This is pretty cool in a rock meets geek sort of way. Someone with kudos and talent has built this Millennium Falcon Guitar and have every reason to be pleased with themselves. Is this the first Star Wars guitar or are there others? (via the Star Wars blog)
Archives for January 2010
Free to download: Signs and Portents 76 from Mongoose
The British RPG success story that is Mongoose Publishing is up to edition 76 of their free to download Signs and Portents magazine. Editor, Charlotte Law, begins the magazine by promising us that the new edition of RuneQuest II will be out soon. I’ve already seen Geek Native search traffic for people searching for Mongoose […]
Jumping loop bug in Final Fantasy XIII
There are so many mixed signals about Final Fantasy XIII. My head’s starting to spin. First off the game got glowing reviews – perfect, near perfect. Then game players start to grumble. Turns out that the game, although large and long, is awfully linear. You get lots of cut scenes and lots to look at […]
Secret Death Touch Ninja Burger unbox video
Steve Jackson Games will, now and then, produce a video showing an unboxing of one of their latest games. Now, unboxing videos tend to be popular in the tech world where their might be an honest to goodness fight to show how the latest mobile phone is boxed up, what you get with it and […]
The rush to wait for Graphic.ly (@graphicly)
Graphic.ly looks like it’s about to explode with potential. Right now (ie today; 4th of Jan, 2010) if you rush over and sign up for the beta using the code ‘TECHCRUNCH’ you might get jumped to the top of the waiting list for beta access. First off; Graphic.ly simply looks awesome. Secondly; it’ll run on […]
Official: Obi Wan is £45 cooler than Anakin Skywalker (costumes)
Right now fan favourite Forbidden Planet is taking pre-orders on some high quality Jedi robes. You have your Jedi robes, right? The quirky fact is that before you apply any discounts the Obi Wan, Episode III, robes are about £45 more expensive than Anakin’s. How do their lightsabers compare? This time they’re the same price. […]
Cool: Fighting Fantasy’s The Warlock of Firetop Mountain comes to the iPhone
It’s true. A company called Big Blue Bubble is to thank – and credit for having a groovy name too! If you want to stop reading and start playing then the link to the UK app store is here. The game works as you’d expect. Tap the pages to flip the pages. Shake the iPhone […]
Pictures: Mundane scaring monsters
These two brilliant bits of art hit my radar via a Russian LiveJournal that often discovers neat stuff. The Journal rarely gives credit so I don’t know who the mastermind behind these two are (let me know) and sometimes posts NSFW content so don’t go clicky-clicky! I think my favourite is the bunny holding the […]
Buy a PS3 and trash everything else
A pretty funky ad from Venezuela for the PlayStation 3 here. It gets your attention by trashing a lot of expensive looking stuff. Lots of broken glass. There’s a giant slingshot – in fact I think the ad is called “slingshot”. Oh, and there’s a PS3 too!
Is this the most useless machine, ever?
There are a lot of contenders for the title “Most Useless Machine EVER!”. A lot of gamers will be quick to slide in console jokes here! I think this video does a good job at demonstrating a prime candidate for the title. Truly, this machine is pretty useless!
