D&D memes are like goblins… they keep coming. Just when you think you’ve finished the last one, there’s another D&D meme hiding around the corner and waiting to ambush you. We’ve already looked at the best D&D memes on Facebook and on Pinterest. Now we’ve got the labyrinth that is Tumblr to explore. If we […]
17 artists worth watching on Buy Me A Coffee
Geek Native recently signed up to Buy Me A Coffee. It is an electronic tips jar and any funds this blog earns with it will be used to pay for either commissioned art or writing. Buy Me A Coffee is also a gallery to explore talent. You can use the site to find artists you […]
Why did so many medieval knights fight snails?
If you’ve ever looked at medieval art you might well have seen images of knights fighting all sorts of monsters. And snails. Actually, you might have noticed knights fought snails often. Why is that? This video from Vox looks at the observations of Michael Camille and the theory of Lilian Randall. The snails, suggests Randall, […]
RPG City generator
Do you need to generate a map for a city and do it quickly? A strong recommendation is Oskar Stalbery’s City Generator. [Show me more] You simply click on the grid to start and the city grows before you. Click again and the city grows again, pick the square you want to add more detail […]
DM dad discovers his daughters are D&D pros in this viral tweet
James Breakwell, aka @XplodingUnicorn, has over 1 million followers on Twitter and is the author of the hugely popular Only Dead on the Inside: A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse. He has four daughters under the age of seven and this weekend he played D&D with them. I played Dungeons and Dragons with […]
UK Role Players (UKRP) closes
After 15 years of life UK Role Players will close. The site was set up after the closer of the Raven forums in the UK and was run expertly by Dave McAlister of Modus Operandi. Dave wrote; I have spent as long on this website as I have raising my son (who turns 15 at […]
The Dream Syndicate and the sculpted dragon head
This polymer clay sculpt in the first video from a new YouTube channel called The Dream Syndicate. The channel offers a chance to watch the crafting process of fantasy creatures and dabble with stop-motion. We just get the dragon’s head in this video. It’s part one of a series called St. George and the Dragon, […]
10 most popular horror movies on YouTube
YouTube is absolutely vital for movie makers these days. As a blogger one of YouTube’s biggest perks is the ability to embed videos without importing a whole chunk of social network mechanics, which some readers might not be part of, into posts. This means we can share movie trailers as and when they come out […]
The 10 most popular pictures on Geek Native
Geek Native’s Pinterest profile is used to share images from the blog grouped by themes. It’s a handy way to check out content if you don’t have time to sort through all the posts. The largest board, at the time of writing, is Fantasy Finds with over 1,750 pins followed by Sci-Fi flare with over […]
Pop art Harley Quinn tutorial in time for Halloween
Make-up and SFX vlogger Caitlyn Kreklewich worked with Wholesale Halloween Costumes this year on a pop art Harley Quinn look. We already know thanks to data from Costume Supercenter that Harley was a big hit last year and superheroes are fairly evergreen when it comes to costumes. A pop art twist on this Gotham siren […]