Monthly Archives: March 2011

Minecraft gets some official tees @ jinx.com

Posted on March 24, 2011 5:30 pm by lartens

There’s nothing like showing off appretiation for ones geekery, and officially supporting developers, so instead of buying a cheapo t shirt from taiwan, why not head on over to http://www.jinx.com/minecraft.aspx and snap up some official merch of minecraft. I know … Continue reading →

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Duke Nukem Forever Delayed (but not forever)

Posted on March 24, 2011 5:14 pm by lartens

It’s hardly surprising considering the number of years this sequel to Duke Nukem 3D has been in development hell. But alas the may 6th internaitonal release is now june 10th. Check the video below from Gearbox software, the developers of … Continue reading →

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Dead Island Screens Heat Up Debate

Posted on March 24, 2011 5:10 pm by bedgell

Dead Island fever continues to hot up a treat – but some early previewers are getting the cold sweats over the game’s direction. These new screens give us at Grig Towers the chills – in that lush, 1/8th-of-an-orgasm-sneeze kinda way … Continue reading →

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Sega America, rare swag on ebay proceeds to red cross charity

Posted on March 23, 2011 8:02 pm by lartens

Sega america are putting up some seriously rare items on ebay in order to help raise money for the red cross in light of the tsunami/earthquake dissaster that hit japan nearly 2 weeks ago. Items of exceptional note are the … Continue reading →

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Tax credits for R & D in the games industry. Great

Posted on March 23, 2011 7:15 pm by lartens

Now i have no idea about economics, politics and most things important to society, so when it says “tax credits” i have no idea what that means, but i know enough that something is better than nothing. This is the … Continue reading →

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The Lynx Effect gets Augmented

Posted on March 19, 2011 2:17 pm by lartens

Last week at London Victoria train station. Lynx, the body deodriant company, set up an augmented reality feed to one of the big screens in the station. Augemted reality is basically a super imposing image/data/video as an overlay to live … Continue reading →

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Veronica Belmont goes geocaching. Beware the muggles

Posted on March 19, 2011 1:15 am by lartens

We here at GrigOrig occasionally do some geocahing ourselves, and are sometimes beaten insane with the simple ones we just can’t find (hey Big B) hehe. Clearly what we need is to enlist the help of seasoned geocacher Lee Van … Continue reading →

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She call me Mr BomBastic say me fantastic

Posted on March 17, 2011 10:18 pm by lartens

Ok, so this post has nothing to do with shaggy and his 90’s hit, and yes its spelt wrong anyway. The point here is that certain web files for this site were saved using regular notepad on a windows machine, … Continue reading →

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Will the real mario please stand up

Posted on March 17, 2011 12:46 am by lartens

Mario – sxsw 2011 film bumper. Great little video of a different type of mario looking for princess peach story. Its got some humour and it’s linked with videogames and parody, so a must watch. Apparently this video was first … Continue reading →

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Video Nasties for Dear Old Bats

Posted on March 16, 2011 10:45 pm by bedgell

Well, the fun just keeps on coming. The new Batman game is looking like a peach – Batman: Arkham City has tranferred all of Gotham’s loons into a brand-spankers new complex that sprawls across the city like a big fat … Continue reading →

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