Showing posts with label intellectual property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intellectual property. Show all posts

Monday, February 27, 2012

Hidden item game starring Darth Nihilus?



Apparently, this is a character in hidden item game Dark Strokes: Sins of the Fathers.

Nihilus is one of the main villains in Knights of the Old Republic 2:

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Link roundup

1. "Dog in Ellen DeGeneres costume gets booted from L.A. billboard." (I miss the days of Angelyne.)

2. "How I Found the Human Being Behind Horse_ebooks, The Internet's Favorite Spambot."

3. New army reading list.

4. A new free mission involving Harley Quinn has been added to the Arkham City Lockdown iOS game (which I've previously recommended). I'm downloading it now. Via.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Link roundup

1. From a Q&A on The Old Republic:
GnovaD: Are there any plans to introduce mobile apps to the game? Eg. Use smart phone/tablet to send companions on missions while offline.

Damion Schubert: Let's just say that this has always been a dream of mine for crew skills - it's almost as if this design was created specifically with this in mind, doesn't it? Good news, sometimes dreams do come true! The bad news is that I have no ETA for you, though, as this is a significant technical endeavor.
2. Assassin of Secrets was supposed to be a hot new spy novel, but then readers started to recognize entire passages lifted from other novels. The resulting investigation into the mysterious author is almost certainly more interesting than the novel itself.

3. GQ has An Oral History of Tim Tebow. Sample:
JOHN FOX (head coach, Denver Broncos): The minute you meet him, he has that presence. I went and met him for dinner during the draft process down in Gainesville. He's got a notebook, and he's into it. He just likes talking ball. And he picked up the tab—I've never had that happen before.
4. How to Prevent YouTube from Keeping a Record of The Videos You Watch .

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Video of Tie Fighters over Copenhagen



It's the Death Star over Copenhagen in this advertisement by Advance for Toys R Us. It's nice to see an advertising company find some inspiration, and instead of ripping off the artist, ask him to work with them. Via.