The new edition of Entertainment Weekly, arriving on newsstands today, has Andrew Garfield on the cover, dressed in his Amazing Spider-Man superhero costume. And I still don’t know what to think of this reboot. Read more »
Well, I’m lying about the voodoo dolls, but what’s the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase ‘Witch Doctor’? Shrunken heads? Skybound Entertainment with Image Comics released Witch Doctor #1 a couple of weeks ago now, but I only just picked up a copy. Now, plot wise I don’t think it’s anything we haven’t seen before, from the days of Mister Monster to the recent teenage occult investigator Doc Macabre. That is not to say that this is not fun, it most certainly is. Lukas Ketner’s art is a treat to behold and conjures a mood halfway between the old EC comics, and the numerous Nineteen Forties’ Read more »
Star Wars fans, there is no other book that you will want to buy this year after seeing what the guys at Epic Ink have in store for you! They are releasing a collection of blueprints and photos of many of the things you have fallen in love with. The book is called “Star Wars:The Blueprints” and it comes with a custom made case and a a certificate of authenticity. (You never know – they can make copies of everything these days!) The case is actually beautiful – especially with the book inside. I have the feeling that what’s inside is what’s going to give you a serious case of Read more »
Bethesda Softworks is revealing some juicy goodies to gamers in anticipation of Rage‘s forthcoming release in early October. Win a copy of Rage for the PS3 here Read more »
A clever hacker in Lexington, Kentucky hacked into a construction road sign to warn Muggles that Death Eaters were on the rampage. Read more »
Fans of the Evil Dead franchise may have heard of a remake of the 1981 cult classic. It’s the one franchise that made Bruce Campbell famous playing the chainsaw armed Ash and Sam Raimi as director (unfortunately he went on to direct other things like the flop that was Spider Man). So it has come to this: one of the defining pillars of geekdom is being remade after 30 years. Think about it, geeks: Army of Darkness is really just as old as the NASA Space Shuttle Program. So, while we wait for the remake of Ash’s time warp into the medieval era, it might not be a coincidence that Read more »
What do you do on a rainy day when you find yourself on the brink of suicide because of boredom? I highly doubt that a lot of you would instantly say “work on some papercraft“, but after seeing this series of photographs, you just might be tempted to give the hobby a hand. Zim & Zou is a French graphic design company composed of Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann. They have just released a new project called Back to Basics. Think of it as gadgets recreated using paper. Not just any gadget, mind you, but classic gadgets that will make many of us feel nostalgic. Oh, and this is not Read more »
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, casual games are a multi-billion dollar business, and they’re here to stay. PopCap Games, makers of some of best-loved casual titles like Bejeweled, Zuma, and Plants vs. Zombies, has been purchased by EA Games for $750 million. Read more »
The DC universe is not the only fictional universe out there that suffers from continuity issues. Let’s be honest, have you tried to figure out Transformers? Let’s see. Just in the comics alone, there’s the original Marvel UK continuity that includes the original cartoon series (which I must confess, I still possess a great fondness for), Dreamwave, and IDW. Yet even that nice, simple original continuity split into two, the British version, and the American / Japanese version. Then these split once more into Generations One and Two, the second becoming it’s own continuity. This is not to mention the Beast Wars, that remaining confusing even after I watched the Read more »
Stop motion animation is a rare thing these days. In the age of computer animation, it takes a special kind of animator to endure the incredible patience and painstaking skill required to animate real-world objects, one frame at a time. Yet for those remaining devotees, the production values have continued to advance with the times. Here are ten examples of stop motion animation that push the envelope of what’s possible. Get ready to pick your jaw up off the floor. Read more »
