Monday, December 5, 2011

Most Memorable Presents: Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good.

As a child I was all about the toys (not a huge amount has changed) and clothing or music seemed like pretty crappy Christmas presents. All that changed, however, in 1984 when, on Christmas Day, I was gifted the two following memorable items:


And yes! That is the Ghostbusters soundtrack on classic cassette! A luxury convenience in a world where, if you wanted to hear a specific song, you would have to listen to the radio all day and hope for the best. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the first cassette I owned. 

Back then, the whole planet was gripped by Ghostbusters fever, and maybe it was the fact that they had not made any toys at this stage that made the few available items of merchandise so desirable. Owning a Ghostbusters logo T-shirt was a rite of passage in 1984 and it would be hard-pressed to find any teenager or child alive at that time that didn't have one. It was just like how every single person in the world was required to own a Batman symbol T-shirt in 1989. 

At tender age of eight Ghostbusters still kind of scared the crap out of me, but rest assured I still wore that shirt with pride. It was one of my four favourite childhood items of clothing, alongside a silver vinyl jacket,  a white sweatshirt with Garfield on it, and a black sweatshirt covered in puffy neon space invaders. The eighties were a stylish time.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Kinectimals

I like how it looks like a kids game with these cute baby killer animals


but I don't know it seems like it might be a bit scary with those leopards leaping out at you.

The evolution of the googles

Here's a video on the history of the google search. It's quite fascinating


It does remind me of this TED video Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"


Fisher Price DC Super Friends re-vamp

I'm a big fan of the 'cute' lines of toys that have come out in the last few years, such as as the Star Wars Galactic Heroes line & the Marvel Super Hero Squad line, so I was pretty excited to see the new 'beefed up' line of DC Super Friends in Toys R Us last week. All the lines have gone down the same track of making their figures a bit bigger and more poseable, and Fisher Price have turned it up to 11 by making their figures TWICE as big and including some kickass accessories. They've also ventured into the 'Little People' range with a few mini figures and some wheely cars.

Eeee, how cute! Cars AUD$6.99 each
Join me below the cut for a look at a few more.

Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar Spectacular: Day 4

Alright folks, day 4 is upon us and I'm doing this from my phone so formatting may be off. But I'm sure that your thinking "shut up and lets get to the goods"



Nunchucks II: Find yourself

From the director of "Hobo with a shotgun" comes NUNCHUCKS 2

Get pumped with this trailer


Nunchuck the jump for the film

GFTROU: Fruit Ninja - Puss In Boots

You know, not everyone is into those games you buy for $100 and then waste several weeks of your life on, and that's OKAY! Welcome to GFTROU aka 'Games For The Rest Of Us' (seriously, if anyone has a better suggestion that has a less ridiculous acronym, I am ALL EARS). I'm going to mainly be checking out iPhone/iPad games, smaller Steam releases and some of the downloadable content from the PSN. I have completed maybe 5 games in my entire life and get bored of things very quickly, so casual gaming is right up my alley. First up this week? The 'Puss In Boots' Fruit Ninja spin-off from Halfbrick Studios.


MOAR animated Skyrim

Here's another Skyrim video by Harry Partridge where Skyrim is an 80s cartoon


Here's a retro styled Skyrim video by Ross "RubberNinja" O'Donovan


I need to play this game...

How It Should Have Ended

According to the good folk at How It Should Have Ended, this is how X-men: First Class really should have wrapped up.


Head below the cut for a few more lulz.

Clone Wars Recap S4 E12: Slaves of the Republic!

Angry teen Anakin and sassmouth sidekick Ahsoka return today in Slaves of the Republic, the second part of the OH NOES, SLAVERY!!1 trilogy. When we last saw our heroes, a whole colony of Togruta had been kidnapped, your maiden aunt Obi Wan Kenobi had just had the shite beaten out of him by badass Slaver Wolverine, and Anakin unleashed his frustrations on a tentacle rape beast. Will the action continue to ramp up this week? Will Anakin, haunted by his childhood as a Toydarian sex slave, totally lose his shit? What we do know in advance is that Ahsoka is rockin' a new slave outfit and now lives in a cage.


Star Wars: continuing to remind us that slavery is totally wrong. Unless it's sexy.

Let's unwrap this episode after the jump!