You’ve read the book, read the comic and seen all the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies goodies by now. Or, at least, you’ve had the chance too. The movie is nearly here. That is Doctor Who’s Matt Smith you spot in the action. Also in the movie are Lena Headey of Game of Thrones, Charles […]
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Articles by Andrew Girdwood - Page 1289
Looking back to 6th October 2015, Andrew Girdwood filed a report detailed as "The Batmobile first appeared in 1966 in the form we'd recognise. Compare that with the 30s and 40s through out which Batman's car was barely seen.". It also was tagged with Superheroes.
The archive of Andrew Girdwood's work continues with the entries below.
Communist angel punk? A review of Wolfhound Century
Peter Higgins’ Wolfhound Century is one of those books that feels like it should start a genre. The geeky thing to do would be add “punk” to the end. What we have a huge world, a huge country and a huge capital city wrapped up in a State knows best communist style empire. Our hero […]
Jessica Jones: An evening stroll in Hell’s Kitchen
After her time as a superhero was cut short, Jessica Jones is left to rebuild her personal life and try and make it as a private detective. The question is; can she go for a midnight stroll in Hell’s Kitchen?
A look at Xtronaut: The Game of Solar System Exploration
This Geek Native post has a look at some of the Gravity Assist cards from the Kickstarting Xtronaut. Xtronaut is designed by Dante Lauretta who actually led NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return. You can find out more about the Kickstarter here. [Back this Campaign] The campaign asked for $15,000 and has over $28,000 in the […]
Zombie teaches you how to make the best brain cake ever
Hmm. Red velvet cake as the base for a Halloween or Walking Dead inspired brain. Tasty brain. What I like about the video is that it begins with a mistake and we learn how to cope with problems like that. After all, cooking videos in which everything goes like clockwork aren’t very useful to me […]
How the Batmobile has evolved over the years [infographic]
Have you kept up with the various Batmobile models over the years? The Batmobile first appeared in 1966 in the form we’d recognise. Compare that with the 30s and 40s through out which Batman’s car was barely seen. The infographic was done to help promote Book My Garage. I had thought that was a Just […]
Sharp’s new phone is a little robot
Is the “Heart moving phone” the future of smartphones? The little robot weighs about 390g and includes a phone, camera, projector and can walk around. No mention of what OS the phone uses but there’s a quad-core 1.2Ghz CPU in Robohon. Not sure the bot really has much chances of replacing my phone but if […]
Competition: Metal Hurlant – Resurgence
Based on the popular sci-fi comic book the Metal Hurlant Resurgence live action sci-fi anthology has a cast that includes James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings), Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) and many faces geeks with taste will recognise. There’s six different adventures in this anthology, […]
Pictures from the giant Lord of the Rings LARP at Bitva o Fort
Bitva o Fort is home to a very large LARP that’s loosely based on LoRT and has a special interest in large scale, realistic action, around Minas Morgul. A huge number of LARPs made the event in the Czech Republic and you can read the details and access more pictures over at LARPing.org. Alternatively, skip […]
How to make a green fire Jack o’Lantern
Want your Halloween pumpkin to burn with mystic green flames? I think YouTube user Anne Helmenstine has the best collection of videos. This how-to video for making your own green flame Jack o’Lantern is dead easy to follow. Why stop there? What about rainbow flames for your Halloween carving? As ever, when messing around with […]
