James Whitbrook, Author at Gizmodo

The Most Excellent Gaming Gifts For The Holiday Season

Christmas is nearly here, and we’ve all got gamers in our lives that are looking forward to a holiday filled with playing games – whether they’re video games or physical ones. Looking for something for the gaming fan on your gift list? Here’s what you need to make gamers of all ilks happy this holiday.…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 10

Celebrate The Holidays And The Elder Gods With This Cthulhumas Wreath

‘Tis the season for giving gifts, being with family, and… declaring your fealty to Eldritch Horrors? You could do all of those things at once by taking a leaf out of Maika Keuben‘s book over at Geyser of Awesome and making your own amazing Cthulhumas wreath. Using oodles and oodles of tentacle finger toppers, tinsel,…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 10

These Gorgeous Batman Prints Could Be Yours This Thursday

The French Paper Art Club wrapped up their One Year of Batman Artshow in Paris last week – and now some of the amazing prints celebrating the Dark Knight’s 75th anniversary that made their début there will be going up for sale online. Behold, lovely Batman Art! Header Image Credit: Batman by Gabz/Grzegorz Domaradzki The…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 10

A Penguin Cosplaying As Judge Dredd Is An Actual Toy You Can Buy

He is the Law, and He’s also goddamn adorable! This new vinyl toy from Blind Mouse Toys combines the grim, harsh world of 2000AD’s Judge Dredd with all the cuteness of penguins into one lovely vinyl toy. Cosplay Penguin has taken a while to arrive, but now the first in the series (there’s going to…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 10

Oh God, This Star Wars Variant Comic Cover Makes Me Want All The Toys

As you know by now, Marvel’s Star Wars comic is hitting shelves next month (and is supposed to be making a pretty big landing) – and inevitably, that means oodles and oodles of variant covers. The latest variant, from Hasbro, might just be the best yet though. Look at all those toys! The cover uses…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 9

The Robocop Redesign That Freaked Everyone Out Will Soon Be A Fancy Toy

Ah, the heady days of 2013. Remember when everyone started freaking out that the new Robocop reboot’s sleek black armour was a change too far? Even when the movie turned out surprisingly good, it was still a point of contention. But now Robocop’s latest look is joining ThreeZero’s line of gorgeous 1:6 scale figures. ThreeZero…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 9

Tuesday Game Room: The Dark Below Edition

You can tell it’s a quiet week when a piece of DLC headlines, but hey, it’s December! Destiny fans can help themselves’ to the game’s first batch of new content since release, and every else should be tucking into their backlogs as we gear up for the holidays. What have you been playing? Tell us…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 9

A Closer Look At Carol Danvers’ First Captain Marvel Figure

As sure as the Sun rises and sets, upcoming action figures being made in the east crop up on eBay before they make their way to stores. But this means we get an even better look at Carol Danvers’ awesome new action figure from Marvel’s Infinite line! It’s nice to get a better look at…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 9

A Last Chance To Support A Gorgeous Re-imagining of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

The Brother’s Grimm and their stories are some of the great icons of western literature – and this amazing project by Corwin Levi & Michelle Aldredge is looking to re-interpret 25 of the folklore tales for modern with the help of 27 artists. They just hit their Kickstarter goal, but there’s still time to get…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 9

Yes, You Can Make Your Own The Force Awakens-Style Lightsaber

Ah, 3D printing. Is there anything you can’t do? Not content with just bringing The Force Awakens’ new Droid to the real world, people are also turning to 3D printing to give us our very own Crossguard Lightsabers – and they extend just like the Lightsaber toys do! The fine folks over at le FabShop,…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 8

An Attack On Cosplayers Is An Attack On All Fans

There seems to be a growing dissent against Cosplayers. Recently they’ve been blamed for the Economy, and over the weekend we saw former Micronauts artist Pat Broderick hit out at Cosplayers on Facebook. But what detractors don’t get is that attacking Cosplay is attacking the very fans that love and admire their work. Header Image…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 8

Did Arrow Just Reuse Some Fallout 3 Armour?

Huh. Warner TV Asia has released a teaser trailer for this week’s Arrow Midseason Finale, purportedly revealing the final look of Brandon Routh’s Atom armour suit. But if you’re a fan of the apocalyptic RPG Fallout 3, it might look more than a little familiar to you. (UPDATED) UPDATE 12/09 – The obvious has been…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 8

Every Episode Of Classic Doctor Who, All At Once

We’ve featured the work of Youtuber Omni Verse before, but this might be even crazier than every Simpsons Couch Gag at once: All 707 episodes of the ‘Classic’ era of Doctor Who, all at the same time. The video is only 15 minutes long, so in most cases you’re only getting half an episode (or…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 8

You Can Now Give The Gift Of Firing Actual Fireballs Out Of Your Wrist

I’m sure at some point in everyone’s life, you imagine that you can throw fireballs out of your hands like you’re a wizard, superhero or Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter. Well imagine no more! You can now buy a wrist-mounted device that lets you fling fireballs around to your hearts content. The Pyro Fireshooter…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 8

Back Of The Box – 12/07/2014

The holiday season is upon us, and while we’re all busy hanging decorations and buying gifts, Toybox is miraculously still here, somehow. Let’s take a look back at the first week of December, and the start of Toybox’s fourth month of operation (four months! What the hell!). All in all, December’s started on an above…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 7

The World’s First Official Batmobile Has Been Sold At Auction

You might look at this and baulk, thinking ‘that’s not the 1966 Batmobile though!’, but this is the very first officially licensed Batmobile, having preceded Adam West’s TV ride by 3 years – and it just sold for a pretty penny at auction. This Batmobile was first built in 1963 by Forrest Robinson, an adaptation…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 7

One Does Not Simply Assume That Sean Bean Always Dies

So, Sean Bean dies a lot, right? You’ve seen the supercuts. We all assumethe moment he’s cast in something, the poor guy he’s playing will get offed at some point. But does Sean Bean really always die? Has he even died the most? Good job Nerdist’s Kyle Hill is here with a chart to help…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 7

Even Japan’s Crappiest Robot Tournament Is Still Amazing To Watch

Home Made Robots battling each other for our entertainment is nothing new – hello, Robot Wars – but what if you pit one crappy Robot against another in a battle to determine who is the least awful? Don’t worry, Japan’s got us covered. Late last month ‘Hebocon’ saw 31 (well, 30 actually, one contestant actually…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 6

You Can Help Bring Even More Female Scientists To Lego

The Lego designer that brought us the fabulous Lego Research Institute earlier this year has returned to Lego’s crowdsourced set creation project Lego Ideas with another trio of awesome Lego scientists – and you can help get it suggested to be turned into a real Lego set! Alatariel’s latest set includes minifigures representing 3 new…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 6

Sailor Moon Crystal Finally Gave Us The Showdown We’ve Been Waiting For

It might be heartbreak for Usagi, but when the Sailor Senshi get to face off against an evil Tuxedo Mask, we all win – this was a pretty great episode of Sailor Moon Crystal, and it’s nice to see the show finally hitting its stride. It’s ironic that, as a villain, Tuxedo Mask is most…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 6

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The Most Excellent Gaming Gifts For The Holiday Season

Celebrate The Holidays And The Elder Gods With This Cthulhumas Wreath

These Gorgeous Batman Prints Could Be Yours This Thursday

A Penguin Cosplaying As Judge Dredd Is An Actual Toy You Can Buy

Oh God, This Star Wars Variant Comic Cover Makes Me Want All The Toys

The Robocop Redesign That Freaked Everyone Out Will Soon Be A Fancy Toy

Tuesday Game Room: The Dark Below Edition

A Closer Look At Carol Danvers’ First Captain Marvel Figure

A Last Chance To Support A Gorgeous Re-imagining of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Yes, You Can Make Your Own The Force Awakens-Style Lightsaber

An Attack On Cosplayers Is An Attack On All Fans

Did Arrow Just Reuse Some Fallout 3 Armour?

Every Episode Of Classic Doctor Who, All At Once

You Can Now Give The Gift Of Firing Actual Fireballs Out Of Your Wrist

Back Of The Box – 12/07/2014

The World’s First Official Batmobile Has Been Sold At Auction

One Does Not Simply Assume That Sean Bean Always Dies

Even Japan’s Crappiest Robot Tournament Is Still Amazing To Watch

You Can Help Bring Even More Female Scientists To Lego

Sailor Moon Crystal Finally Gave Us The Showdown We’ve Been Waiting For

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