The free-to-play sandbox shooter Brick-Force launched an online comic today. In Brick-Force players create worlds (you guessed it; brick by brick) and then share them with the gaming community. These worlds become the setting for quick PvP or computer opponent battles. The comic is designed to help build that fan base and community that keeps […]
Book news and discoveries
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Stormtroopers as superheroes
Jon Bolerjack has a collection of cleverly drawn Stormtroopers. These Stormtroopers don’t use the standard white and black approach of the Empire. No. These Stormtroopers are superheroes! Colouring credit goes to JJ Kirby who brought these illustrations to life. Captain America Trooper Deadpool Trooper Spider-man Trooper Thor Trooper Wolverine Trooper
The Dark Judges return
Today the countdown clock at 2000AD Online came to a close. What replaces it? The warning; “They are here”. Judge Dredd’s co-creater, John Wagner, has unleashed Judge Fear, Judge Fire and Judge Mortis onto Mega-City One. The timing is evil. This happens when the city is already reeling from the impact of the Chaos Bug […]
Review of Spandex: Fast and Hard
Spandex is a comic that follows the adventures of a gay superhero group. There are seven of them; one for each colour of the rainbow. The digital home for the series is the Spandex blog and author-illustrator has been penning the series for years. Before Spandex, Eden wrote the superhero series The O Men. It […]
Why your old RPG books could be releasing volatile chemicals
This video answers the question; “Why do old books smell?”. There are a number of reasons but a key part is due to chemical reactions. It’s a bad idea, for example, to store a piece of newspaper in a book as the acidic paper from the newspaper will damage the book over time. At about […]
Leaked pictures from DC’s “New 52: Second Wave”
Take this leak with a pinch of salt. Don’t dismiss the pictures as fake – not that type of salt. Take the fact that this is a “leak” with a pinch of salt. These images come from Buzzfeed, as a sample, where Gavon Laessig straight up admits that the site was invited to take the […]
Teasing Cold & Dark: the free to download Lost Redemption
Last month Geek Native was lucky enough to have an exclusive look at Cold & Dark; an RPG from Wicked World Games. At the time I speculated whether the game might touch on the Mass Effect style. Lost Redemption seems to suggest so. It’s also been noted that Cold & Dark promises to be a […]
Comixology launch D&D sale
Comixology is the leading online comic service. It’s iOS and Android app, recently entirely re-done, is the market leader. Comixology effectively powers the standalone Marvel app and one main rival, Graphicly, has announced it’ll be pulling out of the app landscape to focus on its publishing tools. The app is free. Having the app allows […]
He-Man returns
DC Comics have announced a 6-issue mini-series of He-Man & The Masters of the Universe. It’ll be written by James Robinson, pencils by Philip Tan and inks by Ruy Jose. It’ll have been 30 years since his first appearance and in that time He-Man & The Masters of the Universe have been published by the […]
Offical Game of Thrones: The Lands of Ice and Fire map
There have been some pretty impressive fan attempts to apply cartography skills to the Game of Thrones. For the most part, George R. R. Martin has given credit where credit was due but he’s also pointed out that he hadn’t released all the need-to-know facts about the world yet and so the unofficial maps of […]
