Have you become a grump? This comic strip from Lunar Baboon is a clever reminder. Sometimes it is better to put down baggage, switch off those parts of the brain which might over analyse, and just let yourself enjoy life.
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Gulp! The loot crate craze goes hentai!
I suppose this is no surprise. The Otaku Box (NSFW) works on the Loot Crate model. You subscribe, pay a flat fee and every month you’ll receive a gift box containing goodies with a recommended retail price of more than that value. Tick the “I’m 18+ and interested in hentai” and The Otaku Box promises […]
Here is Jensen Ackles as The Red Hood
Jensen Ackles may be best known for playing Dean Winchester on the long-running Supernatural TV series (now in its 14th season, wow) but in Batman: Under the Red Hood he was also Red Hood. It’s the former Robin Jason Todd who most people associate with the Red Hood. Yes, that same Jason Todd who was […]
Exalted is coming to the Storytellers Vault and publishers to earn 50%
In September gamers will be able to self-publish, sell and profit on the Exalted. Exalted is White Wolf’s anime-inspired game of reincarnated gods. The first edition was published in 2001 and used the Storyteller game system designed by Mark Rein-Hagen. In 2013 a Kickstarter for Exalted 3e hit it’s US$60,000 funding goal in minutes, raised […]
Usual or unusual? Geeks say they prefer a partner’s mind over their body
When you find yourself gauging someone as a potential partner is it their mind or their body that you appreciate first? Is your answer the one people usually give? Geek Native asked readers about this because of aliens. That’s right. The blog had a copy of Alien: Sea of Sorrows to giveaway and so ran […]
Studio Ghibli to Skyrim: Hand-drawn illustrations of iconic geeky architecture
We’re all used to amazing special effects now and computer-generated awesomeness on the big and small screens. That doesn’t stop the pen and paper approach having a unique magic of its very own. A marketing campaign by Angies List, a site that wants you to get in contact with architects, is using the magic of […]
Make a splash with your very own Magikarp dice bag
You make a statement with your dice bag. When you sit down at a gaming table, plop the bag in front of you and withdraw your favourite dice you are letting your fellow players know something about your personality. So, who wants a Pokemon Magikarp dice bag? Surely storing your dice in a magical fish […]
10 outstanding sci-fi illustrations from Adam Kuczek
Adam Kucek is a freelance concept artist who runs his own studio AK-ART. AK-ART has worked on projects like Jupiter Ascending, Cloud Atlas and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It’s an impressive list. He shares some of his art on Deviant Art and others through his Facebook Page. A clue to how good these illustrations […]
The dark king of independent fashion: Lovecraft t-shirts
Lovecraft was not famous when he died. He imagined horrors from beyond time and space but could he believe that on his 128th birthday you could use a network of processing machines, access cyberspace, explore a virtual market square of independent designers, type in his own name and discover nearly 6,000 matches? For today’s experiment, […]
Frightfully ugly! Paul Komoda’s Nyarlathotep statue
[I summon you!] This post is going live on H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday, and it seems like a better day than lost to look at the latest Cthulhu Mythos statue from Gecco Co. This is Nyarlathotep and the skinsuit it was wearing while running around Egypt causing all sorts of chaos. We don’t have […]
