https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947923695/berserkon/ [Pledge Support] A Kickstarter pitch to bring a gaming and geek convention to Duluth in Minnesota. Wikipedia tells me Duluth is the fourth largest city in Minnesota with a population of about 87,000. Kevin Michelson has turned to Kickstarter to try and raise the small fortune necessary to run the convention (named Berserkon). The […]
Geek Native launches on Pinterest
Last Wednesday Pinterest opened for businesses and blogs. Technically, although few followed the rules, before last week all Pinterest accounts should have been personal ones. You can now follow Geek Native on Pinterest here. Why should you? Pinterest will be unlike Geek Native’s presence on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ in two important ways. The Pinterest […]
Kicktraq insights on 6d6’s successful UK Kickstarter
One of the first UK based RPG Kickstarter projects has made its funding goals in days. This chart from Kicktraq shows how the funding progress for the 6d6 RPG Core & Adventure books very quickly reached its goals. Attention now moves to the stretch goals. Stretch goals, sometimes a challenge for Kickstarter funders, describe the […]
The first 24 hours on Kickstarter: UK gamers insight
On Halloween and despite the superstorm Sandy, Kickstarter launched in the UK and quite a few gaming companies took their campaigns live. One of the British gaming pioneers are 6d6 who are on the way to earning £2,000 for a revised core rulebook. Their Kickstarter campaign even offers five years worth of future products for […]
The Lord of the Rings Project
Tolkien’s characters had a rich history. Aragorn could trace his family tree back generations. Meet a dwarf and you would stand a good chance of discovering who is father and grandfather were then and there. In an incredible project, Swedish engineering student Emil Johansson is attempting to map all these relationships and family connections. The […]
Kickstarter launches in the UK
Today, Kickstarter named a launch date for the UK and this can only be great news for gamers. This Geek Native blogger is aware of a handful of British based gaming companies that had been waiting for the crowdfunding power-house to hop over the pond before launching projects. Chris Tregenza of 6d6 Fireball said; “This […]
Anime on Demand cancels payments
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 […]
