I knew the light novel series A Certain Magical Index is very popular and so I was quite interested to see what the anime has to offer. It’s a wise choice from the still new but experienced Animatsu team who are responsible for buying the license and bringing the title to the UK. The series […]
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Can the ninja survive? The Ninja Crusade 2nd edition heads to Kickstarter
The Naruto: Shippuden inspiration, I think, is clear and that’s no bad thing. Third Eye Games have moved the timeline on as the Empire’s army clashes on the battlefield against the allied Ninja villages. There’s more information on the official Kickstarter page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eloylasanta/the-ninja-crusade-2nd-edition [Back this Campaign] The campaign is asking for $12,000 and with 20 […]
Women aren’t so hot on life as a masked crime fighter
If you had all the training needed would you become a masked hero? Would you stalk the streets to protect the weak and the innocent? Would you fight crime? Over 80% of men would but women were less keen. Geek Native asked this question back in April in a competition to give away a copy […]
Twilight Zone meets Farscape: A review of Metal Hurlant Resurgence
Metal Hurlant began life way back in France in 1974. It’s older than me. I believe the literal translation is Howling Metal but when geeks I know in the UK talk about the series they often call it Heavy Metal. Skip forward a few decades and a live action TV series is announced. Metal Hurlant […]
The Girl Genius connection for Munchkin Steampunk
Steve Jackson Games have announced the 168 card Munchkin Steampunk. It’ll come with an unique dice and cost around $25.00. This core set is illustrated by Phil Foglio. Foglio is the co-creator and illustrator of Girl Genius. This is good news for me; I found Girl Genius through the books and really enjoy it. I’ve […]
Fohtooh ma Solo kaychahlah: The Languages of Star Wars [infographic]
Tickets for Star Wars: The Force Awakens go on pre-sale in less than two months (probably). Just as people are already doing Christmas shopping – we actually getting quite close to the film release date. Is it time for a little Star Wars lore refresher? This infographic from the Matinee translation company digs into some […]
Witches and Assassins: A review of Assassin’s Creed 1
The new Assassin’s Creed comic is a new Assassin’s Creed line. We feature Charlotte de la Cruz who is a well-educated, geeky, counter-culture, black American woman with a shit job. The comic gets straight to the point; she’s not a middle class white dude. I won’t have a go at writers Anthony Del Col and […]
Man builds real life Mjolnir and trolls with Thor’s hammer
YouTube engineer Sufficiently Advanced created a real life Thor’s hammer. It’s a great little demonstration of some agile engineering. Also; it’s a great way to troll people and make a popular YouTube video. What puzzles me is why so many people gave picking up the hammer a go.
Props and art from the House of the Necromancer
Looking for some wicked handouts to worry your players with? Geek Native’s featured Necronomicon fragments from Zarono before, some years back, but the House of the Necromancer is still alive and still wonderfully scary. You can check out the House of the Necromancer store at Etsy. Cthulhu LARP Nyarylathotep ritual scrolls I fancy this Cthulhu […]
Short film: Noon
You may see Noon at the cinema as Chernin Entertainment, the company behind RIse of the Planet of the Apes, is considering it. How so? Noon is a sci-fi by Kasra Farahani. Farahani is a concept artist and art director who’s worked on movies like Thor and Star Trek Into Darkness. In Noon we picked […]
