You know how protective Games Workshop are of their ideas, models and designs? In the past they’ve blocked fan made movies that could have had a strong positive effect on their sales and they’ve even blocked retailers trying to sell their models from the ‘wrong’ use of pictures. Let’s just say Games Workshop are very […]
Archives for April 2012
Fus Ro Dah your xBox as Skyrim gets Kinect
Feels like an April Fools – but isn’t. Bethesda have announced Kinect support for Skyrim. This means you’ll be able to voice equip your hero, voice command your ally and voice save or load. Also; you’ll be able to voice shout your shouts. The stuff of legend.
Supporting anime in the UK
Anime Picks is one of the most well known, niche, anime sites in the UK. It covers cosplay, news, games as well as plenty of reviews and articles on anime. The site is a success and their YouTube channel, AnnaMay Picks, has generate about 18,000 views. Sure, that’s not much on the IGN scale but […]
Festo’s flying robot bird at The Gadget Show Live 2012
Without a doubt, for me, one of the highlights of The Gadget Show Live this year was the appearance of Festo’s bird robot in the Super Theatre. The Super Theatre houses a live stage show where The Gadget Show presenters entertain the audience for an hour. It’s also one of the best places to see […]
Animated cartography: the Perpetual Ocean
Using NASA/JPL’s computation model called Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, DJX Atlanta have created a visualisation that shows surface currents of the oceans. The ECCO2 model actually simulates ocean flows at many depths but this visualisation only shows the surface. Dark patterns are used to represent the undersea bathymetry.
The Gadget Show Live 2012 review
Once again The Gadget Show Live rocks on up to the NEC in Birmingham leaving us with questions like “is it any good?”, “should I go?” and “what are the gadgets like?” This blogger did not attend during the press day; instead four of us, including one wheelchair, went on the first day and got […]
The d12 bag of holding (Handbag style)
Fancy yourself a handbag that broadcasts your gamer status? Perfect for conventions and parties. But how would you get such an item? You’d have to ask an Evil Mad Scientist. Fortunately, a certain crafty team of evil mad scientists have rallied to your help. There is a set of instructions that will help you craft […]
Penny the Possessed Baby
Yotam Perel is an animator with both a strong personal style and unique humour. His YouTube channel, Lazy Pillow, is well worth keeping an eye on. A recent video is Penny the Possessed Baby. Not a realy baby (as some of the YouTube comments seem to think) but a baby doll. A rather scary baby […]
SOTY encounter: Defeat embarrassment
It may have been a fit of foolishness but this blog stepped forward for Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year. On April 17th you have a chance to vote for Geek Native. Luck points awarded to anyone who does. Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year goes to a roleplaying games site that has had a […]
Your very own Ghost in the Shell body pillow
Body pillows are not just popular among Japanese otaku. In Korea a man married his Fate Testorossa body pillow, a character from the anime Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha. Now body pillows are coming to America. If you fancy yourself Motoko Kussangi from Ghost in the Shell as a body pillow then Entertainment Earth will be […]
