Strange Alloy is a self-produced short film from Loïc Bramoullé. It took two months to make and shows a dinosaur-dragon creature explore the ruins of an abandoned human city. Based on images of Myanmar the film looks wonderful but we’re left wondering how we let things go so terribly wrong. Would you risk a game […]
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People who work with computers are three times more likely to blame them for the apocalypse
Will we suffer an end of the world? An apocalypse? If it happens what do you think the cause will be? The Midgard Serpent? A zombie outbreak? The rise of the robots? In May, Geek Native had a copy of Jon Wallace’s excellent and post-apocalyptic Barricade to give away. In the competition we asked two […]
Gaming – while falling from 10,000 feet
This ad for the NVIDIA SHIELD is designed to get your attention. We’ve one brave soul, in his arm chair and a gaming rig set up. I rather like the TV; good quality images. The guy in question is Jeff Provenzano. If you’re curious about the NVIDIA Shield it’s a Android powered gaming console that […]
Fallout Disney princesses are rad
Check out the awesome work of Canadian artist Peter Slavik. The Fallout fan has created a series of Disney princess and Fallout mashups. They’re perfect. Imagine what Alice would be like as a Jet junkie? What if Princess Jasmine became a raider or Ariel became a Brotherhood Scribe? You can buy his work via Deviant […]
Hardcore gamers are less nostalgic over games than anyone else
Geek Native gave away a copy of From Bedrooms to Billions. This great documentary looked at the rise of computer game design and the industry in the UK. The competition was used to ask two questions; Do you consider yourself to be a hardcore gamer? Do you think new computer games are better than old […]
Phil Postma’s Star Wars: The Art of War
Phil Postma has been one of my favourite artists ever since these Samurai Thundercats. The super talented Canadian character designer has been at it again with a series of Star Wars bomber and fighter insignia’s inspired by the Disney one’s from World War II. Postma has a Redbubble store. A great way to support an […]
5 feet of Fallout 4 inspired Lego
It’s hard to get a sense of scale in the teaser pictures here but pop over to Pierre’s Flickr and you’ll get an idea. His cat can sit in just one half of this huge Fallout 4 Lego diorama. My favourite feature is the Fallout bobblehead you can see on the chest of draws on […]
Fantasy and sci-fi booze inspired t-shirt and tie designs
Last year Geek Native suggested “Dear Dungeon Master, wear this tie while crushing players” and it looks like gamers agreed, taking a fancy to these dice and dragon ties. Now Binary Winter press are back with a set of designs that imagine what the label on a bottle of spirits, of the alcoholic nature, would […]
Tiny pixel heroes; Avengers, He-Man and Adventure Time
James Boorman is a talented character artist who has been able to take dozens of superheroes, He-Man characters and even Adventure Time into pixel art. Each of these pixel heroes have been created on a 25×25 grid. There’s more colour here than early computer game designers had but that goes to show how clever Boorman […]
Stunning Hawkgirl cosplay
I think we’ll see a surge in Hawkgirl cosplayers if DC Legends of Tomorrow is a hit. In the meantime we’ve got this stunning, traditional, Hawkgirl. Look at those wings! That mace isn’t going to take prisoners, either! Photography by the talented Pat Loika.
