Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
Top 17 – UK celebs on Twitter
There have been celebrities on Twitter (follow me here) for quite some time but over the last couple of weeks there has been a huge surge of them joining in the UK. I've seen Twitter mentioned on a number of tv shows, and heard it on a couple of radio stations. It's also been mentioned on some prominent UK news websites.
Apologies in advance to people outside of the UK - I am pretty sure I'll mention a fair few ...
Tales of Beedle the Bard – new from JK Rowling
It's been a while since I've mentioned anything remotely Harry Potter related and had almost forgotten about the new book until I noticed it had been released last week - The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the latest book from JK Rowling. It's actually a collection of short stories that are written in the world of Harry Potter - in fact it's the "real" stories that Hermione is given by Dumbledore in ...
6 reasons why Lego is the best toy ever!
I have recently been looking into Lego for a project I am working on, and have come to realise that I still really really like it. Despite being 28 Lego still has the same sense of fun it had when I was 5 and I got to thinking about why.
Below are some of the reasons why I think Lego is such an awesome form of entertainment.
1. Appeals to young and old alikeAs I mentioned ...
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 3d animated cartoon, featuring all your favorite characters from the prequel trilogy, and some of your faves from the original trilogy.
I got to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars last weekend and quite enjoyed it. The film takes place during the Clone Wars, a period of unrest chronologically placed between the second and third prequel movie.
The film is a full blown 3d animated adventure ...
Wall-E
Wall-E is awesome - the best Pixar film yet... although I say that pretty much every time they release a new one. It tells the story of a lone robot, left to clear up the mess left behind on earth by an escaping human crowd. Like many robots Wall-E does not speak, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. What he does do is beep and whirl much like another R2-D2 from Star Wars - ...
Ben and Jerry (and Jo)
Last weekend my girlfriend and I went to the Ben and Jerries Sundae festival (on Sunday no less). This is a small festival on Clapham Common in London, England. It's run by Ben and Jerries ice cream and has a variety of partners within, all promoting green things (renewable energy etc), and generally being nice and ethical - all things I believe quite strongly in.
There was also a stage with live ...
Harry Potter prequel
Waterstones (the UK bookstore) recently ran a promotion called "What's your story" where they got people to submit a postcard with a short story on it, and they will be turning the best into a limited edition book.
In total they had 4522 entries, and some of those were from celebs - including JK Rowling.
The postcard book is going to be made in a limited run but they have posted the celebrity cards on the What's your story website so ...
Anti smoking video game (advert)
My outlook on life is quite liberal. In general I am happy for people to do whatever they like, as long as it doesn't affect others in a negative way.
However smoking is something I am very much against. To start with, the whole idea of smoking just doesn't appeal to me. I have never smoked... and I never will. More importantly I have seen the effects of excessive smoking - about a year ago my Grandfather had one of his ...
Rocket Boards is a super fast 3D rocket boarding action. My first "commercial" (shareware) product. Didn't do amazingly well but was a good learning experience
Bubble Bomb is a polished update of a game originally built by Warren Marshal (who works at Epic games - developers of Unreal and Gears of War)
My own update of Bubble Bomb, Bubble Blitz was almost a total rewrite adding loads of new features and a shiny new look.
Seths Puzzle Boxes is a puzzle game with a surprisingly enjoyable story line, unfortunately it's quite short so won't take long to complete, but while it lasts is great fun.