One of America’s top youth Scrabble players has been caught cheating and has been expelled from the national championship tournament being held in Flordia. A player on a nearby table noticed the un-named player dropping some blank tiles and hiding them. Blank tiles can be used as wildcards in Scrabble so hiding them, storing them […]
Archives for August 2012
Morgoth’s amazing elven warrior
This is impressive cosplay. The leatherwork alone must have taken days of painstaking work. The character is an Elven Warrior from Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth. The artist is a deviant Artist from Slovakia who users the name Morgoth87.
LARPers watch out: eBay bans the sale of potions and spells
The auction super-power eBay has updated its rules. As a result the selling of advice, spells, curses, hexing, conjuring, magic, prayers and the similar are no longer allowed. The move is likely aimed at the very real practise of selling good luck or sex and love charms on the site as well as curses. This […]
Fantastic Okami plush
Okami is Capcom game for the PlayStation 2 which features a wolf hero that’s become very popular among geeks. The name Okami, depending on how you write it, could mean “great god” or “wolf”. The wolf is called Amaterasu who is based on the Japanese sun goddess. Melita Curphy, also known as Miss Monster, has […]
Goblin riders for your dog’s costume
I’ve mixed feelings about dressing up for dogs for any occassion. However, if the dog likes the attention (and some seem to) and is nicely rewarded then I guess it’s okay. It also helps if the costume is cool. If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan and know all about those dangerous goblins riding […]
LEGO Lord of the Rings – surprisingly funny
This LEGO Lord of the Rings trailer is surprisingly funny. The game, from Warner Bros, is due out in the Autumn for a wide range of devices; 3DS, DS, PC, PlayStation 3, PSV, Wii and Xbox 360.
Handsome Jack introduces Borderlands 2
Handsome Jack is the apparent hero of the rough and ready planet Pandora in Borderlands 2. It looks like some time has past since Borderlands 1 and that adventure with the mystical vault – there are bigger, shinier, cities and Handsome Jack claims he has bought peace. Although it doens’t look very peaceful to me. […]
Life-like Futurama pictures
Are you a Futurama fan? Jared Krichevsky is. The CG artist is gaining attention, with work featured on io9 and attracting the attention of native geeks. Check out Lrrr, Kif and Nibbler.
Tardis dress with alternative Tardis tights
Black Milk rose to geek attention years ago with an R2-D2 swimsuit and Darth Vader swimsuit range. Well, Artoo and Darkside swimsuit ranges for copyright reasons. This time around we have a “Police Box” set but I’m just going to truncate Police Box with “Tardis”. These geeky hihg fashion designs have swept the internet and […]
Monte Cook’s Numenera art teaser and update
It’ll come as little surprise to many gamers to discover that Monte Cook’s Numenera Kickstarter (pledge) stormed through its funding goals. At the time of posting the project has nearly $75,000 in backing, 900 backers and 36 days to go. Cook has been sharing more teasers and adding stretch goals. The picture above is from […]
