Angler Fish are pretty interesting to begin with – they live in the deep sea and actually do use a lure, part of their body, that reaches up and out above their fierce mouths to attract smaller fish. Making an angler fish lamp out of scrap metal is taking a cool map idea and pushing […]
Archives for September 2012
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It trailer
At the risk of spoilers, John Dies at the End is one of the most surprising books I read last year. It’s surprising because I was sure it would rate somewhere on the dislike to meh when it actually rated on the meh to awesome side of the scale. Frequently flirting with the awesome. There’s […]
We are Tekken mural
If you check out Instagram for the hashtag #WeAreTekken then you’ll find an awful lot of pictures. These Instagram snaps aren’t just people holding up their Tekken Tournament 2 swag – but you’ll find art. Some of that art is due to a competition run to promote the game. The best of the art got […]
Incredible custom built He-Man sculpture
With Hollywood toying with ideas of a new Masters of the Universe I suspect we’ll see some He-Man inspired projects from geeks with art talent. Deviant artist EdgePang has published a series of photographs of the creation of a He-Man sculpture. It starts with a basic wireframe and ends up with a realistic sculpture complete […]
A look at the new RoboCop
We’re starting to discover more about the new RoboCop film. ComingSoon has a picture of RoboCop in his new armour. It’s not all that different from the 80s version; but black and perhaps inspired by Batman. We also have a peak inside the plot. In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is […]
The Justice League as cowboy gunslingers
Here’s a mashup worth some of your time. Deviant artist Denis Medri is making his name with some of his very clever reimagination pieces. Westerns, cowboys and gunslingers are the focus of certain TV sci-fi program this week it seems like a win-win to check out some of Medri’s western mashups. In this case; let’s […]
Actors who have been in both Doctor Who and Star Wars
Geek have had fun with Google’s “Bacon number” search this week. It’s now possible to see how many degrees of seperatation there are between many actors and the famous Kevin Bacon. Our own research on Doctor Who showed that no Doctor was any more than three steps away from the actor. Here’s an alternative version […]
Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy teaser
In this teaser trailer for Doctor Who, A Town Called Mercy, we see the ease at which the Doctor can sometimes stir up the locals. A Town Called Mercy is tonight’s new Doctor Who and it’ll feature Ben Browder who played John Crichton in Farscape and Cameron Mitchell in Stargate SG-1 as Isaac. This episode […]
Anime Con Otakon creates cosplayer battle game
This is a new direction for a geeky convention. In this case the anime con, Otakon, is creating a computer game in order to promote the gathering. How can they afford to do this? Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2080650728/the-official-otakon-super-beat-em-up-video-game/ [Support this campaign] The multi-player game, is a side-scrolling, beat’em up. I thought it slightly odd that the game […]
Cyclops iPad case is awesome
This furry cyclops is not only an iPad case – it’s also an iPad cleaner. Use his cute little hands to rub your screen clean. There is a problem though. If you actually put your iPad into this awesome case then you’ll cover up the poor cyclop’s teeth and mouth, that’s a shame because they […]
