August 2013

Batwoman vs. The Dark Knight

You might not know it from the current run of Batwoman comics, but when Kathy Kane was introduced in 1956 it was purely as a love interest of Batman, to dispel rumours about his having a homosexual relationship with the sidekick Robin. She was around for less than ten years...

Amazon Eyeing Android-based Gaming Console?

Instead of just selling established gaming consoles, Amazon, one of the world’s largest online retailers, is rumored to be entering the increasingly competitive gaming market with it’s own yet-to-be-named console. It has been reported that this gaming console will be more affordable than the most popular consoles. It will run...

Casino Heists Gone Wrong

For every successful fictional casino heist pulled off by the likes of Ocean’s Eleven, there are just as many real life attempts that have gone spectacularly wrong due to poor planning, flawed execution or just blind stupidity. Here are some of the most unsuccessful casino heists ever, as discovered by...

I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts

Halloween may be just over two short months away, but Scream Factory and the Criterion Collection have already pierced the late-summer heat with two of the creepiest, chilliest ghost stories ever— John Carpenter’s low-budget supernatural yarn The Fog and Guillermo Del Toro’s art-house fable The Devil’s Backbone, both recently released...

Beating the Sports Betting Odds

If you're a sports fan, at one time or another, you probably placed a bet on a random sports event based only on a gut feeling. While odds often suggest otherwise, there have been enough randomly huge wins over the years to suggest that sometimes that gut feeling pays off....

SpeedQuizzing: The New Bar Trivia Experience

Are you tired of the traditional bar trivia experience? The old fashioned way of being handed a slip of paper and a pen, then listening to an old man call out questions, while everyone fires up Google to find the answers to all the questions? Cheating ruins all the fun...

Changing Tides In Facebook Gaming

California-based gaming company Electronic Arts has recently announced that it no longer plans to go ahead with an emphasis on creating games for Facebook. The company, which already boasts popular Facebook titles such as Bejeweled Blitz, Outernauts, SimSociety Social and Plants vs. Zombies, is pulling back from the platform, and...

EPT London 2013 is almost here!

European Poker Tour London 2013 If you’re fed up of football, tired of tennis or just sick of sports then dust of your playing cards and head over to London for a poker festival this October. The English capital is set to host one of the biggest poker tournaments in...

It's The End Of The World As We Know It

With Neil Blomkamp’s Elysium topping the box-office charts this weekend, it’s time to take a quick look back at another grim (if considerably lower-budget) look at an equally dystopian future— 1975’s A Boy And His Dog, recently released for the first time on Blu-Ray from Shout Factory. Starring a very...

Sony's Dualshock4 & Affordable Gaming

Sony’s latest creation comes with Dualshock4, featuring analog sticks with more precision, inbuilt motion sensors, touch control and their new innovation – the Share Button, which allows you to share your accomplishments and triumphs with all your friends via social networking at your fingertips. Additional Dualshock4 features include: • A...

Weatherproof Posters For All Seasons

The end of summer is here and between concerts, the start of football season and back to school time, the elements will be out in full force. Be it school work or team pride, weather is about to become a big factor if you're taking your posters outdoors. Our friends...