Aliens! If Hollywood is to be believed, the US Airforce is the only hope we’ll have against a full-on extra-terrestrial invasion, although in recent years the evidence (well..Independence Day…) shows that they’d be ably backed up by Her Majesty’s forces. Well, not any more baby.
Today saw the MoD shut down that most vital area of national defence-UFO investigations! According to a spokesman for the RAF:
“There is no defence benefit in such investigation and it would be an inappropriate use of defence resources.”
After a half-decade in which bug-eyed space beasts have resolutely refused to appear in the skies over London, the ministry will instead focus its budget on more oil rich/important issues like blowing up most of the middle east, presumable handing over space defence to the Green Lantern Corps.
Well, it seems those fears of the impending Robot Apocalypse are unfounded, as our metallic pals will be far too busy takin’ it to the streets to worry about us poor fleshy humans.
Performing at Robo-Gate One in – where else? – Tokyo, Ryuki II, dancing to the song “Joyful, Ikimonogakari,” took on all comers with his super-sexy moves (by super-sexy, we mean ’spring loaded mecano epilepsy) while second place went to the excellent monikered Black Tiger Neo, performing to “Thriller”.
Anyone over the age of 25 probably remembers spending their formative years sitting up until 3am, relentlessly playing Doom on their dad’s pc and giving themselves strobe-induced CacoDaemon nightmares in the process. Fortunately this won’t be a problem for the next generation of gamers, thanks to creator Mike Hill and this super-kawaii MegaMan skin for Doom II
Obviously a man with an Arachnotron phobia, Hill has come up with possibly the most ridiculously cute mod of the decade –and only 15 years too late. ES is already polishing off its Super Shotgun for some adorable carnage.
Never let it be said that the Spectre is behind the times – at least according to this article in today’s Telegraph. Yep, no sooner do we suggest real life death match arenas-and get you to join in, than developers 2k wade in with Mystery World, taking a war-torn future Dubai as its setting.
Game backdrops include the Burj Dubai –complete with gaping hole, and a certain sail-shaped hotel – also with a mortar induced makeover. Electric Spectre of course frowns upon this type of rampant opportunism (although if the game’s a hit, we think we deserve a cut…).
Here in Britain, politics often consists of laclustre, grey little politicos making speeches full of promises they’ll never keep. Luckily the U.S voting machine likes to add a little more glamour to proceedings, as evidenced by this actual, real campaign video currently trying to nab your vote in Birmingham (way down in Alabam). Watch in awe and tell us you wouldn’t vote immortal space ninja!
