Pride and Prejudice and Portals
Posted by admin in Typographic / Geeky / Video Games tagged with Book / Portal / Gaming / Video Game / Novel / Literature / Jane Austen / Pride And Prejudice OnFirst there was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for lover’s of classic romanticism. Not to be outdone, the horror genre jumped on board with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. There’s even the Firefly-inspired Jayne Austen’s Book & Gun Club with their motto of Pride and Extreme Prejudice for the Sci-Fi […]
Elect Baggins
Posted by admin in Movies & TV / Pop Culture / Typographic / Geeky tagged with Lord of the Rings / LOTR / Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins / The Hobbit / Book / Vote / Novel / The Shire / J.R.R Tolkien OnThe Shire has been faced with increasing uncertainty and an influx of unsavory types in modern times: Dark Riders crossing the Brandywine, the virtual takeover of the Shire by Sharkey and his goblins; and worst of all (for Australians) an increasing number of cashed-up bogans starring in their own “scripted” […]
Book Wyrm
Posted by admin in Miscellaneous tagged with Book / Dragon / Novel / Literature / Worm / Book Worm / Reading OnAs with many phrases from forgotten lore, the modern term “Book Worm” has evolved with the times and with it the original meaning and origin have – until now – been lost. Book Worm – used in the modern context to denote bibliophiles and avid readers has evolved from the medieval […]
Hyperspace Bypass 42
Posted by admin in Movies & TV / Typographic / Geeky tagged with space / Meaning of Life / Sci Fi / Book / Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy / Dont Panic / Earth / Novel / Road Signs / Marvin / 42 / Vogon / Hitchhikers / Douglas Adams / Arthur Dent / Ford Prefect / Mostly Harmless / Hyperspace / Bypass / Radio Serial OnWith a glowing review like “Mostly Harmless”, what intergalactic visitor wouldn’t want to visit the Earth? Alas, travelers know what it’s like: reading all about a place in a travel guide like Frommers or Lonely Planet only to get there and find the attraction lackluster, the service underwhelming or the place […]
Mad Hatter Joker Card
Posted by admin in Movies & TV / Pop Culture tagged with Alice / Alice in Wonderland / Book / Disney / Tea / Poker / Novel / Mad Hatter / March Hare / Tea Time / Joker / Joker Card / Lewis Carroll OnAlice in Wonderland has had many incarnations throughout the years, from Disney cartoons to Tim Burton movies, computer games like Alice, songs and even novels based on twisted events from the Wonderland world such as The Looking Glass Wars. From the topsy-turvy psycho-world of the Mad Hatter and his tea time riddles. The […]
Tower of Darkness
Posted by admin in Video Games tagged with Nintendo / 8-bit / NES / Book / The Dark Tower / Roland Deschain / Stephen King / Gunslinger / Novel / All World / Ka Tet / Crimson King On8-bit Nintendo gaming glory meets Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series in this gun-slinging gaming mash-up.
TOL-STOY III
Posted by admin in Movies & TV / Typographic tagged with Film / Childhood / Toy Story / Book / Pixar / Novel / Literature / Boyhood / Youth / Leo Tolstoy OnBefore writing War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy wrote several other novels, three of which – CHILDHOOD, BOYHOOD and YOUTH – mirror the timing of the Toy Story films. Author Leo Tolstoy meets Pixar’s Toy Story in this childhood mash-up.
Join The Resistance
Posted by admin in Movies & TV tagged with Parody / Book / Pop Culture / Novel / Literature / 1984 / Big Brother / George Orwell OnWar is not peace. Ignorance is not strength. Freedom is not slavery. Join the resistance. Inspired by George Orwell’s classic novel, 1984.
