There was a world of difference between the first Torchwood series and the Children of Earth mini-series. In some ways it was almost a set up; you were led to believe that Torchwood was this silly romp that was ‘adult’ only because of its sexual references. Then they hit us with Children of Earth. In […]
Archives for July 2010
Handmade Bantha is fluffy and cute!
I’m no good at making anything arts and crafts related. In fact, I’d probably manage to glue my eyes closed. The Star Wars site has a make-at-home bantha that’s just about cute enough to tempt me to try. The list of material is interesting. You need bantha action figures (for reference, of course!), you need […]
Doctor Who at the Proms 2010
This year’s BBC Proms had a Doctor Who feature. Along with first class classical music we had Cybermen, Daleks, Silurian warriors, Jadoon, Weeping Angels, Kazza and Matt Smith conducting. The following pictures are taken from Flickr. Credits to Tim Foxon, The Doctor Who Site, Fazzinchi, Steve Coats and tdrury. There are more but those photographers […]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer soda
We’ve already had D&D Spellcasting soda from Jones. That’s worked well for the company. We’ve Comic Con right now. It makes sense that if they were to try the same trick again – they’d release a new range this week. And have they? Yup! Roll on a limited edition Buffy the Vampire Slayer soda series. […]
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
Starz may be in the process of selling off Manga but they’re keeping their popular Spartacus series. The bloody and sexy gladiator drama has been a hit. Cruely, Spartacus star Andy Whitfield has cancer. We hope he can beat it. Season 2 – Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is set before Spartacus arrives at the […]
Street Figher x Tekken trailer
The artistic focus of the Street Fighter x Tekken trailer seems to me to be all about mature, intense, and inspirational images. I suspect this is an attempt to push away from the bright colours and simplist beat’em up game play that Street Fighter was born into. This trailer really does seem to be all […]
Wu Xing review – a ninja RPG
One of the last tabletop RPGs I got to play in was White Wolf’s Exalted. I had fun; enjoying the anime influence, a fantasy world that wasn’t derivative of Lord of the Rings and the cinematic martial arts. However, the game wasn’t without its challenges. The power levels of the heroes were so high that […]
More mashups: Jane Austen’s Fight Club
The literature mashup culture is still going great guns. We’ve had the likes of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to more recent books such as Paul is Undead? with zombie beatles. The thing is; mashups don’t need to have zombies, werewolves, androids or vampires. You can get just as good results by putting together the […]
The Goon trailer – new for Comic Con
In future evidence of just how powerful Comic Con has become we now have access to a new and superb trailer for The Goon. This isn’t a movie of Diana Wynne Jones‘ Archer’s Goon but an animated zombie flick. It’s based on the The Goon: Rough Stuff by Eric Powell. What we have here are […]
New Tron: Legacy trailer from Disney UK
Disney UK have updated their YouTube channel with a longer, larger and more detailed Tron: Legacy trailer. Fans of Olivia Wilde will be happy as she features quite heavily. What do you make of it? Is it Tron enough for a Tron movie?
