Got a spare hour and a half? You could do a lot worse than sitting down to watch this fan made MegaMan film. Directed by Eddie Lebron – who’ll add significantly to his status with this movie – MegaMan stars Jan Naito, Jeanie Tse, Edward X Young, David Maulbeck and Sung-Mo Cho. I think they […]
Archives for May 2010
Bandai Namco loose $312m – computer games vs toys
The publisher Namco Bandai is reporting a hefy $312m loss for the end of its fiscal year. That’s a drastic drop when compared to the $126m profit it made the year before. Surprisingly, it was computer games that are responsible for much of this drop. Bandai Namco’s computer game outfit made an operating loss of […]
Is the Star Wars Asteroid monster a space slug or oven mitt?
It’s one of the most famous scenes in Star Wars. In The Empire Strikes Back the Millennium Falcon is hiding from the Empire in an asteroid field. The ship flies into a giant crater – only to have to fly out quickly when it turns out they’ve flown into the mouth of a giant monster. […]
Stunning Black Widow prototype model promises much
Hot Toys, one of the world’s leaders in collectables, have published images and specifications of their proposed Black Widow model. The thing to watch is that this is a prototype. The final model may well be different. This Black Widow is a limited edition collectible and is movie-accurate based on Iron Man 2. Click on […]
Hydrogenase – bio-hydrogen airships of the future
Vincent Callebaut, the Belgian architect, hopes his design of organic seaweed powered bio-hydrogen airships will be in service by 2030. Firstly, don’t they look cool? The large craft are 1,300 feet in height and have housing areas, science labs and entertainment sections. The Hydrogenase are designed to be waterproof, fireproof, able to carry more cargo […]
An introduction to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
This looks like an interesting game. First off; it’s from a company called Ninja Theory. They’re the peeps behind Heavenly Sword. It should come out in 2010 and will be available for both the PS3 and Xbox 360. The game is set in a post apocalyptic future. I’m a fan of post apocalyptic settings as […]
Futurama Rebirth: Regrowing bodies
As I write this blog post I’m watching an episode of Futurama. It’s hard to imagine that the series was cancelled about 7 years ago! It ran from March 28, 1999 to August 10, 2003. Then Fox canned it. It’s returning (thanks to Comedy Central). There have been initial dramas around getting the original voice […]
What’s hidden in the Super 8 trailer? The Scariest Thing?
There’s a lot of internet hype and attention around Super 8. There are reasons for this. Firstly and as a matter of fact this is the new J.J. Abrams and Steven Speilberg production. As a matter of debate – it could be the prequel to Cloverfield. It could feature kids filming with a Super 8 […]
Apple versus Nintendo – what about the WiiPad?
This isn’t a WiiPad. Yup; there’s an iPad. Yup; there’s a WiiMote. It’s actually a jailbroken iPad being used to run SNES games. In this case the iPad is playing Super Mario World. Straight away, I think, this video illustrates what a threat Apple is to the causal gaming hopes of Nintendo and Sony. All […]
Amnesty now, but did Posthuman and Catalyst war over the Eclipse Phase RPG
First up, let me say that Posthuman’s Catalyst / BattleShop Amnesy Program is a good move and a great gesture from Posthuman and Adam Jury. In short, if you bought Eclipse Phase RPG products from Catalyst Games’ BattleShop then Posthuman will replace your products. This matters because PDF RPGs sometimes update and without a valid […]
