The Ordinary Geek: septiembre 2013

lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2013

Emmy Awards 2013

Yesterday night was the Emmys awards and here you can see the winners of this year.

Emmy Awards 2013: The Winners Best drama series - Breaking Bad Actor in a drama series - Jeff Daniels for the Newsroom Actress in a drama series - Clare Danes for Homeland Supporting actor in a drama series - Bobby Cannavale for Boardwalk Empire Supporting actress in a drama series - Anna Gunn for Breaking Bad Best comedy series - Modern Family Actor in a comedy series - Jim Parsons for the Big Bang Theory Actress in a comedy series - Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep Supporting actor in a comedy series - Tony Hale for Veep Supporting actress in a comedy series - Merritt Wever for Nurse Jackie Best Miniseries or TV movie - Behind the Candelabra Actor in a miniseries or TV movie - Michael Douglas for Behind the Candelabra Actress in a miniseries or TV movie - Laura Linney for the Big C Best reality programme - Undercover Boss Best reality competition programme - The Voice Best reality show host - Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for Project Runway Best variety show - The Colbert Report Best writing, drama series - Henry Bromell for Homeland Best writing comedy series - Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield for 30 Rock
Read more at http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/127263/Emmy-Awards-2013-Breaking-Bad-Takes-Home-Drama-Prize-But-Loses-Out-On-Acting-Nods#H0ZGuFeJcOiyjqIR.99

Best drama series - Breaking Bad

Actor in a drama series - Jeff Daniels for the Newsroom
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Actor in a drama series - Jeff Daniels for the Newsroom
Actress in a drama series- Clare Danes for Homeland
Supporting actor in drama series- Bobby Cannavale for Boardwalk Empire
Supporting actress in a drama series- Anna Gunn for Breaking Bad
Best comedy series- Modern Family
Actor in a comedy series - Jim Parsons for the Big Bang theory
Actress in a comedy series - Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Veep
Supporting actor in a comedy series- Tony Hale for Veep
Supporting actress in a comedy series- Merrit Wever for Nurse Jackie

Best Miniseries or TV movie - Behind the Candelabra Actor in a miniseries or TV movie - Michael Douglas for Behind the Candelabra Actress in a miniseries or TV movie - Laura Linney for the Big C Best reality programme - Undercover Boss Best reality competition programme - The Voice Best reality show host - Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for Project Runway Best variety show - The Colbert Report Best writing, drama series - Henry Bromell for Homeland Best writing comedy series - Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield for 30 Rock
Read more at http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/127263/Emmy-Awards-2013-Breaking-Bad-Takes-Home-Drama-Prize-But-Loses-Out-On-Acting-Nods#H0ZGuFeJcOiyjqIR.99

actress in a comedy series - Merritt Wever for Nurse Jackie
Read more at http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/127263/Emmy-Awards-2013-Breaking-Bad-Takes-Home-Drama-Prize-But-Loses-Out-On-Acting-Nods#H0ZGuFeJcOiyjqIR.99

Best Miniseries or TV movie- Behind the Candelabra
Actor in a miniseries or TV movie- Michael Douglas for Behind the Candelabra
Actress in a miniseries or TV movie- Laura Linney fot the Big C
Best reality programme- Undercover Boss
Best reality competition programme- The Voice
Best Reality show host- Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn for Project Runway
Best Variety Show- The Colvert Report
Best writing drama series - Henry Bromell for Homeland
Best writing comedy series- Tina Fey and Tracy Wigfield for 30 Rock

I would like to point out my favorite part of the night, the dance with all the diferent series, I specially love the part of Mad Men, which did not take home any Emmy this year.

Actor in a drama series - Jeff Daniels for the Newsroom Actress in a drama series - Clare Danes for Homeland Supporting actor in a drama series - Bobby Cannavale for Boardwalk Empire
Read more at http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/127263/Emmy-Awards-2013-Breaking-Bad-Takes-Home-Drama-Prize-But-Loses-Out-On-Acting-Nods#H0ZGuFeJcOiyjqIR.99

miércoles, 18 de septiembre de 2013

Surface Tension Arcade Tables

If you liked the Nintendo controller table, you probably love the Surface Tension Arcade Tables too. You have 3 types where you can choose from dual, double 7 and arcade. They cost from $2000- $4000. You can buy them here. Depending on the model you choose, you get diferent especifications, for example in the cheaper one (Dual) you can only play games, while in the most expensive one (Arcane) you can play games, surf the web, listen to music, watch videos, has an output to HDTV and integrate Sonos.

List of Games:

The Arcane and Double 7 comes with these games but you can add more retro games if you want to.

Taito Legends
Battle Shark, Bubble Bobble, Colony 7, Continental Circus, Electric Yo-Yo, Elevator Action, Exzisus, Gladiator, Great Swordsman, Jungle Hunt, Ninja Kids, The New Zealand Story, Operation Thunderbolt, Operation Wolf, Phoenix, Plotting, Plump Pop, Rainbow Islands, Rastan, Return of the Invaders, Space Gun, Space Invaders, Space Invaders part 2, Super Qix, Thunderfox, Tokio, Tube It, Volfied, Zoo Keeper.

Taito Legends 2
Alpine Ski, Arabian Magic, Bonze Adventure, Cameltry, Chack'n Pop, Cleopatra Fortune, Crazy Balloon, Don Doko Don, Dungeon Magic, Elevator, Action Returns, The Fairyland Story, Football Champ, Front Line, Gekirindan, Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer, Growl, Gun Frontier, Insector X, KiKi KaiKai, Kuri Kinton, Legend of Kage, Liquid Kids, Lunar Rescue, Metal Black (video game), Nastar Warrior, Puchi Carat, Puzzle Bobble, Qix, Raimais, Space Invaders 95, Space Invaders DX, Super Space Invaders 91, Violence Fight, Wild Western, Bubble Symphony, Cadash, Pop'n Pop, RayForce.
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe
Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Gauntlet II, Spy Hunter II, XybotsTM, NARC, APB, Cyberball 2072, Timber, Total Carnage, Pit, Fighter, Wizard of Wor, Xenophobes, Primal Rage, Arch Rivals, Rampage World Tour, Kozmik Krooz’r, Championship Sprint, Hard Drivin’, Wacko, Badlands, Hydro Thunder, Off Road Thunder: Mud, Sweat 'N Gears, Race Drivin, San Francisco Rush the Rock: Alcatraz Edition, San Francisco Rush 2049, S.T.U.N. Runner, Super Off Road.
Atari Anniversary Edition
Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Black Widow, Centipede, Crystal Castles, Gravitar, Millipede, Missile Command, Pong, Super Breakout, Tempest, Warlords.

Arcane


Double 7


Dual

The Dual table comes with these games:

Ms Pac-Man, Galaga, Frogger, Donkey Kong, Donkey Junior, Donkey Kong 3, Galaxian, Dig Dug, Crush Roller, Mr. Do, Space Invaders, Pac Man, Galaga 3, Gyruss, Tank Battalion, 1942, Lady Bug, Burger Time, Mappy, Centipede, Millipede, JR Pacman, Pengo, Phoenix, Time Pilot, Super Cobra, Hustler, Space Panic, Super Breakout, New Rally X, Arkanoid, Qix, Juno First, Xevious, Mr. Do's Castle, Moon Cresta, Pinball Action, Scramble, Super Pacman, Bomb Jack, Shao-Lin's Road, King & Balloon, 1943, Van-Van Car, Pacman Plus, Dig Dug 2, Amidar, Zaxxon, Pooyan, Pleiads, Gun Smoke, The End, 1943 Kai, Congo Bongo, Jumping Jack, Ms Pac-Man (fast mode), Pac-Man (fast mode), Galaga (fast fire mode), Jr Pac-Man (fast mode), Pac-Man Plus (fast mode).

lunes, 16 de septiembre de 2013

Dragon Con 2013

Dragon Con 2013 that takes place every year in Atlanta, has gotten to an end. Here you can check out some of the best cosplays. The video was made by Youtuber user beatdownboogie. They have normally a lot of cosplays videos and geek related, they have some series of Mario warfare and Metal Gear Solid, if you see on the videos you will always see one dressed as Snake, who is in in most of the videos of this channel, you should check it out. The third video is from last year :). Some awesome cosplays.

viernes, 13 de septiembre de 2013

Geek clothes. Rooby Lane

It is always nice to see some geeky designers who do clothes for geek woman. In Etsy shop you can find Rooby Lane, where she can build you any corset you want with the geek fabric of your choice for about $200. I actually have done a corset myself and believe me for that amount of work it is worth the price, it took me about 3 months to finish it.

She has too pretty skirts with cool geek fabric that varies about $40-$70. Here you can see her Etsy shop and her stuff.

Here you can see some of my favorite stuff, but there is a lot more you can check out.

Lovely Star Trek corset

jueves, 12 de septiembre de 2013

Oculus Rift

One step closer to virtual world. For those who do not know what Oculus Rift is, it is a videogame console which allows the gamer to be inmersed in the first persons game. For example, when you move your head you are moving the camera too. Here you can see a picture:

The product is still yet on the developemnt stage, and you can adquire an Oculus Rift development set for $300 in their webpage. There are about 20,000 out there already and it is putting an end to what was thought as science "fiction".

If you want to see videos of the Oculus Rift in action, I have chosen some videos of youtuber Pewdiepie, to who I have referred to previously in my blog, playing horror games.

There are many games that would be created only for the Oculus Rift, and it has been said they are coming back some others like Resident Evil or Doom. It is been said too that they are going to develop sex games for the Oculus. What started as Leisure Suit Larry, is going to get a new whole level with this platform. Let's see how this keeps evolving.

miércoles, 11 de septiembre de 2013

Geek plushes

What would go perfect in your house with your geek space invader sofa? Or what are you missing in your house for it to be geeky perfect? Some geeky plushes. I found an Etsy shop (Heart Felt Design), where you can find the cutest geek plushes with a really wide range you can choose from. Each one costs around $30 and are all hand made, here you can see some of my favorite, they are so adorable I want all of them.

Harry Potter

Star Trek

Sherlock

Doctor Who, ( I love the tenth one)

Grumpy Cat

Firefly

Link and Zelda

Adorable aren't they? And they are so much more in her Etsy shop; you should check it out.

I want all of them, I think I will try and make one myself too and do a DIY video tutorial, cause they are made with felt, and I have loads left from an old project I did.

martes, 10 de septiembre de 2013

Blackmilkclothing now goes magic

I wrote about a month ago already about the wonderful geek clothes Blackmilkclothing has and I am happy to announce that not only do they have a Star Wars, LOTR (Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit), Mass Effect and Sesame Street collection, now they have a HARRY POTTER collection. Here you can see some of the designs. I want to buy something of my house (Ravenclaw).

lunes, 9 de septiembre de 2013

Geek bathroom

For a house to be good decorated, it muss be geekly decorated, even in the bathroom. And a bathroom would not be geeky enough without a good, geeky and fun shower curtain. You have probably seen before the shower curtain of "The Big Bang Theory", which you can buy here for 30$.

I must say though my favorite so far is this one:

Via Tumbler

This is, without doubt, my next shower curtain. You can use this design, to create your own curtain here. Actually there are so many different possibilities, cause you can use your own designs, but I would have never imagined for a better shower curtain than this one. It is just makes my dream of the perfect geek house closer.

sábado, 7 de septiembre de 2013

DIY chalkboard paint

If you like crafting, the chalkboard paint offers a lot of possibilites, and you can do some quite pretty awesome and original stuff. Here you can see some things you can create with chalkboard paint that I found in pinterest. Endless possibilities to a strong creativity.

You can buy chalkboard paint and spray in crafts stores, however in this video you can see how to make your own chalkboard paint:

Have fun!

jueves, 5 de septiembre de 2013

Organ Trail

Most of you know and have probably played the 70's adventure game Oregon Trail. For those who do not know the player assumes the role of a colonial who was to lead their covered wagon and his party of settlers from Missouri, to Oregon over the Oregon Trail in 1848. Even though it was released in 1971, due to the popularity of the game, there have been remakes for all kind of platforms including IOS smartphones, Android, Facebook and it is now availabe for Nintendo 3DS and Wii.
For those who have not played you can play the original game online here, it only requires a plugin and it is even recommended in their blog of their own website.
For those who have played and loved Oregon Trail, the zombie parody is here: Organ Trail. Copying the style of the first Oregon Trail, the recreated the game on a apocaplsis future where you have to take care over you and your friends against a Zombie horde.

It is entertaining and extremely fun, especially if you played the original Oregon Trail. A piece of art for the nostalgic retro gamers. You can purchase it in Steam for about 5€, available for Windows, Mac and Linux. A must play.

miércoles, 4 de septiembre de 2013

I fight dragons

For the ones of those who do not know the musical band I Fight Dragons, which is not the same as Imagine Dragons, they are getting out soon a new CD, which I would highly recommend you listen to. It may seem as a normal band at first, but they are certainly are not. They are a geek band. What I mean by that is not only that they are geek themselves and that the lyrics of the songs are geeeky, but they incorporate in their songs Game Boy sounds. Which I find totally cool, cause everybody knows that the 8-bit songs are the best ones.
Here you have some songs that you can listen too; videoclips are cool too.

If you wanna know more about them here is a link to his webpage, where you can see their shop too. They have some pretty awesome merchandising too. I would highly recommend the usb Dog Tag with the name of the band + full dischography for $50. I want to hear to the new CD already.

For the ones interested, I wanted to show you an interesting video of how to compose music with the Game Boy. Just to being able to say: "I made this song with my Game Boy" seems worth it.

The video was made by youtube andarugo, that too composes songs with Game Boy. In his channel you can see some of his gigs.

martes, 3 de septiembre de 2013

Mario and Luigi parkour

As a gamer, one of the games I played most, and I still play is Nintendo's little star: Mario. Who does not love Mario? After seeing the Assasins Creed parkour, I saw this awesome parkour video of Mario and Luigi, which looks like a 3-D real life gameplay. Not to mention a kick-ass metal version of the original Mario soundtrack (which you can download here), cool special effects and good cosplays.

It is just awesome, however I must say, next time they do this I hope they glue their hat on, cause I was just disturbed by all does hat's falling.

The parkourers are: Luigi (Ronnie Shalvis) and Mario (Christian Russell).

This video was uploaded by Youtube user Warialasky, where they have some other cool stuff related to videogames like Skyrim trailer and this real tetris trailer. Check them on Facebook or Twitter.