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Arkham Asylum Gets LEGO Treatment

One of the most iconic locations in the DC Universe is getting the LEGO treatment. It took builder Forgotten Days over a year and 18,000 LEGO pieces to plan and complete the build of the infamous Arkham Asylum. The madhouse/prison for some of Gotham’s deadliest criminals and Batman’s worst enemies, the asylum appears in comics, movies, television shows […]

Hasbro Sued For Alleged Font Misuse

Designing a font is a tough task that a lot of us take for granted. As it turns out Hasbro have allegedly been taking it for granted in a big way and are now being sued for it. The font in question is called ‘Generation B;, created by Minneapolis based company FontBros. They describe it […]

Mighty No. 9 Delayed For Third Time

Mighty No. 9, the Megaman inspired crowdfunded platformer was expected to be released in April 2015 but the project has had a number of postponements with the latest now pushing the title back to a Spring 2016 release at the earliest. A project update sent out to backers points the blame for the delay at “bugs inside the network modes,and specifically […]

App Review: Piano Tiles 2

If you’re looking for an app that you can’t put down, I think this is the one for you! The carry on from the original has been developed by Cheetah Mobile with the help of one of the game’s main developers Hu Wen Zeng. The game was released last August and had even nearly as much exposure as the original. Piano […]

Music Monday: Easy Listening

Final week to payday, last week of January and the blues associated with it. The stress and struggle are real for a lot of us as we push ourselves to reach the end of the month with our sanity intact. So here I am to bring a bit of easy listening to your day. I […]

Spotify Acquires Dublin Based Startup Soundwave

Irish mobile music app Soundwave has been bought by the music streaming giant Spotify. In addition to this acquisition Spotify has also bought New York based Cord Project, which designs and builds audio products for connected devices. Soundwave which is based in Dublin founded in 2012, allows users to discover new music by letting them create […]

Titanic Tragedy As Told By LEGO

I had no idea how much feels could come from LEGO but LEGO genius Ryan McNaught has done it with this interpretation of the Titanic tragedy. Ryan was able to re-create heart rendering scenes into his 120,000-piece model of the doomed ship breaking in half before sinking. There is countless amounts of LEGO people desperately clinging to the […]

Forgotten Childhood: Labyrinth

Given the recent loss of David Bowie it only seemed fair to sit down on Sunday, duvet in hand and throw on Labyrinth. Released in 1986 this fantasy musical directed by Jim Henson and George Lucas, starring David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly is exactly what you would expect when these minds, along with Brian Froud as the conceptual designer, come […]

Samsung Galaxy S7 Specs Leaked

As the possible launch of the Samsung Galaxy S7 comes closer details of the latest handset have apparently leaked online. A post on Weibo from benchmarking outfit AnTuTu claims the Galaxy S7 has passed through its doors under the model number SM-G930F. In the post, a few specs have been released including the 5.1 inch 1440 […]

BB-8 Gets The LEGO Treatment

When you think LEGO and BB-8 the first thing that comes to mind is there is no way that LEGO can capture or possibly even recreate this spherical little guy! Well no one would blame you for thinking but the team over at Bright Bricks were able to build the life size LEGO version from Star Wars: […]
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