Monthly Archives: April 2009

Kit out your desktop with Star Trek icons and dock

Kit out your desktop with Star Trek icons and dock

Waiting for the new Star Trek movie coming next month and want to get your desktop ready? Check out the Icon Factory’s latest collection of icons. Star Trek features a modest selection of icons, plus a few wallpapers (a bit boring IMO but there you go, that’s probably Paramount licensing issues). There’s also a special revamp of the OS X Dock that you can try out. Read more »

NCSoft to release games through Steam

NCSoft to release games through Steam

NCSoft has made a name for itself in the MMORPG genre. The company has published some of the most addictive MMORPGs in recent memory, including Guild Wars, City of Heroes and Lineage. In a bid to make its games more readily accessible, NCSoft has joined a growing number of publishers who are now using Valve’s Steam digital distribution platform. NCSoft said that it will make available a number of NCsoft games and expansions. Specifically, the following games and expansions will be added: Linage, Lineage 2: The Chaotic Throne, Guild Wars Game of The Year Edition, City of Heroes Architect Edition, Guild Wars Nightfall, Guild Wars Faction, and Guild Wars Trilogy. Read more »

Concept spherical coffee maker

Concept spherical coffee maker

I think it’s fair to say that we like our coffee makers here at Forever Geek – after all, they serve up the brew as and when we need caffeine. That is, apart from the concept ones which, by nature, don’t exist yet. Not in production, at least. Take this one designed by Kamil Kurka from the Institute of Art and Design at tehe University of West Bohemia. Read more »

Okami Kakushi Announced

Okami Kakushi Announced

It was announced earlier this week by Konami that famed Higurashi no Naku Koro ni creator Ryukishi07 will be working with Peach-Pit to create a new PSP mystery adventure game called “Okami Kakushi”. (source: ANN) Other than what’s posted on ANN there doesn’t seem to be any other details on the game itself however, based on the title and description there’s bound to be some supernatural elements in the game (as with Ryukishi07′s previous works). The title is a play on words, where the first part “Okami” can either mean a god or a wolf. The two are usually distinguished by writing them in Japanese Kanji, but in this case Read more »

Youtube find: Skippy explains Star Wars & Snatch Wars

Skippyshorts is a YouTube series which can best be described as The puppet your mama warned you about. In episode 16 Skippy tries to explain the Star Wars Trilogy in less than 1 minute. Snatch Wars (NSFW) is a mashup of Guy Ritchie’s Snatch and Star Wars. NSFW because of the high octane language. Video after the jump. Read more »