Cats are cool. Batman is cool. Hmm. I wonder if there’s a way to bring these two together. Ah! I know. What about Batcat!
Archives for April 2010
Browse the Geek Native archives from April 2010. This collection covers topics in Geek Stuff, Movies, and Books.
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FUNimation acquires Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
Gore-fest directors Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yoshihiro Tomomatsu are behind the live action anime-style Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl that FUNimation acquired the rights to today. The film premiered last year at the NY Asian Film Festival and won the Audience Award. It has since travelled all the way to the Toronto After Dark Film Fetival […]
From Nintendo gamer to sex addict nympho
British tabloid The Daily Star has found itself a story that’s bound to catch geek attention, scorn, debate, humour and perhaps even hope! Amanda Flowers fell off her Wii Fit board and, as a result now suffers from persistent sexual arousal syndrome. Her doctor says a damaged nerve is to blame. Amanda now needs sex […]
The Search for WondLa teaser
The Spiderwock Chronicles did awfully well. The books were popular. There was a movie. Sure; it wasn’t Harry Potter but certainly Tony DiTerlizzis is a big name now (if you’ll excuse the joke!). DiTerlizzi’s next series is “The Search for WondLa” and his publishers have put together a teaser trailer for it. Writing in his […]
Eidos boss and Games Workshop co-founder, Ian Livingstone, surprises London with his harmonica
It turns out that the 60 year old Ian Livingstone – the same Ian Livingstone who’s name appears on some of your Fighting Fantasy books – is full of talent. No, I’m not talking about him co-founding Games Workshop nor even him at the helm of Eidos. I’m talking about his skill with a harmonica. […]
Sexy Nike Chase anime ad
I’ve never been so interested in trainers! This Nike advert was created by AKQA San Francisco. Here’s the twist; it was created for Nike Japan. That’s right. An American ad company (a London founded, American ad company) is doing anime for the Japanese. This is the director’s cut of the ad and, if you’re interested, […]
Nintendo characters in beads stop-motion animation
Created by Eric Odmyar and accompanied by very NES-like but still funky music from Bunnymajs is this clever piece of bead animation. Through the simple but painstaking progress of moving hama plastic beads around on a grid Eric has expertly animated characters from Super Mario Bros, Mega Man and the Legend of Zelda. Well worth […]
Interview with Simon Rogers – Night’s Black Agents
Authors Robin D Laws and Kenneth Hite are both talking about a vampire spy thriller game called Night’s Black Agents. It’ll be coming out Pelgrane Press and will be a Gumshoe title. So, what’s a vampire spy thriller? Hite uses some popular movies to describe how the game will feel; “Imagine the movie Ronin. All […]
Famous Last Words 10/15: I think somebody needs a hug!
We’re now ten pages into the revamped collection of famous last words; there are five more to go. We’re down in the last third of the popular contributes but it’s down here that we find the retelling of actual game events; remembered fondly by loyal gamers. This re-issue of famous last words at Geek Native […]
Wizards of the Coast sues gamers; seeks to ban them from games
Wizards of the Coast have taken an Alabama couple and two of their friends to Court. The producers of Magic: The Gathering have asked the Court to ban Jonathan and Jennifer Clifton, Jason Bailey and Adam Schlagether from using any Wizards of the Coast products and $75,000 in damages. So, what happened that’s made Wizards […]
