Cosplay Wig Tips
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 25, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections
Caution! Only cosplay professionals should put glue products near their hair:
DIY Game Design
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 24, 2006 in Videogames
If you’ve always dreamed about getting into real game design, here’s your chance! Enterbrain has created a program that allow you to roll your own RPG game, and it’s pretty low cost (only $65 or so):
RPG Maker XP
“Introducing RPG MAKER XP, the latest Windows entry in the RPG MAKER series that gives you the power to create your own original role-playing games. Its popular and highly user-friendly editor interface has been carried over from RPG MAKER 2000, and its graphic capabilities, battle screen layout, and data packaging features are better than ever. By popular demand, this latest installment also boasts a brand-new Scripting function. RPG MAKER XP is bound to satisfy beginners and experts alike.”
Be a Ghostbuster for Halloween
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 24, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections
A great howto guide, I love the level of detail put into the costume:
Be a Ghostbuster for Halloween!
“I thought this would be a great idea for Halloween (I love Halloween!) so in my usual over the top fashion I went, well – over the top. A buddy of mine wanted to do it as well. We tried to get his roommate into it too so we could have a third Ghostbuster but he didn’t think we’d be able to do it. He was wrong. 🙂
I made two complete packs, suits, belts and goggles in just over two weeks working mostly nights and weekends. I also made a ghost trap and pedal- it clips onto the belt just like in the movie. The guns come off the packs and the packs light up, as does the trap. I made two lighting circuits for each pack using a simple homemade 555 timer circuit, a few LED’s and 9v batteries. The trap weighs around six or seven pounds and the packs weigh about twenty- five pounds.”
A Pumpkin Computer
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 23, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections, Tech
Sure any fanboy can go into a store and buy an Apple computer, but it takes a bit of DIY to create a pumpkin computer:
We’ve made a pumpkin into a computer…
Ed Wood on the Walk of Fame
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 22, 2006 in Cinema
There’s now a new movement to give Ed Wood a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
How to help Ed Wood, Jr. join the pantheon of stars
on Hollywood Boulevard in 2008
Cylon Jack-O-Lantern
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 21, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections
It’s a pumpkin! It’s a Jack-o-lantern! It’s an electronics project! It’s… a Cylon!
A trick-or-treat for Battlestar Galactica fanboys:
Over 700 Marvel Comic Superheroes
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 21, 2006 in Comic Books
This directory has over 700 entries for Marvel Comic Superheroes:
The Film Crew
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 21, 2006 in Cinema, Television
If you loved Mystery Science Theater 3000 you’ll like this:
“Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 rejoice! Three of MST3K’s writer/characters — Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy — have started a new venture: The Film Crew. The Film Crew has been entrusted with a very important mission: providing commentary tracks for every movie that doesn’t have one. Typically, they’ve chosen to start at the bottom of the barrel, and now you get to vote on which B-movie will get the Film Crew treatment on DVD first.”
Pacman Undies
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 20, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections
Because deep-down-inside every fanboy wants Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde on their undies:
Nintendo Pacman – Usual Suspects
…and of course you can use this pair to impress and/or scare off potential dates:
At the Mountains of Madness
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 20, 2006 in Pulp Fiction
“Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Hellboy” Director Guillermo del Toro says one of his future projects will be to bring horror master H.P. Lovecraft’s classic tale of existential Antarctic dread, “At the Mountains of Madness”, to the screen:
Del Toro to do Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness
Stargate Lego
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 20, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections
This is amazing, it even has motors in it:
“This rotating Stargate is 19 inches tall with light-up chevrons. An RCX drives a treadmill, which spins the inner ring randomly for x seconds, then reverses direction, seven times. Won best medium space award and best brick mod at BrickFest 2005.”
Steampunk Laptop
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 19, 2006 in Hobbies and Collections, Tech
A Victorian looking laptop from a Japanese website:
Cover Browser
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 19, 2006 in Comic Books
If you’re a comic book loving fanboy I think you’re going to like this website:
Cover Browser: Explore Comic Book Covers
“Created in 2006, Cover Browser displays galleries of comic book covers for comic book fans like myself to explore & enjoy (there’s also links to find out more about individual comics or to buy them). At the moment, there are 6,541 covers available.”
Virtual Apple ][
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 18, 2006 in Videogames
This is an old-school gamers dream come true! Some folks have created an online emulation of the Apple ][ and the Apple ][ GS. The only catch is that you have to have Windows and use Internet Explorer for your browser, but if you can get past that they have dozens of great old school games online:
![Virtual Apple ][](http://www.fanboy.com/archive-images/virtual-apple-2.jpg)
Spiderman 3 Trailer
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 17, 2006 in Comic Books
Here is the latest Spidy saga teaser:
World War I Sketchbook
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 17, 2006 in Comic Books
This is an amazing online exhibition of sketches, many of which have an editorial cartoon look to them. It’s amazing first hand look at the “war to end all wars”:
JM’s World War One Sketchbook
1917-1918
“The images presented on this website are from a set of two World War One sketchbooks archived in the University of Victoria’s Special Collections Library. They contain approximately 130 water-colour and pen and ink images which were produced by a British soldier based in France and Belgium between 1917 and 1918.”
The Hunt for Shatner
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 16, 2006 in Star Trek
One fanboy sets out to attempt to interview William Shatner:
Planeta Pluton
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 16, 2006 in Videogames
This is a Japanese astronomy themed game! It’s more fun to play if you don’t quite understand what’s going on:
Horror Halloween Icons
Posted by Michael Pinto on Oct 16, 2006 in Horror
Some fanboy decor for your desktop:
Bride of Macabre Icons
by Gedeon Maheux
