The Arena Mode series from Blake Northcott grew on the author’s hard earned reputation, writing skills and Kickstarter funding. The first novel, Arena Mode, 543% funded and the second, Assault or Attrition, hit 401%. This is the pitch for the third in the series – Final Empire. [Back this Campaign] The novel includes art from […]
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A notable highlight from 5th November 2014 by Andrew Girdwood is described as "In an alternative world the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Impreium are at war. The technology levels are akin to World War II but this is a world with huge oceans and so ships and impressive planes are at the heart of the battle.". It also was tagged with Reviews.
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Short film: Singular
Imagine an America in which everyone was a superhuman. Okay, imagine an America like that and you happened to be the only one without powers. Singular tells the story of Andy, pretty much the only guy without powers, as he finds himself being bullied by metahumans and dragged into a life-or-death disaster. The film stars […]
Poster: Princess Mononoke
If you like this Princess Mononoke poster from Barret Biggers then you can pick it up for just a few bucks or surf through some similar ones over on their Etsy store. There’s a great collection of anime, film and computer game posters in the geek vintage or tra-digital style. Go shopping here.
Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie trailer is loaded with feels
Is Chappie the new Johnny Five? Short Circuit. Neill Blomkamp (District 9) is back with another sci-fi. Chappie follows the story of a human coming to terms with people and people coming to terms with it. It stars Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver and Hugh Jackman. The marketing I’ve seen for […]
Storytelling and war: The Princess and the Pilot review
The Princess and the Pilot is a feature length anime being distributed by Manga Entertainment in the UK. The story is simple but gracefully told. In an alternative world the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Impreium are at war. The technology levels are akin to World War II but this is a world with huge […]
Vow of Honor offers a world full of dishonor
Sigil Stone Publishing and Ben Dutter have a fresh Kickstarter campaign for the RPG Vow of Honor. Geek Native’s community have already had a peak into Vow of Honor but we’re curious gamers and wanted to know more. Ben kindly agreed to an interview. If you only had three sentences to describe Vow of Honor […]
Dark cowboy horror: A review of The Shotgun Arcana
One of my favourite reads of last year was R.S. Belcher’s Six-Gun Tarot. I recall playing around with words like “Steampunk” and “Lovecraft” to describe the occult western. In the head I mentioned Cthulhu, the Deadlands RPG but not steampunk. I’ll stick to my guns for The Shotgun Arcana. There’s less Lovecraft in The Shotgun […]
Adding monsters to your life with Aug(de)mented Reality
If you’ve seen the original you’ll now how cool these are. These are created by Marty Cooper and are made using traditional animation cels and an iPhone 5. We’re talking about hand drawings and stop motion. This flip features the animation made in Adam Savage’s Tested. If you want to know more about how the […]
Magic: The Gathering cosplay brings Liliana to life
Liliana Vess is a master of necromancy and black mana. She’s depicted in 9 Magic: The Gatahering Cards and referenced in many more. There’s a whole GamePedia wiki page for her. This cosplay brings her to life. The tattoos on cosplayer Mickey Walkup are superb and are done by California Face & Body Art. The […]
Poster: Akira
What’s not to like about this Akira poster from Pizza Party Printing? This is a limited edition with only 70 hand signed and numbered copies made. There are four colours on this 18″x24″ cover stock. The only danger is that if you add this to your collection you might shout out TETSUOOOOO!! whenever you walk […]
