The largest retailer in the UK accidentally put the new iPad on their webstore with a price tag of less than £50. At the time of posting, the super cheap new iPads are still online but a helpful Twitter user has tweeted the supermarket to point out their mistake. We’ll have to see whether they’ll […]
Zombie laptop case for very scary GMs
If you insist on being an evil GM and want to reinforce that by making some early, impactful, impressions on your gaming group then look to your laptop case. A laptop case does not have to be bland. A laptop case can be decorative and it can give your players a clue as to what […]
1,000 marble tipping machine
This video has taught me that the German for marbles is knickers! Well. Okay. Nearly. It seems to be knikker but that’s close. Watch as the machine transports dozens of marbles at a time, saves them up and then tips them all at once when there’s 1000 in the pen.
When will Virgin Media double my broadband speed?
Yesterday was a big day for geeks with broadband connections in the UK. Virgin Media runs its own network of fibre optics (most everyone else leases their lines from BT broadband) and has made a special effort to promote itself by being fast. Yes, I know, broadband speed marketing is a horrible things with all […]
The Hunger Games Companion
I’ve a secret to share – I’ve never read The Hunger Games. The internet is a buzz with news, clips, rumours for the The Hunger Games movie. Should I read the books before I watch the film? Step forward Jason S Rosenblum. Emboldened with this success with Game of Thrones, Jason is trying the Companion […]
The future of tabletop RPG? The Galaxy Beam
Traditional tabletop roleplaying isn’t ignoring technology and is not simply surrendering to the MMORPGs. For example, Pathfinder is being developed for the online world by Goblinworks and they’re not using the traditional MMORPG model (a hybrid, in fact) for this, D&D have a new virtual tabletop and mobile sites like iPlay4e have shown some gamers […]
Goomba Roombas
Do I file blog post as cool tech or in a gaming section? What we have here are not just Goomba Roombas but other 8-bit Nintendo inspirations for Roomba coverings. If I lived in a different flat I’d certainly have a Roomba. If I could I’d 8-bit it, too. The challenge is these stupid anti-smoke, […]
Sponsored Video: FutureScapes and the future of CSR
If you’re not familiar with the acronym CSR then let me tell you there’s a debate as to whether that is a good thing or not. CSR stands for Corporate Social Responsibility and it represents companies thinking about their responsibility to communities, to nature and even the future. It may be good that you’ve never […]
The Samsung SSD Angels ambush
If someone in the street stopped you and asked whether or not your laptop used a hard drive what would your response be? Okay, let’s just say the hard drive ambush develops along the lines of; “Yeah, hard drives are really slow. Give me your laptop, we’ll ditch your old hard drive and replace it […]
The giant Metropolis II is populated by Hot Wheels
This giant Hot Wheels construction contains thousands of speeding cars and they never crash. The city, known as Metropolis II, is in fact a work of art rather than just a geek project that’s got out of control. Either way; it looks complex!
