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Brilliant Modern Warfare Fan Movie cost only $209.42

April 8th, 2010 No comments

Take a bunch of Modern Warfare fanatics, give them $209.42 and they shall deliver this in return. A real life 7 minute action flick well worth your attention. Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing was created by Corridor Digital who are obviously an exceptionally talented team. Part 2 is coming soon.

F1 Driver plays Modern Warfare 2 whilst riding a bike

April 4th, 2010 No comments

How new F1 driver, Bruno Senna unwinds after a hard day at the track. Cardio + balance + FPS. Now before you think this looks relatively easy consider that Senna is not simply riding an exercise bike, its a real bike, on a bicycle roller. Senna has to balance himself whilst aiming down his sights, otherwise he’ll drift off the apparatus and into his TV most likely. Mad skills.

The video gamer’s eternal struggle

March 18th, 2010 No comments

via Kotaku

The Hurt Locker and the case of the time travelling Xbox 360s

March 8th, 2010 1 comment

The Hurt Locker cleaned up show at the Academy Awards last night in Los Angeles and has been haled by many critics as a near perfect film. That is of course if you discount that the film was set in 2004, as made explicitly clear at the start of the picture, and featured a reference to putting a film on YouTube which launched in 2005 and featured a character playing an Xbox 360 which launched in November 2005 and Gears of War on said Xbox 360 which went on sale in November 2006. Oops! Read more…

Derby inner ring road officially to be named Lara Croft Way

February 26th, 2010 No comments

Its the little victories that count, and the public of Derby have spoken. With an overwhelming 89% of the 27,000 votes cast, Derby’s new £36.2 million inner ring road is set to named after the city’s most famous make-believe woman. Read more…

Video of the Week: T-shirt War

February 14th, 2010 No comments

This is why I love this internet. Fantastic video after the break

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My Favourite Video of all Time – Stephen Fry on Religion

February 8th, 2010 1 comment

Recorded at an Intelligence2 debate in 2009, in this video Stephen Fry advocates in the most staggeringly eloquent manner why he believes the Catholic church is not a force for good in the world. He explains how he has absolutely no issue with those individuals who take solace in belief but instead challenges the exuberant foundation on which the faith has been built. This video is quite long, but if you aren’t entirely captivated by Stephen Fry’s presentation you may well be a goldfish. Read more…

Video of the Week: Superbowl Adverts

February 8th, 2010 No comments

Each year companies pay hand over fist for advertising space during the Superbowl the result of which is usually some of the best adverts of the year. Thanks to the wonders of the internet and inspired by the illustrious works over at 2ne.co.uk find below the best picks of the bunch from last nights Superbowl. If you would like to see Megan Fox in a bath tub or a small child slapping her mother’s would be suitor, you’re in for a treat. Read more…

Jay-Z Didn’t Get an iPad

February 1st, 2010 No comments

…but Stephen Colbert did.

Apple iPad: An Objective Apology

January 29th, 2010 3 comments

For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the past six months or for those point-blank refusing to read anything to do with Apple’s tablet for fear of reading only accentuated fan-boy commentary or demeaning Cupertino-hating slander, Apple released their latest product, the iPad yesterday. As an Apple enthusiast watching the event and promotional videos and revelling in the photographs surrounding the launch was utter bliss, however in the midst of all the corporate propaganda and technical wizardry this Apple sympathiser partially lost his objectivity. Read more…