Author Archives: Niall Murphy

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YouTuber Kelvington made this fan mashup of Dr Who and Star Wars.

It’s really good. You should watch it. Just look at that still of the ten doctors up there. I mean, come on.

Dan Zettwoch’s amazing illustration of an even more amazing real-life story.

12 objects reportedly removed from the stomach of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotamus, Pepe.

Including, by the looks of it, a member of the Colombian military.

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The Alarm Monitoring Company is attempting to find the ultimate burglar-beating system. They’re offering to invest up to £1000 to turn the best suggestion into reality.

Whether or not, they’re entirely serious, we like this World Cup-inspired variant: the VuvuTech 5000.

Ah, Sonic Vuvu Hell.

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Insert Coin by Ninja Moped. Good animation, until you understand that the whole thing was shot frame-by-frame by hand-placing coins on the floor, and realise that it’s nothing short of great animation.

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Not shown: The Cynically Ally Yourself With A Pop-Culture Phenomenon You Barely Understand In Order To Insinuate Yourself With Young Voters Now There’s A General Election Coming Up.

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This is the weird neon mylar Superman suit that Nic Cage would have worn in Tim Burton’s Superman reboot Superman Lives, axed during the 90s in favour of Superman Returns. The above video of the thing in action has just debuted on the internets.

Did the geek world dodge a bullet? Or were we cruelly denied a masterpiece?

Lest we forget, Timmy did a nice twist on Batman.

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Officially licensed Star Wars themed headphones from Coloud.

They’re €39.90 each, except for R2D2, which is €49.90.

Granted, the pricing doesn’t bode well for the sound quality but, hey, they’re Star Wars headphones, man. You’ll never take them out of the packaging.

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Nekkid Grandma Win.

From a recent edition of the CBS show Family Feud hosted by Steve Harvey (we know it as ITVs’ Family Fortunes with Vernon Kay)

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