Are you collecting POP! Vinyls yet? They’re always the most popular purchase when I visit a Comic Con. They make great gifts and I’ve seen people post photographs of their impressive POP! displays. POP in a Box (UK | US) is a helpful company in either case. Each month they’ll send you a POP and […]
Generate your Simpsons memes with the Frinkiac
You’ll have seen one or two Simpsons memes on the internet, right? Homer vanishing into a bush. A d’oh or two. Frinkiac has collected 3 million screencaps from recorded episodes of the show. This is both a search engine and a meme generator. Want to find the episode when Bart sang “Beans, beans, the musical […]
Flash sale: 20% off Geek Native’s shop and everything Redbubble!
Redbubble are having a birthday party today – it’s their birthday. This means there’s 20% off everything at the Geek Native shop and the whole Redbubble site. To claim your 20% off use the code CELEBR8 The is valid for 2nd of February only. Geeky Gift Ideas! Why not pick up a Texts from Kobold […]
Look what booksellers Waterstones are hiding
UK based bookshop Waterstones has launched a new website. I think it looks pretty good; clean and straight forward to use. I ran some sample searches to look up Titan Books, Gollancz and Solaris Books. I found matches on paperback and in ebook. The Waterstones developers have been especially geeky. I approve. If you look […]
RPG Blog Alliance to close; what are the alternatives?
Today Geek Native and over 600 other members of the RPGBA discovered that the community would close. The RPG Blog Alliance came about after RPGbloggers.com changed hands and delays began to mount. Bonemaster, aka Jeff Brissette, thought there was a better way to bring RPG blogs into a community and help share their content. Writing […]
What on Earth is Mythoard and why should RPGers care?
If you pop over to Mythoard you’ll find a site that promises to send you a box full of RPG goodies every month. This month they’ve content from Chessex, Throwi Games, Moon Dice Games, Flatland Games, Genius Loci Games and Imaginary Maps. Read on if you want an exclusive reveal into what Mythoard will offer […]
Levelling up the newsletter
Stopped getting the Geek Native newsletter? You may need to re-subscribe or check your spam folder. At the end of 2014, Geek Native started a newsletter digest. It’s a way to keep a tab of the site without RSS feeds, fight with Facebook’s filter or remember to check the web every day. If you’re not […]
Get 15% off the Geek Native store
At the start of 2015 Geek Native launched a store on Redbubble. Whenever the blog commissions art for a feature post, if it’s good enough, the piece becomes fashion, phonetech or cool geek stuff to buy. For example, “Dot Rar” the dragon from the new Audio EXP column can be yours on t-shirt, pillow, iPhone […]
How not to freak out when someone asks you who they should cosplay as
It is great. The cosplay hobby is growing in popularity. There are new cosplayers entering the pastime with each convention and meet up. Cosplayers have popular Facebook pages and there are thriving online communities. Sometimes someone dares ask; “Who should I cosplay as?” Does that sound terrible? It shouldn’t. The only catch is the question […]
9 of the most interesting stats discovered by Geek Native in 2014
In 2014 Geek Native started using polls as an entry mechanism to the competitions the site runs. There’s been no shortage of giveaways and other comps, we like to connect readers to easy chances to boost their collection of geeky goodness. There’s a competition open when this post gives too – a chance to win […]
