Harry Potter Fragrance Oil makes you smell like Harry

Do you want to smell like Harry Potter? The Harry Potter Fragrance Oil is meant to capture the character of Harry Potter with the scent of firebolt birchwood, dragon's blood, and the slightest hint of treacle tart and butterbeer. If smelling like Harry is not your thing, then try the Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall and Albus Dumbldore Fragrance Oil instead.

Co-opoly is a Board Game of Cooperatives

Designed for the growing cooperative movement, Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives is an educational game where everyone wins – or everybody loses.  In the game, players must collaborate to start and run a democratic business. Players make tough choices regarding big and small challenges while putting their teamwork abilities to the test.

Game of Thrones: IZ Reloaded seizes the Iron Throne

So I seized the Iron Throne at the Game of Thrones preview screening by HBO Asia. I know. I look like a king! You can view photos of the bloggers, journalists and guests at the screening over at HBO Asia's yfrog page.

Game Of Thrones is a brand new HBO Original Series based on George R. R. Martin's best selling "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels. The show focuses on seven noble families as they fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. It's like "The Sopranos in Middle-earth".

The Hollywood Reporter has a good review: "Game of Thrones has all the elements that lure viewers to shows like The Sopranos, et al. That it’s a fantasy series shouldn’t scare anyone away, because – like Lord of the Rings – there’s a real allure to costume-dramas that pair dense mythology with all of the crowd-pleasing elements of war, honor, pride, lust, power and, yes, even humor. Thrones has all of those in spades and supports them with exceptional storytelling, strong writing, superb acting and some stunning visual effects."

Game of Thrones premieres Aug 28, 10pm on HBO Asia.

Previously: HBO Asia sends Lemon Cake ingredients as invite to the Preview of Game Of Thrones

Revolights aim to make a revolution in bicycle lighting

All you bikers will love this revolutionary bicycle lighting system. Revolights consist of 2 thin profile LED rings (white in front, red in back) that mount directly to each wheel rim. Revolights provide 360 degrees visibility. Once the wheels move, the Revolights project the light forward and backward, providing increased visibility when you're on the road.

Lesser known Star Wars characters shine in plasticine

Elliot Quince selected random characters from Star Wars for his  Plasticine Tattooine book.  He says: "I  imagine how bitter they must have been at not making it big, how badly they were treated on set or how cruelly their lives have panned out since the movies were released. Oh, and just to make sure the project really was unique, I decided to make all of the characters out of plasticine!"

iTableous is a huge iPhone table prototype with no multi-touch

Imagine the iPhone 4 made into a table. That's the iTableous, the idea of Benjamin Bachmeier. His iTableous has Full HD TV reception via DVB-T, an integrated DVD player, a mini-ITX board with dual boot option (OSX SL and Win 7), a 4 +1 sound system, a HD-cam and much more but unfortunately, no multi-touch. It's ok. I want one for my living room!

Twi’lek lady flirts with Darth Vader with deadly consequences

Dreaming of the Dark Side is a photo editorial about a girl dreaming of Darth Vader. Check out the photos. The first few look like they could be taken from a scene in some Star Wars porn film. Poor twi’lek lady shouldn't be flirting with Darth Vader. Thankfully, it's a just a dream.

Cybertex sci-fi wear makes you look exo-weird

Made from lightweight aluminum and ABS plastic, the Exo-Boot by Cybertex clips onto your knee high, or calf-high boots with at least two inches of heel and toe rubber. Wear the boots and you'll immediately impress your friends thinking that you have exo-legs. And if that's not enough, there's a range of accessories to make you look even more sci-fi weird.

Samurai Darth Vader painting by Vico Ngai

I love this painting done by Victo Ngai, a New York based award-winning illustrator form Hong Kong. It's an old school Japanese style painting of Darth Vader clad in samurai gear with a lightsaber, fighting what looks like a very small man.

(Thanks Ronnie)

District 9 rifle and other realistic sci-fi and steampunk guns

Johnson Arms specializes in military, sci-fi and steampunk style guns. This is his District 9 Style Rifle Prop: "The foam dart tagger gun in description is as close to what you will receive as possible. They are all hand painted by only myself. Each gun takes about one to two weeks to complete with multiple sandings and paintings." You can buy his guns here.

HBO Asia sends Lemon Cake ingredients as invite to the Preview of Game Of Thrones

Last week, I received a very unusual package from HBO Asia as part of their invite to the preview screening of Game Of Thrones which will take place on 18 August at ION Sky. Games Of Thrones  is a brand new HBO Original Series based on George R. R. Martin's best selling "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels. Game Of Thrones premieres Aug 28, 10pm on HBO Asia.



HBO Asia sent me four essential ingredients for Westeros' famous lemon cakes. The lemon cake is a popular delicacy in the story of Game of Thrones, especially with the children. Each ingredient comes with its own piece of puzzle card.



The first ingredient is a packet of flour. It also comes with a frame that you can use to piece together all the four puzzle cards to get the complete message.



The second ingredient is the sugar.



The third ingredient is a lemon. They also sent me a real lemon cake!



The fourth and final ingredient is the eggs. You can't make a lemon cake without the eggs.



Here are all the four puzzle cards.



Combine them all together, and this is what you get. Like I said, what an unusual way to invite someone to an event but it works! Well done, HBO Asia. See you guys at the Preview.