I’m a great big fan of Jonathan Coulton’s Code Monkey. In fact, it may now be banned from the work Spotify list due to overplay. So when news of a Kickstarter to turn Code Monkey into a comic book came to me I had to track the details down. It’s a partnership between writer Greg [...]
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The sound of Oblivion
I don’t think there are any real spoilers here – but if you’re super cautious, avoid until you’ve seen the film Oblivion. If you’ve seen the film Oblivion then this feature will make. How do you soundscape a world after a nuclear war? This video touches on the sound those pesky drones made, through to [...]
Clever Kickstarter: music for RPG background loops
[Back this Campaign] Some of my roleplaying game sessions make heavy use of music. I like to use it when I GM. It’s a challenge to find it though – first I look for movie or game scores as any singing tends to disrupt the game. The advantage computer game scores have over movie scores [...]
Pogo’s Roarcraft – a World of Warcraft remix
The musical wizard Pogo has been featured before on Geek Native; one Skynet song, Murmurs of Middle Earth and the slightly less geeky but perhaps my favourite the Up remix Upular. The great thing about Roarcraft is that it’s Pogo at his Upular best while picking a subject, World of Warcraft, that’s as a geeky [...]
The Axis of Awesome channel nerd anger with “Rage of Thrones”
Not Safe for Work lyrics. Unless your work is cool. The Axis of Awesome channel righteous nerd rage with this Game of Thrones “tribute” song. I think tribute is the right word. I’ve seen this played life and, I must say, it’s a lot less angry. They must have to practise that or perhaps the [...]
Mutant Chronicles RPG makes a return
Already busy with a super successful Kickstarter project for Achtung! Cthulhu, British based Modiphius have announced Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry. This will be the 3rd edition, a complete re-write of the 2nd edition, that’ll use d20s with a new approach to the system. The first release, due in Autumn 2013, is Mutant Chronicles: Dark Symmetry [...]
Harp Twins cover Doctor Who
Fan of the Harp Twins? In the past they’ve covered Game of Thrones, Zelda and plenty of other popular geek tunes.
Wicked Fantasy to rewrite classic fantasy races
[Back this Campaign] John Wick’s Wicked Fantasy is a suppliment for the Pathfinder RPG that promises to revive the classic fantasy races. In the pitch video Wick explains they took each of the classic fantasy races, worked out what makes them special and then ramps that aspect up to 11. I’ve lots of sympathy for [...]
Kobolds Ate My Baby … the musical
Did you think someone would take Kobolds At My Baby and turn it into a musical? Into a loud, cheese rock, style musical? Well, for better or for worse, it has happened. The fact that there’s a Kickstarter, by 9th Level Games, for Kobolds Ate My Baby in Colour might have something to do with [...]
Just what is Marvel’s Project Gamma?
At the achingly hip SXSW (South by South West) conference that merges tech with anyone else who might be interested Marvel announced Project Gamma. In summary; it’s music that plays along with your comics. It’s a little more complex than it appears at first. Normally the way to assign music to comics would be to [...]
