Algunas de cal y algunas de arena nos ha ofrecido Ubisoft en su esperada conferencia, más teniendo en el recuerdo pasadas ediciones. Hemos notado la ausencia de algún título que parecía ya cantado como la continuación de la franquicia Beyond Good & Evil o la nueva entrega de la serie Rainbow Six. Por otra parte algunos títulos pueden ser importantes en unos meses, como por ejemplo Tom Clancy’s: The Division, Watch_Dogs, Rayman Legends, el RPG de South Park, etc. Un pequeño tirón de orejas en general en todas las conferencias. Los desarrollos parecen todavía muy verdes y se ha visto mucha CGI. Pronto sabremos que tiene preparado Sony. A las 3 de la mañana. Muy flojo todo para un E3 a las puertas de una next-gen.

En algunos momentos concretos, en el segmento dedicado a los deportes mayormente, la conferencia de EA ha sido especialmente aburrida, aunque seguramente todo el asunto de los deportes es muy atrayente e interesante en Norteamérica. Pero ha tenido momentos emotivos y espectaculares. Por un lado hemos podido ver el desarrollo de una partida multijugador hasta 64 jugadores con detalles bastante interesantes. Por otra parte nos hemos visto sorprendidos con el cambio de estilo en la franquicia Plants vs. Zombies, el vídeo CG presentación de Dragon Age 3 y como cúspide dos momentos especialmente entrañables. El esperado retorno de la franquicia Mirror’s Edge y Star Wars Battlefront en desarrollo por DICE. Ahí es nada. Si no has podido verla aquí tienes lo más interesante.

Si por algún motivo no has podido seguir en nuestro chat, o en algún otro medio, la conferencia que han preparado los muchachos de Redmont, centrada principalmente en el catálogo de Xbox One, sus nuevas franquicias, las exclusivas y los nuevos estudios de desarrollo, aquí te presentamos el material más interesante. Más Halo, más shooters y un precio de lanzamiento que como era de esperar no satisface a la gran mayoría, alrededor de 500€. Empezamos con Titanfall, Respawn Entertainments.

Vamos Nintendo necesitamos un título de Mario adulto y con fundamento. Uno en el que nuestro buen amigo fontanero se desmelene y la líe parda, que su propuesta sea fresca, novedosa y original. Bueno en definitiva, que patee el culo a todo bicho viviente como si se tratara de una especie de Chuck Norris del videojuego moderno. Y aquí tenemos el posible resultado. Yo este juego retro lo compraba.

Dibujar penes es algo que se aprende a muy tierna edad y que, realmente, uno no deja de hacer nunca. Con el tiempo evoluciona, a la par que su autor, hacia penes con una gota, con varias, penes alados, penes cruzando el arco iris e incluso penes siendo disparados hacia la luna y acertando en su ojo, llegando a una cúspide de creación poética que define al ser humano y lo diferencia de las ardillas.

El robot que dibuja penes no hace otra cosa que dibujar penes. Sencillos, directos y expresivos. Su creador no podía ser otro que nuestro viejo conocido David Neevel, creador de la Máquina Separadora de Oreo y de la Guitarra que manda mails.

En un arranque de personalidad, Neevel ha dotado al robot de la capacidad de hacer declaraciones acerca de su trabajo y, así, es capaz de describir lo que hace por escrito: el robot que dibuja penes también sabe escribir la palabra "penis" e incluso dibujar un pene por encima de la propia palabra en una demostración de elocuencia inusitada.

Conclusión: absolutamente imprescindible.

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Me ha parecido muy original y divertido este caparazón, que imita al de Bowser en la saga Mario, hecho en ganchillo con mucho detalle, y que queda genial para darle a una tortuga de verdad un simpático toque friki, sin molestar demasiado al animal.

Cualquier tipo con bigote al que le estuviesen entrando ganas de saltar sobre vuestra tortuga seguro que se le quitan.

Si sabéis de ganchillo y os gustaría haceros algo parecido, en Squirrelpicnic tenéis paso a paso el proceso realizado.

“The Wave in Vejle” is a building designed by Henning Larsen Architects in Vejle, Denmark. Joaquin Cantolla says that his LEGO version is a “free interpretation” of the real-life building, but the spirit of this award-winning architectural masterpiece comes through clearly in LEGO.

Thanks to reader Henrik Høxbroe for the tip!

Hace unas semanas pusimos un post de corredores disfrazados de las maneras más extravagantes. Corrían una maratón en Japón, donde el cosplay alocado es es casi parte de la cultura nacional. Pero para demostrar que estas cosas no son para nada exclusivas del País del Sol Naciente, aquí va un buen bloque de corredores “locos” en otras partes del mundo.

Vía: Gran Angular

Ver un montón de cosplay de un evento como la reciente London Super Comic Con es mucho más entretenido con un buen montaje, como el de este vídeo realizado por Sneaky Zebra. Hay mucha diferencia de calidad entre los diferentes disfraces que se pueden ver, pero en general el nivel es bastante alto.

Y si os quedasteis con ganas de más, a continuación tenéis otro vídeo del mismo evento con mucho material diferente.

Vía: Destructoid

Mjölnir is heavy. Like, way heavy. Know why Thor can lift it? Because he got hella swole off prancersizing. Here's proof.

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Video game trailers can be crass, they can be dumb, and they can be misleading. They can also be pretty damned cool. This trailer for Metro: Last Light is pretty damned cool.

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The PS4. The Xbox One. The Ouya. The Game Stick. 2013's turning out to be the year for all sorts of new hardware to come out of hiding. And now those systems are joined by the most mysterious and colorful one of all: the iam8bit Entertainment System. Want to know the hardware specs? You'll need to go to an art show in Los Angeles—and not E3—to find out.

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Hey, look, it's another trailer for Spin the Bottle, an upcoming Wii U game that wants you to get some friends, turn the TV off, use the Wii U controller's screen and do...things to each other. Or with each other.

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Ness, Captain Falcon, Snake, Link and a lot of familiar gameplay elements come to life in this awesome live action Smash Bros. flick.

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Tras el miedo a la cancelación por culpa del descalabro de THQ, ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ vuelve a nuestras pantallas con un “nuevo“ tráiler (sí, ya hemos visto gran parte de lo mostrado) con el que muchos de nosotros moriremos de ganas de que el juego llegue lo antes posible. Qué buena pinta tiene.

Será en pocos días, durante el E3, cuando la gente de Obsidian se prestará a contarnos algo más sobre la fecha de lanzamiento del juego en PC, PS3 y Xbox 360, aunque todo apunta a que esperarlo para antes de finales de año es prácticamente una locura.

Sea como sea, si no visteis en su día de lo que es capaz este RPG con las invocaciones más locas de la historia (Jesucristo con metralleta o el personaje anime de Butters se llevan la palma), ahora es buen momento para subiros al carro del hype. ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ tiene de eso a sacos.

Vía | VG247

The time is nearly here. Big Chief Studios is making a set of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson figures based on the lovely likenesses of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. The head sculpts are insanely detailed, but I wouldn’t expect any less from the company’s 12″ figures – just check out their Tenth Doctor collectible for crying out loud.

No word on pre-orders yet, but we’ll keep you updated about when you have your very own Cumberbatch.

See a few more photos after the break.

(Big Chief Studios via TR)

Yes, it's changed publishers and been delayed a few times, but South Park: The Stick of Truth still exists, and it still looks amazing.

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La película Aliens en 60 segundos.

Extra: Matrix en 60 segundos.

Extra2: Regreso al futuro en 60 segundos.

Here’s what Lord of the Rings would look like with the genders of all the characters swapped, and it’s absolutely beautiful. Annis at Livejournal recast the movie and did an incredible job choosing a whole new group of actors.

When I created this picspam, I had a couple of requirements when choosing an actor. First off: they should be of an approximately fitting age. No 20-year-old Aragorn or 40-year-old Gandalf. Second off: they should have some tie to the movie version of the character, as that’s what I’m casting after. As I’m pretty bad at actors, I used IMDB extensively and asked friends for help. I haven’t considered much beyond looks either, as, well, then I couldn’t cast anything. Not much of a movie watcher, me.

I’m particularly fond of Geena Davis as Gimili given that the actress is actually 6′ tall!

See more after the break…

(via io9)

Una de las debilidades personales del que suscribe en cuanto a títulos indis se refiere es el ‘Escape Goat’ de MagicalTimeBean. Debutó hace un par de años en la sección Xbox Live Indie Games de Xbox 360, y tiempo después llegó a PC. Y su secuela, bajo el nombre de ‘Escape Goat 2’, llegará este año.

Y como exclusiva para PC, además, como anunció su creador, Ian Stocker, a finales de enero de este 2013. Sabemos que saldrá este verano, pero nos faltan detalles por conocer. Aparte del cambio estético, alejado del amor por el píxel del original, la mecánica de juego seguirá siendo bastante fiel, lo cuál me agrada bastante. Que esto no es un plataformas al uso, sino una mezcla de plataformas con puzles, y para gente que está como una cabra. Literalmente. Y que no le hace ascos a los ratones.

El que haya disfrutado del original sabrá a qué nos referimos. Lo que suponemos es que en esta ocasión la cantidad de dinero que tendremos que soltar por él será mayor, aunque a mí sinceramente lo único que me preocupa es que la banda sonora mantenga la calidad del primer trabajo de Ian Stocker. De vez en cuando le doy alguna escucha, y mola. Podéis escucharla en streaming, por cierto.

“Tyrannosaurus rex attacks wedding party” sounds like a headline for a future movie on Syfy, but it actually happened. Mostly. This AWESOME photo was taken by Quinn Miller. The wedding group just had to find the right spot, and the dino was photoshopped into the background – or was it?

Folks: if you’re planning a wedding, the bar has been raised. It’s been raised to the stars.

Make sure you click the image to enlarge and see all the hilarious facial expressions.

(Facebook via Geekologie)

Today in New York, LEGO unveiled a massive model of an X-wing fighter from Star Wars. Built by LEGO Master Model Builders, it’s the largest LEGO model ever made. While TBB couldn’t make it to New York for the launch ourselves, we’re pleased to bring you a guest post by BrickJournal Editor-in-Chief Joe Meno.

The e-mail I received got my attention. It simply asked me if I was interested in having a personal tour of the “largest LEGO model ever built.” The note from LEGO had something to do with The Yoda Chronicles, an upcoming TV show on Cartoon Network. The clues given were that I would have to go to New York City and be taken to a hangar somewhere to see this model.

For me, a trip to New York City is a cheap flight and hotel stay, so I accepted the invite and a few weeks and one particularly long windy drive, I along with a few others arrived at MacArthur Airport on Long Island, to a hangar that looked like any other hangar, except for the LEGO logo on the door. We were met by LEGO staff, including Master Model Builders Erik Varszegi and Dale E. Chasse, who led us inside. The first things we saw were the bulletins on the wall and the computer, which displayed an X-Wing. Then we turned and saw the rear of a private plane… Or was that a LEGO X-Wing fighter?

It was! Only it was taller than us… I recognized the back knob gear to open the wings, but it alone was my height!

Walking around to the front of the fighter, Erik gave us some information about the model. In case you missed it elsewhere, here’s the short of it:

• Built from over 5 million bricks
• Depicts the iconic X-wing starfighter from Star Wars
• Built in the Czech Republic at LEGO’s Kladno Model Shop
• Shipped in 32 pieces to be reassembled at MacArthur Airport

From there, the plan was to separate the X-Wing into three parts to transport to Times Square: left wing, right wing, and fuselage. Some parts, such as the cockpit and outrigger guns were also removed for transport.

In the hangar, though, it was complete, as if ready for a mission.

Erik then showed us a neat surprise. With the flick of a few hidden switches, the X-Wing came to life with its engines glowing and powering up. The model has an internal lighting system and speakers, including woofers to give a deep sound to the engines. The rumble was one you felt as well as heard.

Nearby, sized-up minifigures of Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, and R5-D8 were also on display, along with Yoda wearing his “I Love New York” T-shirt, which was first seen on minifigures given out at New York Toy Fair earlier this year. While Jek Porkins was a minifigure in this set, he wasn’t present at the hangar, as he wasn’t finished. (He did make it to Times Square, though!) Beside the computer was a reference model and also a sample stud from the final model.

A quick explanation of scale: Because of the proportions of the minifigure, scale is often a fuzzy standard. For this model, the scale was determined to be 1:42, which is a pretty good approximation for kids. This will be important in a bit, so keep this thought. To understand the scale, take a 1-stud brick. The stud alone sized up to be 42 studs by 42 studs, making it almost the size of a large baseplate. This also makes the stud a little larger than the actual set. This makes details pretty easy to build, so every stud does have a LEGO logo on them.

The model also is almost completely composed of bricks, with only a few plates used for shaping.

Scaling to kids is important because the cockpit is meant to be boarded. The canopy doesn’t open, so a side panel is removed for entry. The interior of the cockpit is a photo station for kids to post photos online, so there are no details like the set, but a screen with a mosaic frame. The space is a little cramped for an adult, as I bumped my head on the cockpit glass.

After the cockpit visit, Dale asked me if I wanted any overhead pics, pointing to an improvised cherry picker in front of the fighter. I didn’t hesitate, and I was quickly held over the X-Wing. It was there that I found that my camera lens wasn’t wide enough to get the entire model in one shot. In fact, that was a running problem that Erik picked up on when he said, “Maybe we should have told you to bring a wide-angle lens.” Overhead, though, you get a real impression of the size of the X-Wing. The others with me took pics, and then Dale moved the cherry picker for some more shots.

After the overhead session, I got to see some of the computer work that was done. The model was digitally built around a metal armature, and yes all 5 million plus parts are on the file! That made the computer crash a couple of times, but I was able to see how each section was set up to fit with the others. The files are not that different from LEGO Digital Designer or LCad files, but they are much bigger.

Here are a couple photos showing the internal steel armature:

Our hour-long insider tour ended with a promise of secrecy until the official unveiling in Times Square. Many thanks to Erik, Dale, and the rest of the LEGO gang for showing off this awesome model!

And many thanks to Joe for this quick write-up while on the road from New York! Look for a longer article in an upcoming issue of BrickJournal.