50 Percent More Ninja

A lot of tweeters on Tom Watson’s feed have been saying that they’ve voted for Ken Livingstone in the London Mayoral contest whilst holding their noses. Look, if you don’t want to vote for Boris Johnson because you believe that he’ll do nothing for London then that’s fine. But if you then vote for Ken whilst wearing a grimace on your face then that’s simply a lack of political conviction. If you can’t vote for either then vote for one of the other candidates, and if none of them tickle your fancy then don’t vote at all. The politicians parroting “a non-vote or spoiled vote is a wasted vote” is just a scam to make sure that you keep any of them in power by making you – the voter – feel disenfranchised and voting for anyone. In these times, turning up at the Polling Station and going away without making your mark is as good a sign of your feelings as any. Even better if there’s a news camera crew outside and ask how you voted. Be honest and say that you haven’t voted because none of the bastards were worth it.

Worse, if you voted for any candidate not because of their political beliefs or leanings but just because you didn’t want the other side to win, then you are the very definition of a sore loser.

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Dragon Babies…

by Sarah on March 15, 2012

My lack of blogging has been nothing short of .. well it’s been nothing. I haven’t done any! So time for a bit of guerilla posting.

Dragons!

Dragons

I’m working this up in Manga Studio 4, so expect an update some time around Christmas … :-/

In other news. I had a windfall just before Christmas, and the flat is now home to this bad boy:

Yes, I did an unboxing video, no I haven’t uploaded it yet.

Yes I love it, so.. so much.

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Whodunnit?

January 22, 2012
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The latest series of Sherlock has just finished it’s run on BBC1 and got everyone abuzz with how Sherlock faked his death. Lots of theories and bullshit about masks, the H.O.U.N.D. drug and fake bodies being thrown from the rooftop of St.Barts. The probable truth is, as Jim Moriarty would say, a lot simpler. Holmes [...]

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Wot the Dickens!

January 18, 2012
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Some time ago, when Ninja Beaver was first starting out, we were asked to pitch for a re-branding of the novels of Charles Dickens. This would involve creating covers and a logo that would bring the ideas of Dickens into the modern era but also show how nothing in society had changed. Ultimately nothing came [...]

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Books of the Year 2011

December 4, 2011
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It’s December! That means it’s Top Whatever and wall-to-wall list shows on television, digital and print media. Not wanting to be left out and believing that my views are just as important as anyone on the Internet, here’s my best of the comics world in 2011. All the selected are graphic novels, whether collected or [...]

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Team Ninja!

October 1, 2011
Team Ninja

Just to prove, despite my rantings on twitter yesterday, we do allow the Ninja Beaver out to play for some people! We’re exceptionally proud that the Ninja Beaver is making himself known in the Ladies Summer Hockey League in Canada, and the team finished second up over all. Well done!

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Mercury Hg

September 30, 2011
Mercury Hg

It was with surprise, and a little glee, that we noticed that a game I worked on in the concept and pitch phase was available for download on the PS3 this week. Yes I usually am the last to know. Mercury Hg is a physics puzzle game, in which you have to steer your little [...]

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WANT

September 17, 2011
Cintiq 24 HD

..and also NEED!

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