Victorian urinal is Britain’s ugliest listed building
Victorian “Pissoir” in Devon, UK Locals have called it “the Ugliest Listed Building in the UK” and it’s one of 5 remaining public urinals from the Victorian era. Originally designed and built by George...
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Elliot Marbles by Linnaeus Tripe At Bonhams: Rare Victorian “Photographs of the Elliot Marbles” Fine Books & Collections Magazine A rare copy of Photographs of the Elliot Marbles by the Victorian...
View ArticleOctopus turns the lens on the photographer
The camera took these shots as it tumbled around in the tentacles of the Octopus The Octopus never fails to amaze me. When it’s not predicting sportsing results, providing light for a steampunk lamp or...
View ArticleWhat does steampunk mean to you?
I recently posted an article about the rules of steampunk and how there’s more and more versions of what steampunk is. This can be quite confusing for the newcomer to steampunk and even more so if the...
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Lord Dufferin, back row in the top hat. The Lost Imperialist review: the first Victorian celebrity Irish Times “He is I suppose the most popular man in Europe, but what a bore it must be, having to...
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Givenchy autumn/winter 2015 collection Photo: Isidore Montag Riccardo Tisci seduces with Victorian-inspired clothes at Givenchy Telegraph.co.uk It’s deeply revealing, probably, that so many designers...
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photo credit: Tumblr Local Cosplayer in international contest WJXT Jacksonville Fred Reed turned heads at DragonCon when he walked in wearing a steampunk Bender (from Futurama) costume, and it’s that...
View ArticleGSN greenlights steampunk TV show
The Game Show Network (GSN) has given the green light to a new series that sees contestants making objects with a steampunk theme. According to tvmediainsights.com, the show will celebrate steampunk...
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photo by Gina Michel TCG Exhibit “Fire and Water,” March 25-April 19 Topanga Messenger For those not familiar with the term, “steampunk,” it began as a sub-genre of science fiction and fantasy...
View ArticleCode Name S.T.E.A.M comes to Nintendo 3DS
Code Name S.T.E.A.M logo In video game news; Code Name: S.T.E.A.M is a turn based strategy game set in a fictional steampunk London. You play as Henry Fleming (from the book “The Red Badge of...
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PERRIS: Steam punk festival chugs into OERM Press-Enterprise John and Terry Wold of Riverside, who attended last year’s Steampunk Carnivale, are fans of Steam Powered Giraffe. They said the band...
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The Order: 1886 ‘The Order: 1886′ is a disappointing, short, linear trip to Victorian London mySanAntonio.com Set in an alternate reality of Victorian London, the game exudes cool. But a couple of...
View ArticleThe eccentric, prolific, multi-talented and forever interesting Victorian...
View image | gettyimages.com What is it about those Victorian Gentlemen that kept them so busy, doing so many things in their life that makes fast, modern day living look as though we’re going in slow...
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View image | gettyimages.com In The Neighborhood: Steampunk Stomp 2015 4CornersTV Leisha Lawson, Powerhouse Science Center Employee: “So this is the Powerhouse Science Center 4th annual Steampunk...
View ArticleSteven Moffat confirms Sherlock will be set in Victorian London
Chinatown, London. Benedict Cumberbatch during filming of Sherlock. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I reported last February that images of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman wearing what looked like...
View ArticleNew League of S.T.E.A.M episode announced
Eye of Odin at Web Series Unplugged March 17th, 2015 - We are excited to announce the premiere of the newest episode of The Adventures of the League of S.T.E.A.M. web series will be showcased at Web...
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Magic Leap’s new Augmented Reality game incorporates steampunk inspired weaponary Magic Leap just revealed an augmented reality steampunk shooter The Verge The game in the video bears the branding of...
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ET Canada Arisa Cox Takes Viewers On A Tour Of ‘Big Brother Canada’s Awesome New Steampunk House ETCanada.com (blog) Steampunk, describes Arisa, “is this romantic vision of the future but set in the...
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View image | gettyimages.com Space pirates and steampunk vampires take over the Convention Center in South Mississippi SunHerald.com They were dressed as steampunk vampires, space pirates and...
View ArticleMagic Leap unveils new Augment Reality software which features a steampunk...
The intro page to Dr Grordbort’s Victory game You may have seen the trailer video for Magic Leap’s new system which incorporates Augmented Reality that places a virtual desktop over a real landscape....
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