A great idea that’s been brought to life with skill and imagination. This is Mario Kart: Fury Road – a parody trailer – and it brings the crazy driving of Mario Kart to life with the crazy driving of Mad Max. I shall call it Mad Mario. What’s your favourite part?
Archives for May 2015
How to build a fully operational gas rifle out of pipes and propane
In this video the Backyard Scientist uses every day items to build a series of rifles. Are they powerful? By the time the video finishes we’re able to launch golf balls further than the video can track and we’re blasting holes in beer cans. Also; pretty blue flame. If you want to build one of […]
Google it: A review of the Book of the New Sun – Shadow and Claw
This offering from Gollancz’ Fantasy Masterwork series has the first two volumes of Gene Wolf’s (four-volume) The Book of the New Sun with The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator. It’s a book that belongs in the Masterwork series, winning a host of rewards and respect over the years. For me; […]
Annoyed at Shakespeare: A review of Magic of Myths – Faerie
Magic of Myths: Faerie was launched at the Birmingham Comics Festival this year and is by the same team behind Magic of Myths. The Faerie story is a fantasy based, roughly, on some of the characters from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – and not all of them are happy with the play. Robin, […]
Game of Thrones art from Kay Huang
Titan of Braavos. Kay Huang is an illustrator and concept artist based in China. You can (and should) check out his full gallery over at Deviant Art. I’m sharing some of his Game of Thrones as they’re among my favourites. There is a mix of book and TV show inspiration here. Cold Hands The War […]
Short film: Death and the Robot
A stop-motion animation in which a bored robot and an equally bored Death are the last two people left on the world. There are plants, here and there, but Death has the habit of killing them off. Fate brings the two together. Death and the Robot was directed and animated by Austin Taylor, written and […]
A Guide to Surviving Your First Anime Convention [infographic]
London Comic Con is this weekend. Uh-oh! There’s also the first national rail strike in 20 years with some parts of the UK entirely without rail coverage the following day. Here’s some tips on how to cope. Keep an eye on the official MCM London page Join the MCM Expo group on Facebook Download a […]
Cersei Lannister as Slave Leia cosplay
Long blonde hair, a wine glass in her hand and carefully perched on a velvet padded chair. Sounds like Cersei Lannister, right? Hold up. Swap in a Slave Leia bikini and all of a sudden you’ve a daring cosplay that strides across geek favourites. That’s what AlyCat has managed to do with these two fan […]
Audio EXP: Power-hungry necromancers and BrainWebs
Geek Native’s sound focused Audio EXP makes a return this month. This month we’ve got the first book from Marc Turner’s The Chronicles of the Exile When the Heavens Fall, Douglas E. Richards’ sci-fi BrainWeb and James Cambias’ military sci-fi Corsair. As an added bonus and perhaps for a limited time only a link to […]
Crestfallen RPG returns
Crestfallen was written 15 years ago and first released, for free, over the internet. This makes it something of a granddaddy of an RPG. Now White Rose Games have turned to Kickstarter to release a new edition with professional art. You can check out the full pitch over at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/396706317/crestfallen-rpg [Back this […]
