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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 1696).

Short film: Catzilla

January 3, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Created by the Polish studio Platige Image, who worked on The Witcher 2 intro, Catzilla is designed to showcase their technical talent while not being boring. It succeeds. How would you describe the music, though? Ready to watch another? Click this teleport link and the site will pick a video at random.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: animation, Godzilla, sci-fi, short film

Short film: E.T.A.

January 3, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A fantastic animation, winning Best Animation Award at BreakPoint 2008 as well as best New Talent at the Aarhus Filmfestival in Denmark on the same year. Modelled and animated by Søren Andersen & Michael la-Cour, directed by Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen and with music by Rasmus Kudahl Kaae Munch, E.T.A. is about Marvin. Marvin has a […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: aliens, animation, sci-fi, short film

Short film: Tempo

January 3, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Directed by Seth Worley, Tempo is a short film that shows the clever filmmaking and visual effects of redgiant.com. Scientists develop a device that can either slow down or speed up time/momentum for objects. Sort of. Discover another video by using this random teleport link.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: red giant, short film

Short film: The Sphere

January 3, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

By Nicholas Militello and with more information at the site The Sphere Movie this short film was made with a budget of about $13k. The team used a Canon DSLRs, a MacBook Pro and lots of experience. Militello did about 85% of the film’s VFX himself. In the not too distant future, Earth is occupied […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: sci-fi, short film

Doctor Who: 10 theories about Clara Oswald

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 83 Comments

This post discusses Clara Oswald. We think she’ll be the 11th Doctor’s next companion. There are no spoilers in this post, not unless you’ve not yet watched Asylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen, but there is lots of speculation. Some Clara Oswin Oswald factoids for you; On Clara’s gravestone her birth date is 23 […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: clara oswald, clara oswin, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, first doctor, fourth doctor, Jenna Coleman, k-9, matt smith, Neil Gaiman, Ninth Doctor, Oswin Oswald, Second Doctor, steven moffat, Tenth Doctor, The Snowmen

Father hires in-game hitmen to deter gamer son

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A father in China has taken unusal steps to try and stop his son from gaming. His son, now 23 year-old, played computer games excessively while at school and left with terrible grades. The gamer son, Xiao Feng, is now unable to hold down a job, leaving a software development company after just three months. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff

LEGO and Warner Bros launch Legends of Chima

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

LEGO has found a knack for creating fun and engaging computer games. Their new franchise, Legends of Chima, is the next bold step. Legends of Chima: Online will be a kid safe, free-to-play, online world. It was developed by WB Games Montreal and allows gamers to customise their kingdom and explore huge enviorments. Legends of […]

Filed Under: Console, Mobile, PC Tagged With: Free to play, ios, lego, trailers, Warner Bros

HackMaster Player’s Handbook hits DriveThru RPG

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The HackMaster Player’s Handbook isn’t new. Kenzer & Co’s own shop lists it as being added to their catalog back in August 2011. More recently, in fact on the 30th December in 2012, HackMaster Player’s Handbook was added to the electronic shelves of DriveThru RPG. This means gamers can grab a copy of the resource […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Kenzer & Company

Ginga Kikotai Majestic Prince trailer

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ginga Kikotai Majestic Prince is an anime set far in the future. Mankind has expanded their control of space far and wider, genetic engineering has allowed the human body to cope with frontier conditions which has resulted in “evolved children”. Izuru Hitachi, the hero, is one such evolved child who enrolls in an academic city […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: mecha, trailers

Gollum versus Smeagol in rap battle

January 2, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rap battles are the turn for turn exchange of insults “sung” in the rap style… so it only makes sense that Gollum would end up in one with, er, with Smeagol. Who do you think won? I’m pretty sure ‘Adam Levine’ comes out of this encounter as the loser.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Gollum, humour, lord of the rings, the hobbit

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