I’m gutted I only heard about the event after it happened, but last Saturday there was a special Star Trek themed light show organized by Paramount Pictures to support WWF’s Earth Hour. Using quadrocopters they created the Star Trek Federation logo besides Tower Bridge:
This looks great:
I always thought I had played DuckTales as a kid on the NES, but turns out that was DuckTales 2. Which had pretty much the same gameplay as far as I can tell. I can’t wait to get my hands on this remastered version!
I’m totally loving the cover art of Fade To Black; it’s a gorgeous piece of work. I actually first came across this book on the Orbit blog where they did a post with the illustrator who did the cover art and it’s quite interesting to see the different stages the design went through.
Next to the awesome cover though, it looks like a cool book:
From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala. It’s a city built upwards not across–where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings, A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under.
Rojan Dizon doesn’t mind staying in the shadows, because he’s got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can’t hide for ever.
Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic. And unlucky for Rojan – this is going to hurt.
Fade To Black is available on Amazon.co.uk for £5.59 and on Amazon.com for $10.19.
I love my pair of BassBuds headphones; since I got them, they’re pretty much the only pair of headphones I use (here’s my review from a few months back). The sound is great and I love the look of them (even though I’m still not a massive fan of the Swarovski crystals on them). I’ve also just gotten their latest gadget the BassBoomz (a cute bluetooth speaker) which I’m totally loving at the moment.
The BassBuds are officially launching this month on the 23rd and to celebrate they’re holding a huge competition! As sponsors of ‘The Show Tour’ they’re giving people the chance to celebrate with them at their big launch party. They’re hosting an exclusive celebrity pre-party including a live fashion show and live music from some of the greatest RnB groups of the last 3 decades.
If you want to be in with a chance of winning one of over 100 other prizes, simply head on over to the BassBuds competition page.
Here are the prizes you could win:
The Deluxe BassBuds Dream Package:
The Super BassBuds Package
Twin Buds and Boomz Packs
Besides those three main prizes they’re also giving 100 sets of BassBuds away! So head on over to the BassBuds competition page for your chance to win!
I really enjoyed The Hunger Games. I loved the first book and I think the movie adaption managed to stay quite true to the story. So of course I’ve been looking forward to its sequel, Catching Fire!
I loved the marketing for the first movie where they focused on the kooky couture of the Capital, and I’m quite glad they’re doing that here again. Eleven portraits have been released of the main characters, each wearing the latest high fashion. I couldn’t find a full list of what designers were used; does anybody know?
After a reasonably quiet January and February, the past two weeks have been so massively busy. I’ve been to a ton of interesting events (Stemettes, WOWhack, various PR events) and I seriously need to catch up on blogging about all of them.
Two weeks ago I got invited to the Science museum for a special hands-on preview of the upcoming Star Trek game. Now I hadn’t heard much about the new Star Trek game; I kind of assumed it was yet another cheesy movie tie-in game, but seeing as it was held at the Science museum I thought I’d give it a chance. And I’m glad I did. It looks like a fun game and a good addition to the Star Trek universe.
The event started with a presentation by Brian Miller, senior vice president of Paramount Pictures and producer of the Star Trek game. Hearing Miller speak so passionately about the game, you really got the sense that this isn’t just a movie tie-in and cash-in. Development started three years ago, and they’ve worked hard to create a game that belongs in the Star Trek world. Unlike most movie tie-in games, the plot of this game isn’t just an obvious rehash of the upcoming movie (which I really dislike; why “spoil” the movie by playing the game first or vice versa?). Instead the game has its own new standalone storyline set between the two movies, although I suspect that the end of the game might give a reason as to why the start of the upcoming movie seems to be set on Earth.
So what is the new game about? From what I can piece together the Enterprise is called to examine haywire experimental tech on a Vulcan space station and when Kirk and Spock go on an away mission to investigate things go wrong. Obviously. Miller stated that most of the game would take place on New Vulcan and that the main enemy is the Gorn, but how that exactly relates to the initial away mission I’m not quite sure.
You can play the game completely as Kirk or Spock, and each character allows for different gameplay techniques. Spock, for instance, will be able to mind meld with enemies and use the Vulcan nerve pinch on them. Besides playing it on your own in single player though, the game will also allow co-op, which I’m quite looking forward to.
All the actors in the movies were involved lending their voices to their game counterparts. Miller added that they gave Simon Pegg free rein to improvise whatever he wanted during the recording and that they did their best afterwards to include most of those bits into the actual game.
After the presentation, I got to try out the game myself. There are parts of the game that I so far really like and other bits that I don’t. For starters, I love the look of the Enterprise. I didn’t get to explore that much, but I think it looks great; you really feel as if you’re walking around a proper starship. I didn’t like the look of the characters though. The likeness of all the actors were used and yes, they do look like them, but there’s still a bit of uncanny valley going on.
Gameplay is obvious, but still quite fun. The demo mainly had us running around traversing stuff, but we also got to try out the handy tricorder. It pretty much works like Batman Arkham Asylum/City detective mode, giving you extra onscreen info about people, locations (== find secret places) and weapons (== giving you extra bonuses). There’s also an in-game “hacking” puzzle, where you have to match up frequency signals (I wonder how quick this gets old though). We were told that there were over 20 different weapons in the game, but the demo level that I tried out didn’t involve any battles.
So far I quite like the look of this Star Trek Game. It not’s going to be the-best-game-evah, but it’s definitely a step up from the typical movie games and something I think is worth investing my time in. It feels like the team have done their best to make it part of the Star Trek world and from what I can tell I think they’ve succeeded.
I loved Kick-Ass. It still is one of the highlights of my blogging career (getting to attend the first proper screening of it on my birthday), and I just love the movie. So of course I’ve been looking forward to its sequel…
Well, we now finally got a trailer. And it looks great:
Chloe Moretz looks awesome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson looks buff and Jim Carey looks almost unrecognizable. What did you think of the trailer?
I can’t wait to get my hands on the new Tomb Raider! It came out a couple of days ago and I’m so curious to see how it is. From what I’ve seen it still feels too much like Uncharted rather than the Tomb Raiders of old, but I’m willing to give it a shot. I won’t be getting it straightaway though; I’m still playing Bioshock 2 and haven’t even gotten around to starting Dishonoured and a ton of other games. As much as I want to play Tomb Raider, I think I’m better off playing the stuff I haven’t finished yet, before buying a new game.
I am tempted though by these tops from the official Tomb Raider store. I love that for once there’s quite a good range for women, and not just the obvious tee. I think my favourite is the Sisters of Artemis pullover; I think that would look great with shorts and boots!
Sisters of Artemis Slouchy Pullover ($40):
Skilled Fighter T-Shirt ($20):
Again I kind of want to get one of these tees, even though I still haven’t played the game yet. Which one is your favourite?
I say this too often, but I need more geeky jewellery! I love this dinosaur necklace from etsy store Anoriginaljewelry; don’t you think it’s adorable?
The dinosaur silhouette is hand pierced/sawed/filed sterling silver and is then tumbled for durability. The pendant is then connected to a sparkling sterling silver chain and finished with a sterling lobster clasp. The dino pendant itself measures roughly 3/4″ high. It’s so cute ($55):
I also like this love potion necklace from the same store ($55):
And this camera ring ($85):
Almost all the items in this etsy store are cute, adorable and geeky! I’m tempted to get the dinosaur one…
A few months back I got asked whether I’d like to try out IdealCases.co.uk, a site to create your own personalized phone, tablet or e-reader case. I’ve been trying out different types of iPhone cases, hoping to find my perfect case. So of course I leapt at the chance to see how IdealCases worked and how my own design would turn out.
Designing your own case on IdealCases is pretty simple. First you need to select which gadget you are making the case for. They allow for quite a range of devices: Apple iPhone/iPads/iPod, Samsung Galaxy, Blakcberry Bold, Kindle and Nook. Then you need to choose which type of case you want. This does depend on what gadget you’re creating a design for; not every case is available for every gadget. As far as I can tell, for most smaller devices you can only choose their plastic clip on gloss case (£12.49), while the bigger “readers” (like the iPad, Kindle and Nook) also give the option of a faux leather flip case (£29.99 – £39.99).
You then get to choose whether you want one of their pre-designed cases or a personalized one. If you want to personalize it, there are several ways to design your case: upload photos to grid layouts (which allows you to pull photos from Facebook, Instagram and Flickr), freestyle, or DIY Fan Art. I went for the Freestyle one opting for an uploaded image of my MissGeeky logo:
The above case looks great, right? The iPhone clicks nicely into the case and you have easy access to all the buttons and ports. Unlike some of the cases I’ve tried, it is obvious that you’re using a case, but I love how unique it is and how it’s a great piece of marketing material for me.
I do have to mention though that this wasn’t the first case that they sent. In the first one the colour somehow got wrong (it was a bright pink!), but for the rest the look and feel of it was pretty much the same. I do like how quick IdealCases were to respond and fix the mistake.
I love how the case turned out and I always make sure I’m using this case whenever I go to events. Each time I’m at an event and take a photo, people will notice my Miss Geeky logo!
Disclaimer: The IdealCase was provided to me for review, free of charge.
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