Author: Rob MacKay
28 year old father of 3 and husband of 1. Web design is my thing and gaming is my passtime! :) Tweet me @svgrob
How to make a Tea Towel Chicken
My kids love this, and regularly pester me to make them the chicken from the tea towel.  Its not some sort of miracle, but more like some kind of ancient tea towel origami.
It involves skill, practice and patients but its something all dads must know and a great way to bring life to that Dunge ...
Insane Illustration
Not a day goes by when I don't spend a little time browsing through my RSS Feed. Â Presidia Creative caught my eye with post dedicated to an illustrator called Dan Dos Santos. Â The title of the post was 54 Incredible Illustrations by Dan Dos Santos.
Surely there couldn't be 54 "incredible" illu ...
Awesome Animation!
So I was flicking through the recent edition of Computer Arts and their Graduate Showcase 2009, its a great chance for graduates to get noticed as they enter the world of work.
There were some genius guys featured and in recognition of their work I thought I would give them a little shout out.
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FRED
Many people have gotten kinda interweb famous via You Tube, lots of people doing some really cool stuff such as teaching or crazy science experiments, and then there is Fred. Â The video below has had over 22million views, with a very "Marmite" love him or hate him reaction.
What do you think ab ...
Elements The Game
Some more free to play stuff now, the online strategy card based game Elements.  This is geek gaming at its best, and with some awesome artwork.
You can play your friends or complete quests, building your deck trying to get it to as unbeatable as possible.
If you were a card game geek - th ...
GearToyGear
GearToyGear is a crazy fast paced tunnel shooter that is like playing elite while on drugs. Fly down the tunnel avoiding bullets and destroying objects, as fast as you can, and if you want to go faster there is a button for that too!
You can download it for xbox and windows here: http://www.asah ...
The Quest for Inspiration
This is kinda a HP advert I suppose for one of their new laptops - but its a great look into the mind set of how a creative, err, creates! Â Inspiration is something people really chase after but most of the time the best inspiration leaps out from the unexpected!
You will see in this wonderful ...
Gang Garrison 2.0
Team Fortress 2 is probably one of the best multi-player games out there. Â Forget the clunky Battlefield series or the Call of Duty mush - Team Fortress 2 is funny, fast and satisfying. Â Gang Garrison is a parody of Team Fortress 2, in 2d. Â Its a platform style online shooter with all the classe ...
Bungee Ninja!
Possibly 2 words you would never normally use in the same sentence, but hey maybe there is a small group of elite fighting bungee ninjas somewhere. Â Getting passed that, this is funny indie game that reminds me of using the ninja rope on Worms. Â You have to swing around the level collecting the g ...
Wireless Power
Wires, how do they ever manage to tangle themselves up? Â It's not like you weave them all up into a ball when you plug them in, maybe its some kind of conspiracy with government elves, Â who knows...
It would be great just to have the power without the wire though eh? Â You can print and connect ...
Grow your own: Peppers!
There is a rebirth of home grown produce that is spreading across the UK... people are really digging into (get it?) growing their own fruit and veg.  I must admit I am starting to become one of them!  So I am going to offer my insights into how you can grow your own stuff  starting with the firs ...
HL2 Mod: Research and Development
Along with being a rather large indie game fan, I also love mods. Mods are games that are built using another game as a base. Its one of the best things about PC Gaming, the mod community is also huge so there is always new games to be found.
Half Life wasn't the first game to get modded, but ...
Command and Conquer this!
There are a lot of C&C fans around the world, but I know some of these new kids to gaming probably werent even born when C&C Red Alert was first released. Â Red Alert really set the standard for frantic strategic battles, I remember playing C&C at work, one of my first network'ed multipl ...
1 boy + 1 monster = Aether
Aether just sums up why I love indie games. Â Its because the people who make them are not far off from being either genius or taken away by men in white coats, Â I think this game ballances these two things perfectly.
Stuck on earth a lonely boy longs to see more, and quite amazing finds a monst ...
Project Aftermath
Aftermath is another high quality and award winning indie RTS! You can download it for free and the full version is a small $9.99 from Gamesfactions website.
You command up to 4 squads, which you can equip to your own fighting style, then take part in some destruction. Another example of how ...