Fearsome Journeys is a new anthology of fantasy adventure from Solaris. The collection has stories from authors like Trudi Canavan, Saladin Ahmed, Glen Cook, Daniel Abraham, Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch and is edited by Jonathan Strahan. Strahan, who lives in Australia, is the reviews editor at Locus. Jonathan kindly agreed to a “From the […]
A look inside Sojourner’s Quest, is it an AD&D retro-clone?
Sojourner’s Quest is an RPG by Randall C Ellis. The 168-paged PDF, illustrated by Agnieszka Miroslaw-Kalinowska, is on sale at DriveThru RPG for $4.95. The game, along with the free to download character sheets, was the first upload to Sojourner Games’ home in the electronic retailer and has been followed by Module SQ1: Wynold Forest, […]
Vampires and bandwagons: An interview with Freda Warrington
Freda Warrington is the author of the highly acclaimed A Taste of Blood Wine. In this interview, I ask Freda about the story, about vampires but also about gender roles in fiction and in reality. Are female authors treated differently? You can try this test yourself; what comes to mind when you speculate on a […]
Interview: Chewing the fat with Dana Fredsti
Dan Fredsti is the author of the Ashley Parker series. We’re talking zombies and then lots more zombies. Fredsti is a LARPer, a swordfighter and a geek. Her most recent book Plague Nation is the second in the series and follows the drama of a zombie plague outbreak. Geek Native has an exclusive extract to […]
Exploring Techno-optimism, not watching Doctor Who and the Rapture of the Nerds with Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
Two big name authors in one interview? Geek Native landed a big one… perhaps. We’ll just have to make sure we can loop in good RPG chat, the sci-fi agenda as well as reflect on the pair’s Rapture of the Nerds. Cory Doctorow, a digital thought leader, is well known enough to feature on XKCD […]
The top 5 things I learned about gamers working on Standard Action
Tara Pratt is originally from Edmonton, Canada, and plays Wendy the Sorceress in Standard Action. You can often catch her on stage performing in Vancouver, and on screen in some of our local productions, most recently the hit show Fringe, and Emily Owens, M.D. Her favourite colour is purple, she’s a huge Star Trek: The […]
Top 5 lessons I learned as a webseries producer in the nerd world
Joanna Gaskell is originally from Victoria, Canada. She is the producer and the writer of Standard Action, and plays Edda the Elf Barbarian. You can see her in the board game review series Starlit Citadel Reviews, catch her in the upcoming Gamers: Hands of Fate movie, hear her voice in new animated TV show Animism, […]
The Hobbit: Richard Armitage talks about playing Thorin Oakenshield
I had no idea Richard Armitage was so tall. Sure, he seems like the tallest of the dwarves but at 6’2″ you can see why he doubted he would be cast. Looking forward to the Laketown scenes now. Not only do we have Stephen Fry to look forward too but we can try and spot […]
Monica Valentinelli on the difference between the Firefly RPG and the Serenity RPG
Monica Valentinelli is a game designer, writer, and consultant who will have responsibility on Margaret Weis Productions recently announced Firefly RPG line as both a writer and brand manager. Valentinelli has worked on “All Flesh Must Be Eaten”, “Ninja Burger”, “Strange, Dead Love,” and Posthuman’s Studio’s “Rimward” among others. She was the Marketing Director for […]
The Identity Thief and Bryant Dillon of Fanboy Comics
Bryant Dillon co-founded Fanboy Comics, a conglomerate of geek media and therefore very close to Geek Native’s heart. He also authored the horror graphic novel Identity Thief that was reviewed by our comic book expert Paul. I took the chance to follow on from Paul’s review to bombard Bryant with some questions. Why create Fanboy […]
