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Check out The Unfinished Swan, a new video game were you shoot paint balls onto walls to find your way to the exit. Sounds bizarre but it's actually very tense not knowing where your going and the creepy music doesn't help.
The Unfinished Swan - Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.
There's no release date yet, but rumour of March 2009. Us Fireboxer's don't mind waiting if it's gonna be good.
Game designed by Ian Dallas.
Our new catalogues should be hitting your doormats right about now, so check 'em out! We've worked extra hard to cram in more awesomeness than ever before, even if we do say so ourselves!
We've even put it up online to save a few trees. If you haven't recieved a copy yet, why not take a look at our downloadable PDF! It's a bit fuzzier and not as glossy as our fabulous paper version, but inside you'll find the same great products, perfect if you're preparing for Christmas!
Let us know whatcha think!
We thought our Quirky Birdhouses were out of the tree - but check out these works of art!
They are part of an installation called Super Kingdom based in Kings Wood, Kent.
Above: A birdhouse based on Mussolini’s Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
Artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson are behind the series of structures, which are based on a selection of infamous dictators' palaces!
Above: This birdhouse is based on Benito Mussolini’s Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
Remember don't forget to salute Mr Magpie if you see him!
...is that a military-grade lemon Kevlar Aramid bullet-proof handkerchief you have -- meticulously folded -- in your pocket, or are you just stylishly glad to see me?
This pocket protector was indeed on sale, for a limited run, from Liborius. "The store and designer take NO responsibility for schmucks and wooden-heads who feel compelled to test the endurance or resistance of the textile in any way."
Since the 'traditional gentleman who is against the vulgarity of modern culture' will want to read on, we draw your attention to the Chap and Hendrick's Gin Olympiad.
Held in June in a secret London glade, events are kicked of with the lighting of the Olympic Pipe. Highlights include: Martini Knockout Relay, where contestants battle to make a martini without the aid of a butler. Bounders, whereby "six Cads approach six ladies. The winner is the cad who receives the loudest slap, but maintains the wryest smile." And Shouting at Foreigners, when each Chap must procure gentlemanly essentials, such as kippers or a trouser press, from a shopkeeper with no command of English and few manners. Click on the above image for BBC coverage of the event.
Strict moustache testing goes on. "If you can't be genuine in your facial accoutrements," explains Gustav Temple, editor of The Chap magazine, "how can you possibly wear cufflinks with conviction?"
Cucumber sandwiches at the ready. Next stop: Movember.
Money talks and with the state of the worlds financial situation it looks like if money could talk it would say 'blurrrrgh', FACT. Our celebrities are becoming more well known then our Royals and Politicians these days, so what would happen if celebrities were on our spondulicks? Wags on our wonga? D-Lists on our dough?
Can you imagine Forsythe on a fiver? Well check out these avid Photoshoppers and their creations...
Images courtesy of FreakingNews.com
