Gundam Overload!

Just spent the past 40 minutes uploading long overdue photos to my flickr account of my work over the past month or so.

Have been busy building for the Gundam Australia Forums 'Ode to Cannon Fodder' Grunt Build

Finally finished the first of my three contributions, a customised, dazzle camoflagued 1/144 Gogg (a mass produced, amphibious suit).

Crappy photos due to bad lighting but I hope to remedy that soon

Too see my other builds, please check out the gunpla links on the right hand side of this page.

Uploaded photos of the following builds:

  • 1/100 Core Fighter
  • 1/100 MG Wing (under construction)
  • Beargguy (under construction)
  • Chars Z'Gok
  • Chars Zaku II
  • Civilian Astray DSSD Custom
  • GNX U02X Masurao
  • HG Twin Ball Set
  • Hyaku-Shiki+Megabazooka launcher (under construction)

All are at least snapfit and sanded but due the the crappy weather we have had for the past 2 months, I really cant paint or even topcoat the completed models as its too cold and the paint/topcoat wont take properly

I also have another 2 or 3 models in various stages of construction with another two actually finished to snapping/sanding/painting which brings it up to around 14 models in the last 2 to 3 months…..I need to get a life!!!

 

Mobile Games Maker Sends A Message With Amnesty International App

Found via Kotaku Australia

 






The iOS games studio Mobigame – best known for titles like Edge and Perfect Cell – has teamed up with Amnesty International to publish a game raising money for the human rights advocacy organisation, observing its 50th anniversary this year.

Bulletproof, costing 99 cents on the iTunes App Store, places the player as a political prisoner in front of a vaguely North Korean firing squad. The gameplay objective is to deflect incoming shots by touching on green crosshairs indicating their target. The frequency and difficulty of the volleys increases with each round.

Mobigame and Amnesty International say the app is meant to raise awareness of Amnesty International’s mission and, of course, proceeds from its sale contribute to that.

Interesting concept given the interaction between social conscience and technology though Im not sure about the concept or aim of the game and how it really ties into AI's mandate or technique for freeing prisoners of conscience.

A blast from the past when music was good!!

 

Get up 'outta' your rockin' chair grandma!
Or rather would you care to dance grandmother?

Hey you! Give up to the ghost
That's haunting you now
Shout it out
Don't let it stay inside
And eat you alive
Make up your mind
Don't you want to stay
This side of the line
I can assure you
When you're my age
You'll learn
From all you've left behind

(You've got to)
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
I don't wanna hear you're late
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
Don't give up your stay

Say now share the weight
And lay your cross down
And let the long reaching arm
Of hope bring you around
It ain't easy but giving up
Is the easy thing to do
Time is on your side
Would you just watch the clock
And let it tick for you

(You've got to)
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
I don't wanna hear you're late
Dance little sister
Don't give up today
Hang on till tomorrow
Don't give up your stay


Time-lapse video of slightly darkened Tokyo

 

By fading back and forth between scenes of pre- and post-quake Tokyo, this time-lapse video by YouTube user darwinfish105 shows how the metropolitan nightscape has been affected by Japan's ongoing power shortages and conservation efforts.