Leeds Student TV published a video on LARPing yesterday. Wait. It didn’t poke fun at the hobby. It certainly focused on the look and feel of the game, digging deep into the world of costumes and lingering on interviews with the professional gear companies but it was fair and balanced over all. Don’t get me […]
Archives for March 2012
1,000 marble tipping machine
This video has taught me that the German for marbles is knickers! Well. Okay. Nearly. It seems to be knikker but that’s close. Watch as the machine transports dozens of marbles at a time, saves them up and then tips them all at once when there’s 1000 in the pen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQCrlLGEQUc
Darth Vader bikini beach style
The team at The Photo Fiend have put together an interesting new look for the beach this summer. What about a Darth Vader bikini? Jay has released the image via Flickr under creative commons and its worth a look in the set for others such as Sith Steve the Bounty Hunter. Steve’s not been released […]
Dice, grenades and other gamer items for a fresh guacamole
This stop motion video from PES shows every day household gamer items being turned into fresh guacamole. It’s worth watching because, for stop motion, it’s incredibly fluid. The trick is to spot when the gamer items are being brought it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMO6vjmkyI
Mythbusters’ Grant Imahara stars in League of STEAM
It’s really worthwhile keeping your eyes open for what the League of STEAM are getting up to. About a year ago they stared with Panic at the Disco in The Ballad of Mona Lisa and a year before that Geek Native featured them hunting vampires. Well. Kinda. What next? This team they’ve managed to rope […]
Angry Birds Space trailer includes actual space physics
Rovio’s next Angry Birds game will be Angry Birds Space – although calling it Angry Birds in Space seems better. Space is an attempt to make the game harder. You can imagine how different the game would be without gravity. You might also imagine how gravity wells or planets might add complications. Rovio must ensure […]
For the evil GM: Zombie hand bookmarks
Over at the handmade craft superstore Etsy you’ll be able to find Anna Sternik selling made to order zombie hand art bookmarks. These are pretty cool. I can imagine them being used to mark pages in hefty RPG tomes. Imagine the players reactions when the GM reaches towards the book that’s been sitting there since […]
What is 22Cans? The new game studio for Peter Molyneux
Peter Molyneux is the game designer who invented Populous – one of the first games I was ever addicted too. Then he made Black and White. Then he did the infamous Dungeon Keeper. He’s perhaps best known for the game Fable, though. Fable was so good that Microsoft bought Molyneux’s company Lionhead Studios. Just a […]
The Stormtroopers with exploding crotches
Oh dear. Now, you might have heard about Star Wars Kinect and thought – hey, that might actually work for lightsaber duels. You might even have heard about the dancing Princess Leia and given the game a place. However, well, it can’t all be good. This video finishes with a dance version of Star Wars […]
Space Brothers trailer
Adapted from Chuya Koyama’s manga, Space Brothers is an anime about two brothers who once thought they saw a UFO and pledged to become astronauts. Except, well, the eldest brother only manages to land a job in a car company. Even that doesn’t go very well – he gets fired. Favourite scene in the trailer […]
