […]