There’s a trick computer games do to create a 3D effect. They take a 2D map and characters and rotate the image until a corner of the rectangle points at you. It’s a way to suggest a depth in perception that isn’t there and is sometimes called two-and-a-half-D or fake 3D. This is the trick […]
Rule 63 Cosplays from the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
There are always plenty of great cosplayers at Comic Con, but some of the most fun are those highlighting Rule 63 (that for every pop culture character, there is another version of the opposite gender). This year was no exception and some of the best costumes at the entire convention were those featuring a gender […]
Vice Press with limited The Prisoner poster
It’s 50 years since The Prisoner first aired in the US. Vice Press have an official license to mark the occasion and have teamed up with the famous poster artist Paul Mann to do so. The Prisoner poster will be hand numbered and restricted to just 50. The poster will be on 50cm by 70cm, […]
Netflix gives us a proper Disenchantment trailer
Princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson), a small green elf (Nat Faxon) and a personal demon (Eric Andre) are the trilogy that makes up the core of Netflix’s new Disenchantment. That’s right, after travelling to the future for Futurama, Matt Groening’s next animated series goes back in time and to a mediaeval fantasy past. Netflix bought two […]
The evil GM Viking skull mug
Picture the scene. You’re sitting behind your DM screen as your players arrive ready for tonight’s gaming session. They’ve already learnt that if you’ve spooky music playing that it means they’re in for a spooky session. What can you do before play even starts to make them worry about deadly combat coming their way? Easy. […]
The Simpsons sofa in a half-dozen conflicting contemporary styles
Last year HomeAdvisor had a ‘viral’ hit with a blog post that showed the Simpsons House in eight popular architectural styles. Design blogs lapped it up. This year the company is back with another Simspons themed marketing effort. Sadly, we don’t get illustrations this time and make do with reality. The team put together the […]
White Wolf’s new rules ban Nazi symbols, trolls and upsetting people
White Wolf have published new rules of conduct for their World of Darkness site. You may not rile up anyone with your posts, you may not troll, and you may not depict Nazi propaganda. You’ll be forgiven for wondering if this sounds a bit vague and sweeping. After all, you don’t always know what will […]
Geeks more likely to pester authors
Surprised? Geek Native’s research suggests geeks are 50% more likely to pester authors and encourage them to finish the next book in a series. Let’s rewind and look how we got to those stats. Our methodology would not pass scientific scrutiny but hopefully is robust enough to be a talking point. This month we had […]
These Fallout collector prints are incredible
We recently looked at a geeky poster collection tucked away in the etailer Zavvi. So what might we find when we look at a poster specialist like GB Posters? In particular, GB Posters recently launched a Fallout section fresh with Fallout 76 goodies. Let’s take a look there. Fallout 4 Farming Robot collector print [Show […]
This Snorlax giant is 50% bigger than the market leader
Think Geek currently have the Snorlax beanbag crown. Their model is 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Etsy retailer call this design sleeping monster bean bag. [I need this] I’m going to call the design ‘Snorlax’ because that’s what it reminds me. Does it look similar to you? We don’t have the exact dimensions […]