Do you remember the Sphero? It was a ball that combined with a robot. The result? A ball you could control like a robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2IOSdXvMQ The Ollie, unlike Sphero, is a tube. This gives it very different maneuverability. The Sphero company clearly have this one pegged as a more ruggard and perhaps outdoor toy. That […]
Short film: Christmas Wish
This is certainly a short film that speaks to geeks with the power of imagination. We see a lovely winter landscape and a little boy who really wishes he can join in. Short film fan? Looking for something new? Click this teleport link and the site will randomly pick a new short film for you.
A Merry Christmas in dominoes
This video from Hevesh5 is nicely festive and full of dominoes engineering stunts. And falling dominoes, lots of dominoes in action as the tumble path takes us through a host of Christmas themes.
Free to Download: Cold & Dark at Christmas
It’s the holidays and the gift giving has started already. Publisher Wicked World Games have made a number of free downloads available for their sci-fi horror Cold & Dark. The free downloads include rules for a Medical Pod, a handy device in Cold & Dark. Apparently these rules were ready in time for the core […]
Only Leigh – A Very Fangirl Christmas
I’m impress at the speed at which Leigh Lahav is able to animate. Fangirls seems to be going from strength to strength. This Jingle Bells variant, for example, went live on the 16th and has already racked up some 160,000 views. What do you think? Is this a budding animation empire in the making?
One Hit Die’s Crushmas Special
Published today on YouTube is episode 1 of One Hit Die’s Crushmas. One Hit Die is a fantasy comedy. They describe it as a mashup of Lord of the Rings and The Office. We’ll recognise all the RPG jokes. In the Christmas special we discover an alternative to the traditional holiday; Crushmas wherein local barbarians […]
Mortal Kombat vs Christmas
This is a best of festive silliness for you. The cosplay group We Are Super Zeros don their Mortal Kombat costumes for a timely encounter with Santa Claus. Who will win the showdown?
LEGO Treebeard versus Orcs – Christmas special
The Brotherhood Workshop have put together this fantastic little animation just in time for Christmas and The Hobbit movie hitting the big screens. Action kicks off with those pesky orcs hacking their way into Fangorn Forest. That’s where Treebeard lives and he’s not too happy to see the white hand. Any one spot Gollum?
Dovakiin Christmas tree
Hark, the herald Graybeards sing, glory to the Dovakiin! Via Reddit.
BBC America: Doctor Who: The Snowmen trailer
Two Doctor Who trailers in one day. We had Vastra Investigates today, nearly three minutes long, and now BBC America have released this shorter (and typical) trailer. This is the first trailer that doesn’t undermine Geek Native’s attempt to guess/work out the big villian in the episode (speculation/spoiler risk). There is a spooky voice, after […]
