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 […]
10 beautiful pictures ruined by shockingly bad writing
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 […]
Time Traveller Boyfriend: Crazy Doctor Who dating game mashup
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 […]
Are you annoyed that “He Looks so Perfect”
This Warp Zone music video is a parody of 5 Seconds of Summer’s “She Looks So Perfect”. It took me a little while to get into this video but they start to range from computer character to computer character – complaining about the impossible physiques of male characters. I suppose it’s a twist on some […]
The anatomy of RPG adventures
Experienced tabletop gamers will know that certain games have certain patterns. It is possible to work out how close you are to the end of the game by comparing your actions against the anatomy of the adventure itself. The chart below shows seven popular RPG adventures that span a number of genres. Feel familiar to […]
Classic dice shaming: 13 unrepentant polyhedrons
You might have heard of dog shaming. Naughty dogs get their photographs taken, looking guilty, while they sit with a sign that tells the world which canine crime they committed. “I chewed my owner’s favourite shoes” or “I like to steal the cat’s food”. As it turns out dogs aren’t the only source of frustration […]
Texts from Kobold
Imagine the scene. An evil wizard is just trying to stock his tower with suitable monsters and minions. As the evil wizard manual says you start with the weak minions first, by the entrance, and then add progressively more powerful beasts. Our wizard puts a single kobold in the first room by the door. He’s […]
Game of Thrones: Season 4 bloopers
Thanks to Comic Con we can sit back and enjoy a collection of bloopers from season 4 of Game of Thrones. You shouldn’t watch this if you’re worried about spoilers up to s4. There’s no clues as to what happen next. In fact, for much of this video, there’s a total lack of clue. Funny […]
Trolling computer RPGs: Choose a name
This prompt might seem familiar if you’ve ever played a computer RPG in which you’ve been able to name your character. You might be told something like this; Choose a name for your character. Choose wisely, as it can’t be changer later. Of course… roleplayers don’t often take well to the word can’t and that […]
Nameless World mixes electro rock and Zombillenium monsters
Here’s a good idea. To promote the graphic novel Zombillenium: Gretchen the talented Arthur de Pins created the music video Nameless World. I’m allowed to be jealous anyone who can write and draw their own graphic novel about an amusement park run by monsters and who can then put together an animated music video to […]
