This post by Joey Vigour, the lead designer at Mirror Box Games, is about YA sci-fi author William Sleator and his book Interstellar Pig. Strange as it may sound, Interstellar Pig is the inspiration for the Chaosmos board game that’s close to raising $100,000 on Kickstarter. William Sleator is gone now, but every used bookstore […]
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The way of a god: A review of Moon’s Artifice
Moon’s Artifice won me over and I was a converted fan, ready for the sequel, by the end. The odd thing is that the first few chapters in Moon’s Artifice were a bit of a struggle for me. I don’t know why. I immediately liked the characters. I immediately liked the scenes and first whiff […]
Too sexy to sell – the Powerpuff Girls
We see the Powerpuff Girls on Geek Native now and then. Only recently we had this Powerpuff Cornetto Trilogy. Why? The girls are part of geek culture. What do you make of this IDW comic cover? Comic retailer Dennis Barger Jr didn’t like it. He wrote on Facebook; Are we seriously sexualizing pre-teen girls like […]
Something for Everyone: Dragon Age Asunder by David Gaider
Anyone familiar with the Bioware Dragon Age franchise will be able to anticipate what Asunder by lead writer David Gaider promises to deliver. Having played Origins and Dragon Age II myself, I opened the book prepared to delve into the fantastical political drama and Mage/Templar conspiratorial battlefield explored in the games. Fans of the franchise […]
DC’s New 52 turned steampunk wonderful
It’s been expected for a while but this February DC will do steampunk variant covers of many of their New 52 titles. As it happens comic book super site Comic Book Resources were given an exclusive peak at some of the designs. They’re too good not to share. […]
Old Man’s Ghosts: An interview with Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd is the author of the popular Twilight Reign fantasy series. His latest book is something new and Moon’s Artifice introduces a new world, characters and all sorts of new threats. Geek Native was lucky enough to grab some of Tom’s time and put together a bunch of questions. We discover who his favourite […]
Review of “Stark’s Command”
Stark’s Command, by Jack Campbell writing as John G. Hemry, is the second book is his series following the military adventures of the titular protagonist. Consequently this is my obligatory[i] SPOILER WARNING that this review references events that occurred in the first book. If you have yet to read Stark’s War (i.e. the first book) […]
Humanity as the aggressive aliens: A review of Valour’s Choice
I was cautious. I had recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Tanya Huff’s werewolf and mage drama The Silvered and now found myself with Tanya Huff’s military sci-fi Valour’s Choice. I like sci-fi but fantasy seems to have an easier job of pleasing me. I was cautious because I was struggling to believe Valour’s Choice would […]
My argument: Black Panther deserves to be favourite
There’s a TV ad running in the UK for a subscription to a graphic novel collection called “Marvel’s Mightiest Heroes”. If you’re in the UK and had the tellybox on you may well have seen it. It’s one of those deals where you pay a little for the first book, unlock a bunch of goodies […]
Find out why Superheroes wear underwear on the outside
This video from “Today I found out” digs into the history of superhero costumes and why early superheroes seemed to be wearing their underwear on the outside. If you like asking “Why” (and many wise geeks do). The script from the video is actually an excerpt from The Wise Book of Whys.
