Saul Bass was an American designer who worked for Alfred Hitchcock. He invented a new type of kinetic typography and put it to work on title sequences for moves like North by Northwest, Vertigo and Psycho. Skip ahead to more recent times and you’ll see sequences inspired by his style in the likes of Catch […]
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One of the stories in this collection was written by Andrew Girdwood on 6th September 2014 and was described as "This means we may still not know who would win in a fight, ninjas or pirates, but we know about the game of battleships. Pirates or stormtroopers?". It also was tagged with Stormtroopers.
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Terrible shot!
Comic strip from Ninja & Pirate.com. This means we may still not know who would win in a fight, ninjas or pirates, but we know about the game of battleships. Pirates or stormtroopers? Pirates would win.
Destiny’s live action trailer is superb
I took part in the Destiny Beta and managed to go on one 3-person fireteam raid. It’s a good format. This is why we’ve three Guardians doing the tour in this very impressive trailer for launch day. I’m impressed with the group balance here. The female character isn’t a token effort; actually, she’s the best […]
This themepark ride is called “Batman” so how scary could it be?
I wondered whether it might be scary running across the rooftops of Gotham city, jumping from gargoyle to gargoyle only to throw yourself through a skylight and into the combat below. Having watched this computer rendered animation of what the roller-coaster “Batman” will be like I’m sure the Gotham rooftops have met their match. This […]
Robot Sphero gets new friend. Say hello Ollie!
Do you remember the Sphero? It was a ball that combined with a robot. The result? A ball you could control like a robot. The Ollie, unlike Sphero, is a tube. This gives it very different maneuverability. The Sphero company clearly have this one pegged as a more ruggard and perhaps outdoor toy. That explains […]
Fantasy Flight Games begin The End of the World
Fantasy Flight Games have announced a new tabletop RPG series called “The End of the World”. There will be four books in the series and each one is about horror, survival and the last days of mankind. They are Zombie Apocalypse Wrath of the Gods Alien Invasion Revolt of the Machines Fantasy Flight Games suggest […]
Latest Arrow season 3 trailer
Arrow season 3 is nearly out in the States. Kinda. It’s due on the CW on October 8th. We can hope it escapes to other territories shortly after that. I don’t suppose there are any surprises in this trailer. We see a little more of Ray Palmer and the expected Thea Queen training scene. One […]
Do you want? Dyson’s 360 Eye
I’ll put my hands up. I want this. There have been iRobot’s Roomba cleaners around for a while. I’ve always wanted one. My tiny Leith flat has wooden mini-steps between each room and the hallway so I’ve never got one. My assumption is that the little Roomba had no chance of making it from room […]
Funky! Spirit of 77 Kickstarter rolls in the wonga
Spirit of 77 mixes in classic 70s sci-fi with action, glam music and even kung-fu. Sound ambitious? Not your cup of tea? I worried but when I read through the free to download Cruise Ship of the Damned I was won over. I’m not alone. At the time of writing the Spirit of 77 Kickstarter […]
Netflix secures Gotham
Here I was worrying that Gotham would roll out on an American cable network and may never get any further than that. Warner Bros’s worldwide television department have announced a deal with Netflix that will take the series across the sea. From 2015, each season of the series will be made available to Netflix members […]
