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Welcome to the Geek Stuff category, Geek Native's eclectic hub for everything that fuels our passions. This is where we explore the fascinating corners of geek culture that don't fit neatly into other boxes. It's a treasure trove of discoveries, from must-have gadgets and cutting-edge tech to stunning art and exclusive interviews with creators.

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Continuing the archive of independent Geek Stuff reporting (Archive Page 397).

Creatures and characters by Markus Lovadina

March 22, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Markus Lovadina, aka malo, is a senior concept artist at Rocksteady Studios in London. His concept art is used by both movie and game studios and is out of this world. You can check out a larger sample of his portfolio over at his public Behance page as well as his blog which he updates […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: concept art, fantasy, horror, monsters

73 years of the evolution of Batman

March 22, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Burger Fiction put together this 10 minute collection of the evolution of Batman on television and film. There’s animated movies and cartoons here but not every single Batman. There’s enough, though. You can see how the costume and the character has evolved, where it’s stayed the same and how often he gets into fights with […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: batman, batman v superman: dawn of justice, Robin, Superman

Fantastically good xenomorph easter bunny

March 21, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Los Angeles photographer and stylist Christine McConnell is going on my radar. Her Facebook gallery is full of monsters, tentacles and creatures.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: aliens, food, xenomorph

Hunting down a laptop for a travelling geek

March 21, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve an old Sony Vaio as my laptop. It’s ancient and has Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 installed on it during its life and while it’s struggling now two of my original decision factors for it were spot on. At the time, the Sony Vaio was one of the lightest around, given that […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: microsoft

Out of my way! D20 warrior coming through!

March 19, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This impressive if rather dangerous looking d20 is the work of Maverick’s Custom Monsters. Maverick makes props for movies, shows and LARPs. This d20 mace has a name. It’s Mjölnerd!

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: larp, props

The staggering art of Joseph McLamb

March 18, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joseph McLamb has worked on titles like Hogfather (TV movie), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Avatar, Centurion, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia and Sherlock Holmes 2. He’s now the lead concept artist at the award winning Framestore. He shares some of his work in a gallery on his site Robot Arm and […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, sci-fi

Competition: Win your very own Hermione Granger Pop Vinyl

March 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 12 Comments

There’s a Harry Potter collection of Pop Vinyl’s in Funko’s Fantasy Movie Series. That means you can have a range of Hogwarts characters on your desk, lurking on your bookcase or as part of your growing Pop collection. At the time of writing, you can pre-order Hermione from Pop in a Box for about £10 […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: competitions, harry potter, models

Writing cliché free material for gaming worlds: An interview with Maurice Broaddus

March 17, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Maurice Broaddus is an author based out of Indianapolis and known for his urban fantasy trilogy, The Knights of Breton Court, and has written for the Firefly RPG, the Marvel RPG and Leverage RPG. Broaddus has an impressive stash of over 20,000 comic books in his attic and grew up playing D&D, Palladium RPGs and […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: kickstarters, stephen king, vampire: the dark ages

Awkward! When your GM forgets to buy a wedding card

March 16, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Reddit user ieatkittens shared this set of two sketches. The problem? Their GM has forgotten to buy a wedding card. As it happens, ieatkittens claims to have had some problems with the all important dice roll. Comment byu/ieatkittens from discussion infunny

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour

Realms of Mayhem character designs

March 16, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Realms of Mayhem looks like it is now an expired browser based MMO. The character designs by Kerem Beyit, however, live on forever. In fact, I think these particular designs are great inspiration for RPG PCs; we’ve sensible armour, sensible but interesting looking weapons and some common tropes.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: fantasy, mmorpg

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