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Awesome Viral Ads From Japan
Attended the IMMAP convention today and yesterday. The 2 day session revolved around the internet, mobile, social networking and content. One of the speakers from Dentsu Japan talked about a viral video that Toyota did and he explained that it was really successful because the content produced was ...
Indie Game: Flatspace
"Flatspace is a space trading and exploration game for Windows PC. 3D with a top down viewpoint, the game has elements of classic space trading games like Elite and Rogue-like games such as Nethack." That's what it says on the tin, and that's what you get! Its quite fun actually :D
I have alway ...
Free Music Album: Undertheigloo
I found Undertheilgloo a few years ago now, I bought their first album, well actually I had their first album given to me by my sister for my birthday... I loved that album, especially the song "Donnie" so I was excited to learn they were recording a new album.
The new album is here! Not only t ...
Worlds Most Expensive Commercial – Part 2
So, my article "Worlds Most Expensive Commercial Ever" made quite a stir when it was published. It was because of two things that the discussions started. Was it "CG enhanced or not" and was it really the "most expensive commercial ever". Well, on the first point I have yet to see some true evidence ...
Creative Stop motion films
I am always fascinated by stop motion films. They are usually loaded with creativity, energy and sooooo much work! I've selected a handful of creative films made by artists, photographers and designers alike. It took many producers several weeks to several months to create and edit these fantastic ...
Quentin Tarantino’s List of Top 20 Movies
A few days ago, on August 16th, Quentin Tarantino unveiled his list of "Top 20 movies since he started to direct in 1992." I've always had a deep respect for Quentin Tarantino's talent. He is known as one of the most talented American directors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers and actor ...
Rob Recommends: Team Fortress 2
I thought seems as though I am a little bit of a gamer, that I could possibly pass on some recommendations for games that I love, as a kind of small review.
TF2 is awesome. Simply awesome. It's one of the funniest first person shooters I have ever played. The humour is excellent along with the ...
Bored Out of Your Wits?
There are days when you feel bored or just want to just tinker around the web for something to do. Found these cool interactive activities that will surely take the boredom away.
Guess-the-google is an addictive guessing game based on Google's image search. It turns the mental activity of searc ...
The Gaming Evolution Revolution!
There is a kind of craze that is happening in the gaming world at the moment, and that is browser based gaming. When you think of browser based gaming you might thing of those flash games you used to play when your boss isn't watching - so many memories - but you would be wrong. It's stepped up a ...
All Hail The Mario Theme Tune!
The Mario theme tune is something that has invaded my life since I first played on my NES. The duel cart with duck hunt and Mario Bros - you remember!
This tune has been so influential that I even find myself humming it randomly, and it seems I am not alone in this. We all know Mario Bros is a ...
Worlds Most Expensive Commercial Ever
I have seen this before on TV and came across it again. However, it's a mystery to me how everyone keeps on going about how it took 606 takes and re-takes to get it right before they could use it. It allegedly cost $6.2 million to create this 90 second clip as well. Just right there is the give away ...
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 - this ...
New Toy for Upcoming Movie Avatar
Kids will now have the chance to play with a different kind of toy. After the success of Mattel with BarbieGirls.com, having 18M registered users, they have now developed a new toy.
The toy line, developed in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing) wi ...
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 ...
Gang Garrison 2.0
Team Fortress 2 is probably one of the best multi-player games out there. Forget the clunky Battlefield series or the Call of Duty mush - Team Fortress 2 is funny, fast and satisfying. Gang Garrison is a parody of Team Fortress 2, in 2d. Its a platform style online shooter with all the classes o ...