Ok Go Does The Theme from The Muppet Show!
Anyone that’s a regular reader of the site will know that here at GeekTown, we love the Muppets. We’re also quite big fans of the musical combo Ok Go! So when we discovered as a preview for the new Muppet’s Green Album, Ok Go had teamed up with with our fuzzy little friends on a new video, it was fairly enevitable we were going to post it. I give you ‘The Theme from The Muppet Show‘ as performed by Ok Go… (You should also check out The Fray covering ‘Mahna Mahna’.)
The Hobbit 13 Dwarves Desktop Pictures!
The Hobbit 13 dwarves desktop wallpaper
Seeing as we now have photos for all 13 of The Hobbit‘s dwarves, and as I’ve been photoshopping them together along the way, I though some of you Hobbit fans out there might like some desktop wallpaper to download and use! I’ve done one with all the names on, and one without. both are 1920 x 1080 pixels in size, so should be high enough resolution for most monitors.
All you need to do to download is right click on one of the links below, and select “Save image as…”, and save it to your computer. 
The Hobbit 13 dwarves desktop wallpaper (with names)
The Hobbit 13 dwarves desktop wallpaper (without names)
Improv Everywhere Hits the Mute Button on New York
I’ve seen a few things these guys have done before, such as the mass ‘freeze frame’ in Grand Central Station, and this is another one of their genius ‘flash mob-esque’ ideas.What if you could hit the mute button in a bustling city location? With a subtle signal from one of the actors, the dancing, sax playing, arguing crowd, suddenly fall silent, but carry on as if nothing has happened, much to the amusement and confusion from the various New Yorkers passing by. This particular performance was part of the Stillspotting NYC project from the Guggenheim museum.
For more on this group, visit their website at improveverywhere.com
I, Candi Special – The Royal Wedding
With the Royal Wedding just around the corner, Candi Cotton from the Dog News Team gives us her own special report…
Competition: Win 2 tickets to Train2Game’s Game Jam!
Win 2 tickets to Train2Game’s Game Jam!
Calling all aspiring game developers!
If you have always dreamt of using your creative talent to make a video game but not known where to start, then join Train2Game’s Game Jam for a weekend of design, development, coding and teamwork.
The event will be held over 48 hours at the University of Bedfordshire from Friday March 25th to Sunday March 27th.
Participating teams will have the opportunity to create a video game around a specific theme that will be available to the public to download free on the internet. The event is being hosted by blended learning provider Train2Game, and is open to anyone over 17 with an interest in game programming, design or art at a cost of £35, with free entry for existing students on one of Train2Game’s four courses, but here at GeekTown, you can win 2 tickets absolutely FREE!
All proceeds from the contest will be donated to The Prince’s Trust Charity that helps the development and improvement of young people, and provides opportunities for them to develop to their full capacity.
Budding game developers can enter as an individual or team with up to six members. All individual entrants will be placed in a team that fits their existing skills as a programmer, artist or designer to ensure a good mix of talent that could take the title of Train2Game Game Jam Winners.
The University of Bedfordshire’s doors will be open to game jammers from 2pm on the afternoon of Friday 25th March for registration, with the theme for the game being announced at 6pm.
For more info, please visit www.train2game.com
2 Ways to Win
All you need to do to win is either:
1. Leave a comment in this post telling us why you should win the tickets or
2. Tweet to @geektown telling us why you should win the tickets including the hashtag #gamejam
The competition closes on 14th March 2011 and is open to UK residents aged 17 or over. There will be 1 winner picked from entries on geektown.co.uk and Twitter. By entering this competition, you are agreeing to the rules of this competition. Full rules can be read here.
Dog News: Mission to Mars
Latest webisode from our friends over at Dog News about the Russian Mars 500 experiment where the 6 mock astronautshave ‘arrived’ on mars in their mock spaceship. Didn’t the US already do that? ;)
For this and more, go check out the Dog News Team over at Dog News!
