The Boyfriend Pillow

"This fun and cosy snuggle pillow is excellent for people whose partner is away on military leave or work absence," says its US manufacturer, Deluxe Comfort. "Singles who desire to feel the touch of a man, without actually having to be with one, will love it too."

Peter Molyneux On Obscurity

Peter Molyneux talks to Edge magazine about the delay to Curiosity, the next highly anticipated release from one of the world's most famous game designers. It's an interesting read although I am not sure what I think about Obscurity myself as I tend to shy away from high concept games, puzzle games etc. Basically I never had the money as a kid to spend out on the more leftfield titles for the Amiga 500 that I had so would just stick to the shoot 'em ups!

Obscurity is released on Wednesday 7th November for iOS & Android.

Looper Viral

Looper starring Bruce Willis is released on the 28th and I am looking forward to this as I'm a big fan of time travel movies.

The Looper viral was pretty cool and has proven to be popular with visitors to the well designed  The Looper Network site being encouraged to complete simple missions in return for behind the scenes goodies.

The final Looper viral is now out and leads to a reveal of a Looper feature

Interactive Paper News

Just a note that my latest project is live: Interactive Paper News Blog will be a cool techie blog dedicated to covering all aspects of printing and publishing technology with an emphasis on the up and coming Interactive Papers that are currently in the early stages of development plus I'll be covering eBook technology, specialist inks and some fun stuff too.

Oh yes - the coolest Blogger templates blog hasn't been forgotten either.

And I really need to find some time to post about some pretty cool crap too.

The Coolest Blogger Templates

Hey visitors,

I've started work on a new project - it's a blog dedicated to the coolest blogger templates. I'll be showcasing the best free blogger templates so if you're looking for the coolest blogger themes then check it out. 

There's not much content at the moment as I'm super-busy with the day job (web design for a major U.K. company).

I'm still working on this blog too - I really need to fill this site up with the some of the very coolest crap ever.

If you have anything cool or crap you'd like me to cover do drop me a line - I'm keen to promote small companies, start ups, creatives, anyone doing anything cool really.



 

Don't Ever Quote Fight Club

You are not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world. - Tyler Durden, Fight Club.

Ok so Fight Club remains one of my all time fave films but here's an excellent piece by andmysidearm  I came across today while doing some research into 1990s advertising trends for my day job.

If you've ever felt the need to set up a Fight Club or set off your own Project Mayhem or maybe just love the bits in the film where Brad Pitt is super cool then do read this critique:

Fight Club quotes are so quippy and simple – they really elucidate nothing deeper. Durden’s one-liners (and they are abundant) are like easy-to-digest commandments that everyone clings to as profound. Funny thing about profound stuff – once it saturates the mainstream, it tends to lose its kick. We’re all grappling for ways to define ourselves outside the status quo. At the end of that day that’s what Fight Club is really about – considering the things we cling to. Nihilism and rebellion are still laced potently with self-definition and ideology. We put ourselves in box after box until the day we die – then it’s just one last box.

Coolest Indie Games Ever

I really want to cover the best of the indie computer games scene but I admit I'm probably a bit out of the loop as I've been snowed under with work over the past 9 months or so - not much time to keep up to date with or play the best independent games. If you know of any titles be they computer games or apps that are deserving of some wider publicity do drop me a line or leave a comment. In the meantime I'm going to start exploring the indie game scene again and getting up to speed so that I can start both playing and recommending some of the best indie games past and present and maybe if I get time start building up a useful guide to the coolest indie games of all time