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Archives for July 2012

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D releases one scary hell trailer

July 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Staring Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean and Radha Mitchell the movie Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is quite rightly aiming to be in the cinema in time for Halloween. This geek has gone from seeking out horror to watch in his youth to being less than thrilled by it these days. There’s a fine art between making […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: sean bean, Silent Hill, trailers

Empires Rising for HeroQuest

July 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

D101 Games have published their standalone setting for HeroQuest; Empires Rising. Empires Rising is a game of empire building, conquest, war and adventure by Nathan Baron. The cover art is by Jon Hodgson. The book is 104-pages of history, politics, a full city, reglions, character races and occupations as well as a bestiary and four […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: D101 Games, HeroQuest

Katakyoku no Chronos Gear trailer

July 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The anime is set in the near future, after mankind has mastered space elevator technology and has started to colonise planets. Guess what? Humanity find themselves in a war with the first extraterrestrial life they encounter – a rather mysterious enemy called Obliquus.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: sci-fi, trailers

Helmut Lang design Game of Thrones shoes

July 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Helmut Lang is an Austrian fashion designer known for minimalist and sometimes severe designs. The brand that carries his name was sold to the Japanese company Link Theory – and they clearly know their stuff. The brand Helmut Lang teamed up with the boutique LD Tuttle to create a range of Game of Thrones inspired […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, game of thrones

Powerful Game of Thrones wallpaper

July 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Russian artist Sasha Vinogradova has produced a powerful, impactful, metallic series of a Song of Fire and Ice / a Game of Thrones wallpapers. These images (1920×1090) have their power in their simple style. Each shows the House crest along with motto. Which is your favourite?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: game of thrones, George R. R. Martin, wallpapers

Pokemon made from beads

July 28, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Before World War II there was a whole fashion and industry around jewellery created from “seed beads” in eastern Europe. Seed beads are still made today; mailny in the Czech Republic and Japan. Step forward Agent Doppelnuller of DeviantArt and Germany. AgentDoppelnuller uses a type of seed bead called rocailles (said ‘rock-i’) to create stunning […]

Filed Under: Art, Geek Stuff Tagged With: pokemon

OnLive comes to Ouya

July 27, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The popular and controversial Android based gaming console Ouya has big news today. It will partner with OnLive. That’s the cloud based streaming service. The partnership means the Rubiks cube sized device can be sat under your TV and can bring you a giant library worth of on-demand games. OnLine has deals in place with more […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: android, OnLive, Ouya, sony

Which UK pre-order bonus for Dishonored do you want?

July 27, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bethesda’s Dishonored looks like it’s going to be a cracker of a game. We can hope for the playability of Skyrim but with an edgy, steampunky, alternative world, Jack the Ripper, noir sort of thing. It looks like players will have to make significant choices about how they’re going to play the game – before […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: Bethesda, Dishonored, PlayStation 3, unreal engine, Xbox 360

Doctor Who: The Card Game opens for pre-orders

July 27, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s a British company with the license rights to the Doctor Who RPG. Cubicle 7 are boosting their connection to the famous timelord just as we approach the next season and the 50th anniversary. The Doctor Who card game was designed by Martin Wallace and is designed for three to four players. Players have the […]

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: amy pond, card game, cubicle 7, doctor who, Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan, matt smith, River Song

99 seconds to recap the Lord of the Rings

July 26, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Imagine the situation. You have to recap the Lord of the Rings. All of it – but, thankfully not the Hobbit – and you only have 99 seconds do it! On top of that challenge your audience isn’t really interested. They have a low attention span. You’re going to need to jazz it up, while […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Gandalf, J. R. R. Tolkien, lord of the rings, peter jackson

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