It’s amazing how fan activity around Pokemon is fairly strong. I guess they became a part of people’s lives for very many years, became part of geek culture and left their pokemark. I suspect these critters will leave their mark too. Massive bow to deviant artist Gavin Mackey who drew these – who re-imagined these. […]
The wonderfully sinister art of Berk Ozturk
This short post is to highlight the “must see – can’t look” at or Berk Ozturk. Ozturk has talent not just as an artist and an illustrator but as someone capable to conjuring up those mental images that will linger with you for a long while. It’s no surprise that among his interests we find […]
The Call of Cthulhu is “Pika!” followed by an electric zap?
Some sights cannot be unseen. Some images will remain burned as mental scars for a lifetime. This is one. Behold the twin evils of the electric rat and the unholy Cthulhu! On your knees and despair before the Pikachu Cthulhu!
Pokemon: The Musical
There are a lot of truths in this Pokemon live action. Actually, it’s a musical live action Pokemon. There’s a line that goes something like, “Nice try dickface, we’ll never be friends because you stole my XP!” Do you remember Gary from the series? Not so much. I recall the rough outline of the opening […]
Poke-Rights – Poke-Fights are wrong!
This video shines the light on the evil and cruel world of Pokemon fighting. You might try and pretend your Pokemon is not a slave but then why is role the master? Will it only stop when they’ve all been caught. Watch this video and consider your position on this barbaric hobby. If you’ve been […]
Pokemon on a shoestring budget
Let’s just say you had to recreate the opening Pokemon squence with your friends. No, imagine you *had* to do it… because, er, if you don’t then aliens with sharks for heads would invade the planet and eat all the hamsters. So, there you have it, you have to recreate the opening to Pokemon. You’ve […]
Amazing lego anime models
It’s simply amazing what people can build out of Lego. Combine the really healthy online Lego community with the huge anime fan culture and it should come as no surprise that there’s some fantastic cross-over. This quick blog post simply showcases a half dozen lego anime creations. One rule; no Gundams here. There’s no suggestion […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles
Some mashups are too good not to do. Take the immortal Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (once known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK because, weirdly, the word ‘ninja’ was thought to be too violent) as a start. What could you mash in? Pokemon! You bet. In fact, once we make that call it’s […]
Pokemon: Black and White trailer
It feels like I’ve used the phrase “this is a bit Pokemon like” or similar a lot recently. The reason for that is two-fold. Pokemon has inspired many games – or, at least, parts of Pokemon has inspired parts of many games. Secondly, Pokemon has that iconic status which begs for comparison. This game is rather […]
Free (for two weeks) and fun: the AR RPG for iPhone
Hudson Soft has, I think, come up with a fun RPG for the iPhone. It uses location technology and the camera as the basis for the game. As you explore the real world you discover some of the 600 plus monsters in the RPG game world. I see straight away how that works and why […]
