I subscribe to Anime on Demand. It’s a chance to watch legally streamed anime online and access shows I would never otherwise have access too. It’s a great deal for Viz Media as I only tend to access the service when I’m staying overnight in a hotel for business travel. If they have enough subscribers […]
Wall Street Journal reporter hacks RPG projects on Kickstarter
A Wall Street Journal reporter or a programmer working for him/her has exploited a bug in Kickstarter’s API. The result was some 70,000 unlaunched Kickstarter projects were exposed. The good news? Only 48 of these unlaunched projects were actually accessed by the Wall Street Journal. It is highly likely that many RPG and game projects […]
Supporting anime in the UK
Anime Picks is one of the most well known, niche, anime sites in the UK. It covers cosplay, news, games as well as plenty of reviews and articles on anime. The site is a success and their YouTube channel, AnnaMay Picks, has generate about 18,000 views. Sure, that’s not much on the IGN scale but […]
SOTY encounter: Defeat embarrassment
It may have been a fit of foolishness but this blog stepped forward for Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year. On April 17th you have a chance to vote for Geek Native. Luck points awarded to anyone who does. Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year goes to a roleplaying games site that has had a […]
New NEO – site revamps ahead of 100th edition
NEO Magazine is the UK’s longest running publication for anime, manga and Asian culture. The magazine founded in 2004 and will soon reach it’s eight anniversary and publish its 100th issue. That’s worth knowing because Uncooked Media, the owners, are planning on running a series of competitions online to celebrate. However, today’s anime fans – […]
Six Geeky Facebook Pages to Like
Did you know Geek Native has a Facebook page? Facebook Pages for blogs are the solution for people who are too busy to keep up with new post alerts on Twitter or who dislike subscribing to RSS feeds. The extra value of following Geek Native on Facebook is that the Facebook system is more likely […]
Streamago to revive unboxing, boost video reviews and artists?
Streamago is a new site from the European ISP Tiscali and the proposition is straight forward and bound to be attractive to a whole range of people. Streamago is a live streaming service. It lets you use your webcam – no extra software required to create your own, real time, video broadcast. Streamago supports the […]
RolePlayMedia Network closes
Berin Kinsman, aka UncleBear, has shuttered the RolePlayMedia Network. The site was a community for RPG bloggers, pocasters, YouTube hosts and their audience. The goal of the network was to be more than an aggregator of feeds – to be a community. The network was powered by Ning and while neither this blogger nor this […]
Keep Anime Alive
Run by the Anime Defense Project, Keep Anime Alive is trying to sustain the industry by proving that fans will buy anime rather than only download illegal copies. The two masterminds attempting to pull this off are Colin Harvie and Chris Perry. They should be thanked and we should accept it’s early days for these […]
Tron’s Flynn hidden in code
This is a nice, simple but effective touch from the designers of Tron Soundtrack site. Flynn, Jeff Bridges’ character, is hidden in the code. All they’ve done is used HTML comments to enclose some ASCII art. It works really well though.
