OFFICAL WATCHMEN PHOTOS!
AICN Just posted a truly awesome set of offical cast photos from the Watchmen Movie. Looks truly truly fantastic! Below we have the Comedian, Ozymandias, Rorschach, Silk Spectre and Nite Owl. Loving Nite Owl’s ship behind him! Really looking forward to this movie!
Click the pics for larger pics, or hop over to ACIN for even bigger versions.
Gary Gygax Visits the Great Dungeon Master in the Sky
Bit of sad news. Gary Gygax co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons died yesterday, age 69, at his home in Lake Geneva after suffering from health problems for several years.
D&D was where all the Geekdom really started for me. Although i’ve personally drifted away from the tabletop games and switched to online gaming, i still have very fond memories of playing D&D, and the games it spawned (such as Warhammer). In those days before computers where common place and home video games consisted of Pong, D&D was a fantastic revelation compared to the traditional board game. D&D also has had a massive influence on so much of what RPG and MMORPG designers rely on for the backbone of online gaming today. Let’s face it, without D&D, World of Warcraft, and even RPGs like Knights of the Old Republic would have been very different.
Thank you to Gary for all the fun and imagination your games and influence have brought into my world.
The Steampunk Mac Mini
Dave Veloz built this wonderful steampunk mod of a Mac Mini as a wedding present for his soon to be wife. It really is a stunning piece of work! Lot’s more pics over at steampunkworkshop.com
Supernatural & Smallville Get New Seasons
Supernatural Update (20th Jan 2009):
Supernatural Season 4 is returning Sun, Jan 25 2009 9pm ITV2
SMALLVILLE UPDATE (18 Oct 2008): UK Smallville Season 8 Air Date Announced for E4!
The CW network in the US have have announce some early renewals for their 2008-09 season, including Supernatural season 4, and Smallville season 8. Not really been watching Supernatural (although D raves about how great it is, so i’m sure he’ll be happy). I have been watching Smallville, although, we are a season behind in the UK, as channel 4/E4 have been dragging their feet on aiiring season 7…
SMALLVILLE UPDATE 2 (16th May 08): 4 have started trailing Smallville Season 7 as ‘Coming Soon’… Thanks for that you useless bunch of muppets… However, a bit of digging, and according to the Radio Times, the Season 7 airdate in the UK is Tuesday 27th May 2008 9pm on E4, with a double of episodes 1 & 2. FINALLY!! 
SMALLVILLE UPDATE 1: I noticed this post was getting hit quite a lot with people searching for the UK air date of Smallville season 7, so i decided to go to the source and ask E4… this was the answer:
“Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries regarding SMALLVILLE.
We appreciate your and your readers’ interest in the series, but at present we have not confirmed scheduling plans for season 7 of SMALLVILLE. Please keep an eye on screen in the coming months for more information!
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us here at Channel 4, we hope you continue to enjoy our programming.”
So, not a whole lot of help, but at least we know the official position.
WB apparently have Sept 08 sketched in as the UK release date for the Smallville season 7 DVD, so at a guess, that probably puts it on E4 around the end of summer…
SUPERNATURAL UPDATE: I also checked with ITV (who where far more helpful than E4). They are currently showing Season 3 on ITV2 on Sunday’s with the repeat of that episode being shown the following Thursday also on ITV2. They also have the rights to season 4, although they don’t have an air date for that yet (it has only just been commissioned, so i’ll let them off). 
It’s been over a year since season 6 aired in the UK, and we STILL don’t even have an air date for the next season of Smallville! Just amazes me that Sky can get things like Prison Break and 24 on air only a few days and weeks after the US and we’ve been waiting 5 months since the US airdate for even a hint of when E4 will get off it’s lazy ass and air Smallville season 7.
Honestly, if i was the owner of the Smallville franchise, i look to sell the UK rights to someone that actually gives a crap about your show instead of replacing it with Big Brother USA (yes, that’s what they are currently running…) I just want to offically say…
E4 – YOU SUCK!
/rantoff
Ahh… i feel so much better.
Stargate’s Ark of Truth Airing on Sky One in March!
So, the US is getting the Stargate: The Ark of Truth DVD on the March 11th, and us UK folk are having to wait till April 14th for the UK DVD release (boooo!).
However… if your a Sky subscriber, you’ll be getting it free on Sky One only 2 weeks after the US DVD release, and 2 weeks before the UK DVD (Yay!)
Stargate fans, set your Sky Plus’s for Monday, March 24th at 9p.m. (or the repeat on Wednesday, March 26th at 8 p.m.) on Sky One for the UK premiere of Stargate: The Ark of Truth.
And for those of you that can’t wait that long, here’s a promo/teaser for ya.
Very very cool Stargate Watch (even has an iris that closes over the face!)Â
Halflife 2 Meets Super Mario Bros
Sorry things have been a bit quiet this week, i’ve had a few days off (and developing a Guitar Hero addiction!) Anyway, here what you get if you crossbread Halflife 2 and Super Mario Bros…
