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Serve your kids a monster for breakfast

June 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[I want one!] Simple but effective! This bread cutter helps turn your breakfast into a cyclops monster. The huge hole in the middle? Perfect for an eggy eyeball of certain doom.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: food, monsters

Game art and imagination from Jonas Åkerlund

June 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jonas Åkerlund has an impressive range of styles. His professional profile keeps a focus on his work, rather than bragging sites, citing freelance and personal work. You can check him out on Deviant Art.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

The giant LEGO ball machine

June 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This machine was on show at Japan Brickfest 2016. Built from LEGO it puts on quite a ball run. It’s hard to know what to like the most! The basketball courts? The planets? The giraffes! Just the sheer style and cleverness of the build? Impressive stuff.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: lego

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #27

June 28, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As more and more anime makes its way from Japan to the West how do you decide what to watch? With Geek Native’s Irregular Reconnaissance we look to trade mini-reviews for mini-reviews. Seen anything good or bad recently? Let us know in the comments below. Meanwhile, here’s a quick recap with what Geek Native HQ […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Irregular Reconnaissance, reviews

Splashy! It’s a cosplay pool party

June 28, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cosplay pool parties seem like an odd thing to catch on. But they have. I guess it’s hard for this blogger, tucked away in deepest darkest Scotland, to imagine. The idea is to do cosplay but in swimsuit form? Beat Down Boogie were at ColossalCon 206 and captured plenty of action at Kalahari Waterpark in […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: beat down boogie, cosplay

Privateer Press makes Warmachine and Hordes MK.III rules available for free

June 28, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can grab the new MK.III versions of Warmachine and Hordes from Privateer Press. They’re entirely free PDFs. If you’ve already bought MK.II copies of the rules and want to see what’s changed between them then this thread started by Dybbuk on the Privateer Forums helps sum up the differences.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Privateer Press, Warmachine

Massive Darkness rakes in massive mega bucks

June 27, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cool Mini or Not’s latest Kickstarter has two weeks left to run and is well over the $2,000,000 mark! Check out the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/massive-darkness [Back this Campaign] The pledge tiers are simple. The early bird has sold out. That leaves you with the ‘Lightbringer Pledge’ level for $120. You’ll get the Massive Darkness core […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

Cozmo is a cheeky little robot

June 27, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Okay, I’ll put my hands up and admit it. I don’t need a Cozmo. I’m pretty tempted by one, though. Here’s a company that’s worked to put a basic AI into a tiny machine and built an ‘emotion engine’. Know what they did with that? They made Cozmo a smart-ass. The little fellow will cost […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: robots

Transforming Beau Peep into the Warhammer 40K Emperor!

June 27, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Beau Peep, a full time artist and cosplayer from the UK, has a totally awesome set of armour. She’s able to cosplay as the Emperor straight out of Warhammer 40,000. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🌸 Giulietta 🎀 Zawadzki 🌸 (@beaupeepcosplay) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🌸 […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, warhammer 40k

8 compelling illustrations from Raphael Lacoste

June 26, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Looking for some inspiration? In search for some interesting locations to set your next tabletop RPG encounter and give your players something to think about? Artist Raphael Lacoste might be your muse. You can sample Raphael’s work below, on Facebook, Deviant Art and official site.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

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