The Voodoo knife block is aptly named. It is basically a typical knife block in which you can keep your sharp knives so you don’t have to dangerously leave them lying around the place. It is neatly crafted into the shape of a leaning bald person (I can’t assume it’s a man but it’s most likely).

It is made from the highest quality plastics and is available in either red, black or chrome effect which in my opinion is the most stylish. Red is just violence for the sake of violence in all honesty.

The knife block comes complete with a set of razor sharp knives which are best kept stabbed through the knife block rather than anything else. It’s as close as you’re going to come to a designer knife block and would look great in any modern kitchen.

For safety reasons the knives are magnetically held in place and there are plastic covers which should be applied when the knives are not in use.

It really is a great companion for anyone who gets lonely in the kitchen and would love to have a voodoo afflicted piece of modern art stood on the kitchen worktop, the Voodoo Knife Block is also extremely functional!

They also do allot of cool spy gadgets so I have picked you out my personal 3 favourites:

The spy pen video camera they recently covered is a bit of pure genius. It is small and can record audio as well as video making a really nice piece of covert kit.

Walkie Talkie Watches! I could not believe it either. And they are not like a phone stuck to your wrist with tape. They looks small enough to be inconspicuous and have a 3 mile range! A-mazing.

A Voice Recording Watch is nothing new, but the one they featured looks like a really nice watch, not like the usual 80s plastic digital crap you usually fined.

So if you like gadgets and you are a man, then I am pretty sure you will like this sight and if you know any other cool gadget sights then please feel free to let me know and I will check them out.

Hear are 3 game covers arts from the golden ages of, the NES, or Nintendo Entertainment System for you youngens. They have all taken a different tack on the style of the cover but all convey very well what the game is about. Mega Man is like a can of white paint, it does exactly what is says on the tin. By looking at the game art you know you are going to be playing a boy with a big gun for an arm that he shoots at robots in an effort to get to the old man boss. Simple formula.

Final Fantasy has a completely different spin. It does not really tell you anything about the game you are about to embark on but it looks interesting and poses questions that you want to fined the answers out to. Questions like What is that floating castle, what is that floating eyeball thing and why do I need an 84 page handbook?










Finally Castle Vania 3 Dracula’s Curse (the best one). This cover has loads of stuff going on that just makes the cover look super exciting as your eye has allot of action to look at.

So now nearly 20 years since the release of the NES the formula for game art must have changed, right? Well hear are 3 more games taken from the machine of the minuet, the xbox 360. All three games have again taken a very different tack on there game art but all have very strong covers. Sonic the hedgehog could not be clearer. By the cover you can see that you are going to be playing a big blue running hedgehog, but if you did not know that already you need to get out a bit more.

Left 4 Dead poses more questions than it answers. Questions like, where is his thumb and how come he never married. But this is a very striking cover in its own right and again makes you want to play the game to fined out more.

Finally, Grand Theft Auto. A busy cover with lots of images of different exciting things. It does not make it clear what you will be doing in the game but again, you know it will be bad ass!

So in summery, I personally think that Game’s Cover Art is very important in defining the identity of the game. It can be made up in many different ways but they should all invoke that excited feeling when viewed… or maybe that’s just me…

This post was part of Gamer Banter, a monthly video game discussion coordinated by Terry at Game Couch. If you’re interested in being part of this, please email him for details.

Man Fat: How Important Is A Game’s Cover Art?

If you hate chavs, but love watching stupid people hurt themselves then you will love this…

The Stupid Chav Monkey award 2010.

Hello folks and welcome to the first “Stupid Chav Monkey Awards”. This is where you get to see the worst side of society (chavs) doing their typical chavvy activites with sometimes hilarious and painful results. The awards today are all based around one particular children’s toy. Lets see if you can guess what that toy is from these three crafty clues:

1. This piece of playground equipment is aimed at the 3 – 7 year old market and brings happiness to children all around the world.

2. It offers an exciting ride experience that makes you feel dizzy.

3. Most children refer to it as the big spinny disk or roundabout.

Yes, well done you guessed it. For those of you who didn’t it is infact “the Roundabout”. This is normally a piece of play park equipment that you can sit on and when pushed, spins you round at a pleasing pace bringing on a dizzy sensetion. Normally this is one of the safest places within a play park… until you let stupid people get on them. Step in the stupid chav monkeys. What could stupid chavs do with this harmless merriment? Well we have 6 contenders below all applying for the honour of being crowned the 1st ever (and maybe last depending on the feedback and law suites) Stupidest Chave Monkey 2010 Roundabout award. How do we know who is the winner? Well once you have watched all the contenders below simply leave a comment at the bottom of the post with who you think should win and maybe a little bit on why. Once all the votes have been counted I will…. do something with them… maybe. Anyway lets jump straight into the fun

Contestant number 1 likes shopping for bright shorts and working out his neck muscles:

Contestant number 2 loves smiling at cameras and takes any oppertunity to show off his break dancing skills, as shown towards the end of his clip:

Contestant number 3 is interested in novilty headwear and says he tryes to live life on the edge.

Contestant number 4 is actually a tag team of two young fillies. These girls do everything together and both dream of one day being able to fly.

Contestant number 5 likes fags (thats a cigaret for you yanks) and comes all the way from some other country.

And finally, contestant number 6 enjoys nothing more than showing off his superman impression.

Aghhhh ha ha ha… HA HA HA HA HA… its funny because it looked like it really hurt.. ha ha ha… aghhhhh.. If you think you have a winner please leave a comment and if you want others to share this sinless joy please >.