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In Memory of Mitch Thorne 1950-1995 [With Footage]
After we wrote about his role in the short-lived Give Me Head special FX department, we received an anonymous email from somebody who claimed to have been close to Mitch Thorne before he sadly passed. While we can’t identify this person, the information they provided to us checks out, and so we are very grateful…
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Cyberian Retro Futuristic Tech and Gadgets #3 Cybervenom
In such a tech-rich genre as cyberpunk, where everyone is permanently staring at digital monitor screens and committing petty crimes, the Give Me Head team needed to get it right otherwise the whole project would sink. They all agreed that tech implants, personal computers (otherwise known as Ubercomputers in this universe), hackers and mercenary warbots…
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Cyberian Retro Futuristic Tech and Gadgets #2 The Ubercomputer [With Footage]
Another invention that the tech and gadgets team worked on was the Ubercomputer. Back in the summer of ’88, big things were happening in the computing world. The legendary Amiga 500 was ruining the social lives of adults and their children; Windows 2.0 had been released the year before, indicating just how much computers were…
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Cyberian Retro Futuristic Tech and Gadgets #1 The Skanna [With Footage]
A classic example of the Give Me Head employment strategy would begin with suddenly realising that such a monumental television series required specialist knowledge (for example futuristic technology design). CEO Cassidy would tell everyone to assign a “top team of titties” to it. Regardless of talent, specialist area (if applicable) or ability, the people who…
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Neon Nights in Cyberia: The Video Game That Nearly Caused a Mass Shooting
By mid-July the team was still on a high–both metaphorically and literally. CEO Lawrence Cassidy had spent a little over half of his inheritance in two and a half months (with approximately half of that spent on Rayful Edmond’s cocaine). Cassidy wasn’t really counting because he was incapable of it. For him, reality had turned…
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Cyberia Collectors’ Card #30 Unhinged Maurice
“I’m not risking it, but I think I’m immortal.” –Unhinged Maurice District: Megacorp Valley Occupation: Leader of The Bombay Butchers; a prosperous criminal gang who can do whatever they please. Maurice’s laundrette is used as a front shop for all of The Butchers’ illegal operations. Maurice is both professional and brutal in equal measure. The…
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Cyberia Collectors’ Card #29 Alberto
“If you want the best crystal pizza in Cyberia then I can get it to you in less than half an hour during off-peak hours. If you want to quit forever then I’m here to talk.” –Alberto District: Little Amsterdam Occupation: Gunther’s drug mule. Alberto used to be a crystal sewer rat, wallowing in nocturnal…
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Cyberia Collectors’ Card #28 Froggy
“I don’t like the smell of your hard drive.” –Froggy District: Megacorp Valley Occupation: Elite hacker and cyber security for the Megacorp Viv Bastard. Froggy is a genius hacker on the verge of becoming a former genius hacker. He can gain access to anywhere he likes in The Cyberspace which is a wasted talent because he…
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Cyberia Collectors’ Card #27 Brutus
“Shoot first, serve later is the motto I live by. Especially when I’m off duty.” –Brutus District: Megacorp Valley Occupation: Cyberpig. Brutus is one of the biggest bastards in Cyberia wearing a police uniform, pretending to be a cop. He’s really just a good old fashioned misanthrope who munches lots of crystal pizza on the…
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Cyberia Collectors’ Card #26 Irene
“I know I’m sexy to the average Sap, but I ain’t no sexbot.” -Irene District: The Pleasure Strip Occupation: Nightclub flirt. Irene is another employee of the Hanz empire. In an unashamedly sexist way, her job is to flirt with idiot metropunks and ask them to buy her a drink. If she hits the jackpot…
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