Gordon Brown in the duck house

Have you seen our new Paddy Power press ad featuring Gordon Brown? It appeared in the Daily Telegraph’s ‘The Complete Expenses Files’ on the inside back page.

We had a lot of fun putting Brown in the duck house, but we’re not alone in comping the PMs face into humorous situations. The web is now full of budding political commentators making the most of their Photoshop skills to send Brown the message he doesn’t want to hear.

Here is a selection of the best. Enjoy.

No thanks Gordon

So the government wants access to Facebook because it claims terrorists might be using it. I just think Gordon Brown wants the biggest list of friends on Facebook so he can pretend people like him. He won’t be getting a hug from me.

Last FM on iPhone

I’ve invented a fun new game that you can play with your friends called Last FM Charades. I tried it out on some chums this New Years Eve after a few ales and it went down well. It’s best played with an iPhone 3G loaded up with the free Last FM app. It helps if you’re already familiar with the rules of Charades (although not knowing can add to the hilarity).

To start, simply create a new station on Last FM. We went for an 80’s theme. This worked well for us because although we grew up in the era of big hair, our collective musical memory had enough gaps to keep it fresh, and the cheesy nostalgia added to the entertainment.

Then take it in turns to take the stage with the iPhone, play the next track (without letting anyone else see the track details), and proceed to act out the title of the song. If you successfully mime it before the title is sung, you can pass to the next person. If the title is sung on the iPhone before the others guess, or they just guess it straight away from the first few notes, you have to stay on and do the next track until you’re successful.

You can play this with an ordinary iPod and dock set to shuffle, although the owner will always have a slightly unfair advantage and you’re limited to the music on that iPod.

I’ll never forget Lucy’s impression of Paris for ‘The Paris Match’ by The Style Council…so next time you have friends round to your place, treat them to Last FM Charades and let me now how you get on!

Photoshop appears to have gone back to basics after someone created a real life version of Photoshop. Click on the link for a larger photo and zoom into all the tool bars. It’s genius!

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I was introduced to a slightly disturbing and very interesting game last week. PAIN for the PS3 has been out a while now but I had never seen it.

The basic concept of the game is to pick one of the many selectable characters, stick them in a catapult and fire them into a large city environment attempting to cause them as much “pain” as possible.

Characters can get hit by buses, trains, take out other people, go through windows or just trigger various explosions. All you have to do is keep their momentum going hoping they get hit by something else!

I think the idea is brilliant and it’s extremely addictive but as you play it, it just seems a little bit wrong and sadistic!

check it out on youtube: PAIN video

Now I love Lego as much as the next big kid, but does the world really need a Lego version of Amy Winehouse?

To mark their 30th anniversary a host of celebs have been imortalised in Lego. Other celebrities to join Amy are Madonna, Posh and Becks, Good old Sir Cliff and the whole cast of X factor!

Now they look pretty good and you can now create you own version of Celebrity Big Brother, but they’ll never be a cool as a Lego Millennium Falcon!