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Archives for August 2014

Geek and Incredible Hulk statue interrupt news report

August 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-2G25lMTfk Chicago’s WGN Morning News was trying to report on floods this week when anchor Robin Baumgarten noticed something interesting in a garden. As the helicopter flew over suburbs in south Chicago the camera picked out an Incredible Hulk in a garden. Little did they know the geek who owned the statue was inside his […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: hulk, humour

10 beautiful pictures ruined by shockingly bad writing

August 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It might be best to sit down for this one. The Twitter account @AwfulFantasy promises to be the best source for the worst Fantasy and Science Fiction writing. How well is it doing? There’s less than 300 followers at the minute. A good sign, right? Some scoundrel took 10 samples of AwfulFantasy’s awful fantasy and […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fantasy, humour, sci-fi

Doctor Who: The Impossible Girl mystery – Who was the woman in the shop?

August 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 12 Comments

This post relates to a multi-series plot mystery in Doctor Who. It started in the last series in the episode called The Bells of St John. This was the episode in which the Doctor met Clara, again. If you’ve not seen Deep Breath, the first episode of Doctor Who season 8, then this post might […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: clara oswald, doctor who, Jenna Coleman, peter capaldi, steven moffat, the bells of st john, Twelfth Doctor

Drake Tsui’s bold art channels anime and western influences

August 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Drake Tsui is a freelance Canadian artist. You can view his work up on Deviant Art, his Tumblr and a web comic called SIN. I think Drake’s style draws heavily on anime while still having plenty of western fantasy illustration in there. Colour? Always used boldly and will great skill. Fan of his work? You […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: bioshock infinite, Borderlands, halo

Cyberman cake

August 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a great Cyberman cake from Happy Occasions Cakes. It looks so much like a Cyberman. I’m not sure I can look at a Cyberman in the same way again. Why? In The Time of the Doctor there was a modified Cyberman head nicknamed “Handles” that the Doctor had a companion. I miss Handles. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, cybermen, doctor who, food

Funko will sell Pop! Baby Groot

August 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native showcased the rather cute Pop vinyls for Guardians of the Galaxy back in July. Groot was a popular figure from that bunch. Imagine if Funko produced a baby Groot for the same range? They are. The news was broken by Agent M, aka Ryan Penago, on Twitter and there’s now been over 6,500 […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: groot, guardians of the galaxy, models

Adult art and RPG publisher risk taking in No Salvation for Witches

August 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lamentations of the Flame Princess have made their funding goal for No Salvation for Witches. This is 64 paged full-colour hardcover adventure and you can pay as much or as little as you want for it. Curious? You can check out the Indiegogo page here. At the time of writing there are three days still […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, Indiegogo, lamentations of the flame princess, Rafael Chandler

Time Traveller Boyfriend: Crazy Doctor Who dating game mashup

August 22, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Doctor Who meets anime dating game with Mashed’s latest offering. The mashup takes anime dating games – in which you have to complete quests and actions to win the hearts of good looking idols – and tosses in a time traveller. The name? Time Traveller Boyfriend The final mad scenes include the Doctor trying […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: doctor who, humour, mashup, peter capaldi, Twelfth Doctor

UK Oak Doors hides famous geeky doors in their site

August 22, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

If you pop over to UK Oak Doors you’ll see what looks like a normal retail site. The clue in the name. You can buy doors from this. In fact, you can buy doors that are made from oak and sold in the UK. The doors are lovely but you might be wondering why on […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: easter eggs, tardis, the hobbit

Sponsored Video: The Light Before Vampires

August 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This is a real thing. Electronics LG company have this two minute thirty long video and I watched it all. Now I’m going to share it with you. Just to recap on the plot. The sun is blocked by horrible grey clouds and the vampires are able to escape from the shadows. Mankind tries to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: ads, lights, vampires

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