Let’s just say you’re a marketing agency working in Spain. You’ve a challenge – it’s the economic downturn and yet you need people to go out and buy brand new SEAT Altea XL cars. What do you do? That’s right. You run a TV advert featuring growing monsters.
Archives for September 2009
Real life Thunderbird transport
The video shows one of two 510 ton (that’s 1,020,00 0 lb) steam generators being transported 75 miles from Maryland to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Each generator’s components plus transport weighs 1,651,000 lbs (that’s 825 tons). The transport has 26 pairs of axles (each with hydraulic drive power) and 208 wheels. Top speed […]
Assassin’s Creed 2 – TGS trailer
If you want the White Edition you need to pick that up from Game. If you want the Black Edition you need to pick that up from Play.com. There will be people who’ll buy both. What do you think of the trailer? Looking good or still somewhat meh?
Halo Legends: 5 minute clip of the new Halo anime
Over the States Spike TV is has some of the forthcoming Halo Legends series. That’s right, Halo in an anime style. Hopefully the show will make it over to the United Kingdom where we’ve heard of both Halo and of anime! Tell us what you think – worthy of a transatlantic hop, or not? It […]
Avatar art from Cassandra Gunn
I suspect Cassandra Gunn has one of the best names any artist can hope for! Way back towards the end of GameWyrd’s active life I commissioned Cassandra to do some avatar art and she very kindly agreed. It’s taken this long for the avatars to see the the light of day. To enjoy more Cassandra […]
Left 4 Dead with evil Teletubbies mod
It’s true and for many people far more scary than the zombies! This mod from Left 4 Dead Mods turns all the common infected into teletubbies. Yes, you can hear the warning sounds of a “la-la” as they approach and the “eh-oh” at the end of the round. With this mod you can set fire […]
Daft Punk mix Queen in DJ Hero ad
French funkmeisters Daft Punk make their first appearance in a computer game with Activision‘s DJ Hero. In this YouTube ad we see the duo mix some old school British rock with Queen’s “We Will Rock you”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuzMYypMHcw What do you think? Does your budget and shelf space stretch to another “Hero” music game? Or does […]
Spellcasting soda: Dungeons and Dragons drinks
How about D&D potions that you can drink while playing the game. myJones has created a series of Dungeons and Dragons branded sodas (or, in British, soft drinks). Dwarven Draught Bigby’s Crushing Thirst Destroyer Sneak Attack Potion of Healing Illithid Brain Juice
Elonex introduces iGame console for iPhone
Elonex‘s iGame device turns an iPhone stand into a gaming console. The iGame can be used to house an iPhone and stream content to a connected TV. Alternatively the device can be used as a gaming console similar to a Wii with motion sensitive controllers. Elonex’s head of strategic relationships Simon Le Jeune is talked […]
Interview with game designer and author Jess Hartley
Jess Hartley hit the scene in 2001, is known for her work with White Wolf (the Exalted novel “In Northern Twilight”, Skinchangers, Reliquary, The Beast That Hunts Blood and many more) as well as her horror anthology Buried Tales of Pinebox Texas. Jess is also a skilled social media networker, runs JessHarley.com, a Twitter account […]
