Author Archives: madmarv

About madmarv

Civil Engineer, CAD Geek, podcast junkie and amateur photographer.

Obi-wan & Qui-Gon vs Darth Maul – Multitrack A Capella

Found this in my G+ Stream today via J.C. Hutchins. Totally awesome geekyness. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZiLK4Rkj6k

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Crazy Awesome Timelapse Music Video

Cold Mailman – Time is of the essence. This is the most inspiring music video I’ve seen. If you think about what it took to film this you will be blown away by the amount of time it took first … Continue reading

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Advanced Strategy Guide: Hanging With Friends

It seems that my first Hanging With Friends strategy guide was popular with some of you. And thank you to all of you who have started a game with me. I’m at my limit now and I don’t think the … Continue reading

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Review: Green Lantern

I’ll admit that I was never really a Green Lantern fan when I was into comics.  My peer group had a certain thing for Marvel Comics and the X-men franchise.  I guess it was rather natural that we also had … Continue reading

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Review and Strategy Guide: Hanging with Friends

So I meant to write a review of Super 8, but I got distracted by this game that came out on the same day. Anyway, I’ll get to writing about that … soon … ish. If you’ve ever played Hangman … Continue reading

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Review: Trader’s Tales – Quarter Share

Some number of years ago a new medium for publishing stories made a splash on the Interwebs. You have most likely heard of it, podcasting. Releasing audio chapters a week-ish at a time became known as producing a podiobook. Arguably … Continue reading

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Time lapse of the Earth’s rotation

A new take on the old time lapse star scape video. The sky remains static and the ground rotates to show the movement of the Earh relative to the sky. If you were to project this on a wall, motion … Continue reading

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Review: Thor

Ok, I have to admit that I collected comics when I was in high school. Well, on this blog that may not be so much of an admission as a pre-requisite. Anyway, I was more of an X-men fan rather … Continue reading

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Review: Sucker Punch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIiYSdEe4E So coming out of the movie, I ran into a twitter friend of mine, @iamwhite. He summed up the movie this way: #Suckerpunch is a terrible, beautiful movie. The story is basically an excuse to string together as much … Continue reading

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RoboCop Speaks to Detroit

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/521706ecf7/robocop-speaks-to-detroit# I’ll by that for a dollar. Marv

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