Francesco Francavilla was so impressed by the American airing of Doctor Who Victory of the Daleks that he’s designed this rather awesome war style poster. It’s well worth checking out Francesco’s blog.
Archives for May 2010
Geeklore: The Wilhelm Scream
The Wilhelm scream is a commonly used sound effect. It was first used in the film Distant Drums back in 1951. It’s since been in all Star Wars films, most Lord of the Rings films and even Indiana Jones. The widespread use of the sound effect is creditted to picture sound designer Ben Burtt who […]
Extended Clip: Birth of a Spartan
The rather dramatic “Birth of a Spartan” trailer for Halo: Reach is doing the rounds at the blogs. There are two reasons for this; firstly, this is a good trailer and secondly, the ad agencies involved and Microsoft are sponsoring some coverage. This is not a sponsored video placement. Instead, this video comes from the […]
Dr Who – Next time video: Vampires in Venice
We’ve had access to a Vampires of Venice clip for a while but as traditional after Saturday’s Day Doctor Who we have access to the “next time” trailer. This clip doesn’t just bring back memories of by trip to Venice but of Assassin’s Creed 2! No vampires in that – might be in Assassin’s Creed […]
Ace! Papercraft piano cat plays the paper piano
Some people have too much papercraft skills. YouTube user KingDuckMonkey might be one (and has a cool YouTube name). Why settle for papercraft? Why not create movable papercraft? Why not make it look cute and put it to music?
D&D for Kids: Cute monsters but disappointing reach?
This isn’t a full play test as I’ve not had a bunch of kids play through The Heroes of Hesiod for me. I can’t think of much worse than mixing the escapism of my roleplaying with the real world horrors of kids. Of course, loads of gamers have happy and busy families. It makes sense […]
Dr Who – Flesh and Stone – connected to the Time Wars game?
The BBC have, of course, released a whole bunch of teaser videos for today’s Doctor Who “Flesh and Stone”. Flesh and Stone is part 2 to Time of Angels part 1. The teasers show us a few things: The Doctor can make the Weeping Angels say “comfy chairs” We’re still going to be taunted about […]
