James Whitbrook, Author at Gizmodo

Iconic Star Wars characters, re-imagined in striking Northwest Coast Art

Scott Erikson‘s latest collection, Alliance = Rebellion, captures the essence of traditional art of the Pacific Northwest to recreate some of Star Wars’ hallmark designs and characters – and does so to a pretty stunning effect. The collection seeks to combine a modern entity like Star Wars with the artwork of the Indigenous tribes of…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 15

You too can be Star-Lord with these Guardians of the Galaxy hoodies

Come on, GOTG fans, admit it – ever since you saw Guardians of the Galaxy, who hasn’t wanted to put on an awesome mix of their own and pretend to be one of the Guardians, zipping about space and being badass? These Hoodies will help you pretend just that little bit better. The two licensed…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 15

Become a master of Dothraki with this new Game of Thrones app

Game of Thrones’ Dothraki tongue is just one of many fictional language’s created by David Peterson – but it might just be one of his most popular. Now you can start learning some conversational Dothraki for yourself through a new mobile app. Athdavrazar! The app, intended to be a companion for Peterson’s new Dothraki language…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 15

These Walking Dead Pancakes would satiate even the hungriest Zombie

No wonder the Zombie hordes yearn for the flesh of The Walking Dead’s survivors – they look good enough to eat, especially when recreated through the even tastier medium of pancake batter. Nathan Shields, who goes by Saipancakes on Youtube, made these outstanding bits of batter-y art depicting Glenn, Michonne and Rick to celebrate the…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 14

This lovely Lego Barad-dûr actually lights up

Tolkien’s dark towers have long been a popular model for creative Lego builders to emulate (hell, Lego put a pretty decent one of their own out a few years ago) – but this brilliant micro-scaled model of Barad-dûr is made all the better by some inventive use of lighting to make it look even more…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 14

Tuesday Game Room: The Pre-Sequel Edition

The October game deluge continues! A veritable swathe of titles this week means there’s something for everyone – especially if you’re a fan of horror or of insanely funny robots. Picking a new game up this week? Playing something else? Come let us know in the latest edition of Tuesday Game Room! What have you…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 14

You can ogle, and maybe buy, some of these amazing Movie props this week

Holy crap. The Prop store are holding an auction in London this Thursday on over 300 movie props – and there’s a lot to love. Ripley’s Flamethrower? Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator 2 outfit? Leeloo’s Braces? A Death Star Turbolaser!? SOMEBODY HIDE MY WALLET BEFORE I DO SOMETHING REALLY STUPID. We’ve mentioned the Prop Store on Toybox…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 14

What Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady might have looked like in the TMNT film

Although this year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie only dealt with Shredder, it looks like some point a plethora of villains from the Turtles past were going to show up – including the loveably goofy henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady from the TMNT cartoon! UPDATE: Images removed at the request of Aaron Sims Co. This concept…

Movies James Whitbrook Oct 14

There’s less Gears, more Bricks in these cool Steampunk Lego Creations

Love it or loathe it, Steampunk is an alluring aesthetic to turn to for creating wacky and wonderful looking inventions – and in this new book by Lego builder Guy Himber there’s plenty to enjoy, with not a superfluous cog in sight. There’s a lot of plastic bricks though. Header Image: The cover of the…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 13

How New York Comic Con has shown us a wonderful future for Comics

You hear it about Comic Cons every year – “It’s not about the comics any more”. Sure, the rise of alternate media at Comic Cons is a big thing, and NYCC 2014 was no exception – but this year more than ever recently, it also feels like it was about looking ahead to the bright…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 13

Square-Enix continues to make Gotham’s characters even wackier

Play Arts Kai’s unrepentantly mad appropriation of their DC license continues! Square-Enix brought their A-game to New York Comic Con , but it wasn’t just Tetsuya Nomura’s Catwoman that gave use their bizarre look at Batman’s Rogues gallery there – there were also these figures of Harley Quinn and the Joker too. The prototypes of…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 13

These rompers just made your Female Ghostbusters cosplay a lot easier

We’re hitting the half-way point for October soon, which means it’s time to start thinking about your Halloween costume (or rather, panicking that you’ve not started thinking about your costume yet!) – but never fear, ladies: your Female Ghostbusters outfit just got a lot easier to pull off with these new rompers. The outfits, made…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 13

The Walking Dead‘s secret best character is getting an Action figure

No, not Michonne. Or Carol. Or Daryl. They already all have figures anyway. I’m talking about the zombie-apocalypse-universe’s real finest survivor: Clementine from the Walking Dead video games! A lead character and star across Telltale Games’ two seasons of adventure games, little Clementine’s been put through an awful lot as the zombie hordes chomp their…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 13

Back of the Box – 10/12/2014

We’re just over a third of the way through October already – phew! Let’s take a bit of a breather and look back on the last week in popular culture, shall we? Now that the confusion over just how Quantcast has been tracking me is over, it’s been easier to sort of just stop thinking…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 12

Listen to Foxes’ full cover of Don’t Stop Me Now from Doctor Who

Foxes’ jazzy cover of Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now was one of many wonderful parts of last night’s fresh, exciting episode ofDoctor Who. The BBC have now released the full version of her cover, with a music video that looks ahead to the rest of Series 8… The video features footage from last night’s episode,…

Trailers James Whitbrook Oct 12

A Game of Thrones supercut to highlight Westeros’ drinking problem

It seems that when you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die… probably of alcohol poisoning, judging by the amount of booze that gets necked in this wine-themed supercut. Youtubers The Movie Maniacs have spliced together as much footage of Westeros’ finest supping on alcohol as they could find in Game of…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 12

Archer‘s Spy Agency will change its name, thanks to Jihadi Militants

We’ve had five seasons of Sterling Archer’s antics with the International Secret Intelligence Service – or ISIS, for short. You can see why that acronym’s quickly become a problem for FX and the series’ creators, and it’s about to change for the show’s latest season. The rise of the real-world Jihadist organisation ISIS (The Islamic…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 11

JJ Abrams has solved that awesome 8th Grader’s Star Wars Algebra

Remember Cody Swanek’s cute, Star Wars themed Maths problem from last week? Well, it took Mr Abrams a while to figure out the answer, but he got in touch with Cody to let him know – and ponder a separate mathematical question as well. http://io9.com/8th-grader-pens-impressive-algebra-problem-about-star-w-1642715847/all Abrams got in touch with Cody after his puzzle hit…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 11

Here it is: Your official all-singing, all-dancing Baby Groot Toy!

Guardians of the Galaxy fans, long have we waited for a potted, groovin’ Groot of our very own, and now the wait is almost over. Marvel have finally lifted the lid on their version of Dancing Groot – and he’ll be out by Christmas! Exclusively revealed by Mashable, the toy is a collaboration between Marvel…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 11

This Hodor figurine unfortunately does not come with Hodor sound effects

Gods be good, this figure would be a million times better if it just came with a button in the base that you could press to get it to loudly exclaim ‘HODOR!’. Announced at NYCC, Dark Horses latest figurine/statue in its Game of Thrones line – which will also feature thisdelightful Joffrey toy– is a…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 10

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Iconic Star Wars characters, re-imagined in striking Northwest Coast Art

You too can be Star-Lord with these Guardians of the Galaxy hoodies

Become a master of Dothraki with this new Game of Thrones app

These Walking Dead Pancakes would satiate even the hungriest Zombie

This lovely Lego Barad-dûr actually lights up

Tuesday Game Room: The Pre-Sequel Edition

You can ogle, and maybe buy, some of these amazing Movie props this week

What Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady might have looked like in the TMNT film

There’s less Gears, more Bricks in these cool Steampunk Lego Creations

How New York Comic Con has shown us a wonderful future for Comics

Square-Enix continues to make Gotham’s characters even wackier

These rompers just made your Female Ghostbusters cosplay a lot easier

The Walking Dead‘s secret best character is getting an Action figure

Back of the Box – 10/12/2014

Listen to Foxes’ full cover of Don’t Stop Me Now from Doctor Who

A Game of Thrones supercut to highlight Westeros’ drinking problem

Archer‘s Spy Agency will change its name, thanks to Jihadi Militants

JJ Abrams has solved that awesome 8th Grader’s Star Wars Algebra

Here it is: Your official all-singing, all-dancing Baby Groot Toy!

This Hodor figurine unfortunately does not come with Hodor sound effects

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