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12 Wonderfully Unique Cosplays Spotted at the 2023 SDCC Dwayne Johnson has made a ‘historic’ 7-figure donation to SAG-AFTRA Foundation relief fund to aid actors’ strike 8 Cosplay Trends at the 2023 Comic Con TikTok changes the game – by adding purely text posts (who needs Twitter, anyway?) Get ready for Halloween with some of the best new horror finds on JustGeek!

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12 Wonderfully Unique Cosplays Spotted at the 2023 SDCC

July 27, 2023 by Jill Harness Leave a Comment

When you’ve gone to enough comic conventions, you notice that some characters are far more popular with cosplayers than others.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: comic con, cosplay, fashion, hellboy, Moon Knight, sdcc, spider-man

Dwayne Johnson has made a ‘historic’ 7-figure donation to SAG-AFTRA Foundation relief fund to aid actors’ strike

July 25, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Another week of the SAG-AFTRA strike has revealed all-round Good Guy Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made the largest-ever donation the foundation has ever received – at a reported seven figures. The exact amount has not been revealed, but it’s being labelled as ‘historic’ and will give a much-needed cash injection to aid union members […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Dwayne Johnson

8 Cosplay Trends at the 2023 Comic Con

July 25, 2023 by Jill Harness Leave a Comment

One of the things I love about the San Diego Comic Con is that there is always something new to see and do.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, funko, Ghostbusters, Loki, Princess Peach, rubik, sdcc, wednesday

TikTok changes the game – by adding purely text posts (who needs Twitter, anyway?)

July 25, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

In a ballsy move that’s just completely changed the game, the almighty TikTok has just updated its features to include plain text options for its users – in addition to photos and videos. By introducing text posts as an option in its ‘camera’ page, and giving users an option reminiscent of Instagram’s stories, you can […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: twitter

Get ready for Halloween with some of the best new horror finds on JustGeek!

July 24, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

It’s coming up for that special time of year again… SPOOKY SEASON! I for one am counting down the days until Halloween (and Frocktober is how I celebrate all month long). JustGeek knows it, too. Looking at a long of their newest offerings, it’s definitely time to embrace your spooky side! Here are some of […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Ghostbusters, just geek, stranger things

‘Star Wars’ fan records timelapse of himself building a 1:2 Scale TIE fighter using Cardboard

July 23, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Sometimes when there’s something we love enough, it inspires us to put in the time and the effort to make something astounding – and that’s what this is. This Star Wars fan has – by some voodoo witchery – created an incredible 1:2 scale replica of the crashed TIE fighter owned by Darth Vadar. Using […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: star wars

Audio EXP Podcast: #205 – Getting stabbed and going away

July 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Carbon 2185 reshuffles itself, Tales of the Valiant is out in a form, more Doctor Who and The Laundry Files are coming while we talk about stabbing. Welcome to Audio EXP.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Geek Native Exclusive: ‘Return to Nibel’ short story by Bronwen Winter Phoenix

July 23, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Author note: This is a short story I once wrote many, many moons ago. I think before my first novel was even published back in 2008 – maybe it shows. It occurred to me that it might find a home here on Geek Native, and now, so it is. ~B I was two years old […]

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Discord’s supportive approach vs Reddit’s monetisation: Insights into differing company strategies

July 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I just asked the most challenging question I think of; what’s the difference between Reddit and Discord’s strategies? Let’s get to the so what of it.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Interviews Tagged With: discord, reddit

This real-life auto-transforming Grimlock is a masterpiece and the coolest thing you’ll see today

July 20, 2023 by Bronwen Winter Phoenix Leave a Comment

Robosen and Hasbro have unveiled their latest auto-transforming robotic collectible in the form of Transformers Grimlock – and it’s not only is it a thing of beauty, it’s also a masterpiece in terms of genius engineering! The collectible – if you can call it that – is due to be released later in the year, […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: robots, Transformers

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