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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

May 19, 2013 – 17:00 | One Comment

The rebooting of the Star Trek franchise brought excitement into the hearts of many old school fans and accumulated plenty of new ones along the way but that’s not to say that the reboot has been everyones cup of tea. I know people who both love it and hate it and can understand where they …

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Toy Story Alive!

January 13, 2013 – 12:59 | One Comment

“The beloved Pixar classic, Toy Story, as you’ve never seen it before! The process of turning a cartoon into a live-action film is not an easy one, but the result will be astounding.”

The project was under taken by two teens and is quickly becoming an internet sensation! We’re curious how Disney will react to this …

Jurassic Park 4 Release date.

January 12, 2013 – 11:23 | Comments Off

Hey JP Fans!
As time goes on it look more and more like Jurassic Park 4 will be a reality. While no director is attached yet, writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver have submitted their final script and a release date of June 13th 2014 has been set.

Since 2001 people have been crying out for another Jurassic Park …

Game of Thrones Season 3 Teaser: Three Eyed Raven

January 11, 2013 – 17:58 | Comments Off

New year, new season of Game of Thrones!
Check out this ominous new teaser, featuring a three eyed raven and a spine-tingling hymn, for season 3 of everyone’s favorite Fantasy television show! Now if the 31st of March would hurry up, that would be swell.
 
Please be warned, huge spoilers in the youtube comments!!
 

Dido – No Freedom *NEW*

January 11, 2013 – 17:33 | Comments Off

Brand new track for Dido, “No Freedom”, check it out below!

The first single from Dido’s new album, Girl Who Got Away, out 4 March 2013. 

The Legend of Aengus MacGrianna

January 11, 2013 – 11:55 | Comments Off

It’s Friday and we all deserve a chuckle and in the comments below this video, from fogal awooga:
“There was a time, a time before Sky. When the local anchorman reigned supreme. When people believed everything they heard on TV. This was an age when only men were allowed to read the news. And in Ireland, …

SimCity: An Introduction

January 9, 2013 – 16:41 | Comments Off

” Using all gameplay footage, the video shows off Multi-city play beginning with an expansive aerial view of one of the regions in the game before it dives into city specialisation, providing fans with a glimpse into how their cities can look when they specialise in dirty coal power, clean nuclear or wind power, or …

Review: buGbRAIN – Flashback Moon

January 9, 2013 – 10:29 | Comments Off

Nostalgia is the new modern, especially in music. Take a look at any band nowadays (ahem, Black Veil Brides) and you’ll see that they bring together a wide range of musical – not to mention commercial – influences to their work and style and wear them on their sleeves, heads, and any other body part …

Pokémon X and Y – Announcement

January 8, 2013 – 13:21 | Comments Off

Pika pika pi pika ka pika … roughly translated… “I have some big news to share with the world”.

We have the announcement trailer for Pokémon X and Y right here… feast your Poké eyes on this one folks! Set for release worldwide in October of this year, the Pokémon games will feature all kinds of …

Cosplay – The Origins

January 7, 2013 – 14:22 | Comments Off

What is cosplay? 
Cosplay is many things to many people, a hobby, part of themselves or a form of performance art. Cosplay is an amalgamation of the words ‘costume’ and ‘play’ with the actual term first penned in the mid 1980′s and is accredited to Nobuyuki Takahashi who wrote about the costumes and the people wearing them after visiting WorldCon. …

Christmas wish rock slide!

January 6, 2013 – 12:04 | Comments Off

It’s that age old warning overly anxious and borderline rage parents whisper to their excited children days, weeks and even months before the big day arrives (which by the way is only a mere 352 days better start panic shopping now!) – all naughty children will be faced with lumps of coal as punishment for …