Netflix’s Castlevania series launches this week. If you’ve not played the game you’ve probably heard about it as there’s quite a history to the series. In this 10 minute video the Distractotron team walk us through the first appearance of the title, from its translated Japanese name, and how it ended up being called Castlevania. […]
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In this archive, you'll find Andrew Girdwood's recent work on Console, Geek Stuff, and Comics.
Superhero Week: 3pm launch! The Spider Special Box
[Show me more] Zavvi are launching at 3pm today a limited edition ‘Spider Zbox’ in conjunction with the release of Spider-man Homecoming in cinemas. In fact, they’re even letting you pre-order your Homecoming Blu-ray, 4K or steelbook now if you want. The Spider Zbox will have 5-7 items and they’ve given us the nod they’re […]
Superhero Week: Free comic – Epoch 1
This week you can grab Top Cow’s Epoch 1 for free from DriveThruComics. Epoch comes from Paolo Pantalena and Red Sonja writer Kevin McCarthy. It follows a NYDP dectective as he investigates a murder that ends up shredding the world as he knows it. He has to explore his supernatural heritage and deal with being […]
Superhero Week: Heroic jetpack backpack!
Did you ever just wish the kids would hurry up? Now you can help them along by suppling them with their very own jetpack backpack! [Buy one here] This clever design is the work of British talent Andy Mason. Mason works for Suck UK, a site brimming with gift ideas, and has habit of turning […]
Superhero Week: Superhero cospaint!
Cosplay is going strong… and cospaint is picking up interest. One of the things cospaint has going for it is that it makes for dramatic YouTube montages and long running Twitch streams. The queen of superhero cospaint is Kay Pike. We’ve featured her work on Geek Native before but since it’s Superhero Week let’s share […]
Superhero Week: A review of Masked – Rise of the Rocket
Masked: Rise of the Rocket is available in the UK from today. The graphic novel is the return of the widely praised French comic book series from Serge Lehman. This series, in English, from Titan Comics looks spectacular. In Masked: Rise of the Rocket we follow the origins of two characters. The first is Sergeant […]
Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time announced
Little Witch Academia began life as a delightful short. It was so popular that it inspired a successful Kickstarter – important as it was one of the first times a Japanese studio raised money for an anime in this way – and then a Netflix series. Now Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is coming […]
The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia is a PS4 exclusive
Netflix recently added the second series of The Seven Deadly Sins. The anime is set in a fantasy-like country called Britannia. The action starts with a woman running from danger and winding up in a strange tavern. Meanwhile the renegade fighters known as the Seven Deadly Sins are still at large. In Europe The Seven […]
Chaosium leads the 2017 ENnie nominees. Can you pick a winner?
In this post you’ll get a list of all the nominees for the 2017 ENnies. We’ve added up all the nominations each publisher has picked up. Our math puts Chaosium up in front but the chasing pack is strong. Who do you think will be there? First of all you’ve a chance to vote for […]
Superhero Week: Dude! Check out this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle desk!
The genius that is Tom Spina Designs keep on impressing. We’ve had some Star Wars love from them already and this new desk takes us in the opposite direction. We’re not going into space but deep in the sewers among the rats and the mutants! The lucky geek who commissioned this desk wanted a sit-or-stand […]
