Infographic loving Online Universities have produced another cracker. This time round we’re taking a look at the neurology of gaming. Does gaming mess with your head? There are all sorts of effects, as it turns out, some good and some bad.
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Impressive Portal collector’s edition prop
This is Aperture Science made real. This prop gives us an Aperture Science handheld portal device. It’s a limited edition piece. There are only 5,000 items in this 1:1 scale handheld device. The lights allow for both orange and blue and there are portalesq sounds.
It’s so fluffy! Despicable Me 2 trailer
I think there’s a roleplaying game in Despicable Me. You’ve a bunch of competing super villains and handy but somewhat expendable minions for NPCs. There’s even a guild. Hey. If there was a roleplaying game called Despicable Me there could be a supplement where you played the minion. It would be called Disposable Me.
When is GM’s day? 4th of March specials
GM’s Day is the 4th of March. We’ve had GM’s Day Specials before but this week Drivethru RPG and RPGNow are doing us proud. From now – right now – until the 7th of March there is 25% off thousands of RPG products. Here are a few call outs; EN World Advertising If you’ve a […]
Final Mass Effect 3 trailer
BioWare and EA have released the final trailer video for Mass Effect 3. At least, it’s a video they’re calling final trailer – let’s not rule out any last minute surprises. Mass Effect 3 has had a rocky few days. The MVC brand map says that fewer female gamers than average are into Mass Effect […]
Doctor Who refresh: Time and Space goes Eleventh Doctor
British RPG publisher Cubicle 7 hold the license for the Doctor Who RPG. It’s Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space and dates back to David Tennant as the tenth Doctor. As a result it looks like the tenth Doctor. There’s a “refresh” of the game coming – one with a new Matt Smith as […]
Cosplay twins duet Zelda ballad
The Ballad of the Goddess is from Zelda’s Skyward Sword. In this video Camille and Kennerly, aka the Harp Twins, pitch their YouTube channel and using Zelda as inspiration is a good start. I think the twins should drop their CV off at a MMORPG or CRPG maker’s office. I can quite imagine them being […]
Who is this surprising Skeletor cosplayer?
Tumblr Short Fuse Pimpups took this photograph of an unusual Skeletor at MegaCon 2012. Right now they’re asking for the cosplayer to take credit for this rather awesome villian variant so proper credit can be given. Do you know who she is?
When will Virgin Media double my broadband speed?
Yesterday was a big day for geeks with broadband connections in the UK. Virgin Media runs its own network of fibre optics (most everyone else leases their lines from BT broadband) and has made a special effort to promote itself by being fast. Yes, I know, broadband speed marketing is a horrible things with all […]
Lord of the Rings latex LARP swords
The ever popular Sideshow Collectables have expanded their range of geek accessories even further this month by branching out and towards roleplayers. In particular, the company which makes replicas based on and inspired by movie, TV and comic franchises has started to produce latex replicas of Lord of the Rings weapons. These latex weapons should […]
