Have you ever suspected that some RPG weapons are silly? In particular, we might point towards certain popular Japanese RPGs for the Playstation – games in which our hero tends to wave around a huge sword and shoot people with it. No one would actually have such a weapon in real life, right? It would […]
Archives for January 2011
Nintendo Gamecube three times more popular than Xbox 360 in Japan
You might have heard that the Xbox isn’t very popular in Japan. It’s true. There’s lots of reasons why this is the case – it’s the console from America, the games don’t always suit the Japanese market and the PlayStation 2 is so incredibly strong there. The Nintendo DS is even stronger. A recent survey […]
Cthulhu chant sung to the Tiny Toon theme song
Here’s a blast for the past. This was one of the best posts I’ve ever seen on Usenet and after all these years, don’t ask me why, I’ve dug it up to share here. This is a Cthulhu inspired song. The catch – it needs to be sung to the Tiny Toon song. As a […]
Which of the Fantastic Four died today? [Spoiler of Doom!]
Marvel has made no secret of it – in today’s issue of the Fantastic Four one of the Fantastic Four will die. The next issue of the Fantastic Four will be the last. Marvel aren’t saying whether something else will come back in the comic’s place. If you’re worried about spoilers then stop reading! The […]
Graphic.ly secures another $3m. Real life comic book heroes?
I’m a big fan of the concept of Graphic.ly. It’s where you go to find online comics and read them in a screen-friendly way. I’ve used their app on my touchscreen laptop. I think their Chrome Extension is a successful trailblazer (and an illustration of just how powerful the future web will be). I’m clearly […]
Games Workshop revenue down by £2.5m; selling less but squeezing more
We knew this was coming because Games Workshop did the publicly listed responsible thing of issuing a post-Christmas warning and today, with the figures out, we can see the £2.5m drop in revenue. Revenue for the last year stands at £60m, that’s down from about £62.5m the year before. As expected pre-tax profits are down […]
Zoom towards the Orion Nebula
Just how good are the cameras and telescopes we have pointed into space? If you’re curious about the trip then we start off with a wide view of the constellation of Orion, move in through Orion’s sword and conclude with a detailed image of nebula itself. This image only managed to win seventh place in […]
Half-Life fan movie: Beyond Black Mesa
The fan made video Geek Native posted yesterday was Lazy Teenage Superheroes which was made with a budget of about $300. It was pretty good. There’s also the impressive Fallout fan film: Nuka Break. It’s a fan film festival! Imagine, then, what a fan made film with similar talent could do for $1,200. Beyond Black […]
New Pathfinder RPG Hardcover coming August: Ultimate Combat
Paizo are aiming for August as a release date for their new hardcover supplement for Pathfinder. Ultimate Combat is, well, what you suspect it is. There are three new Pathfinder RPG classes; gunslinger, samurai and ninja. The samurai is an unstoppable warrior with a code of honour. The gunslinger makes use of the new grit […]
Fan Film: Fallout: Nuka Break
This fan made film gets off to a great start – it asks kindly that no one sues. Then it gets even better as we flick out of quirky Fallout mode and flip to arhg-the-world-is-toast Fallout mode. It’s not an advert for COke. It’s an advert for Nuka Cola which we should all remember will […]
