One of the many announcements Microsoft made at CES this year was of a mobile Fable game. Fable Coin Golf will be available for Windows Phone 7 handsets. The interesting twist is that the game will be connected to Fable 3. Any money won by betting in Fable Coin Golf will become available in Fable […]
Archives for January 2011
The Asus SonicMaster – laptops march on fashion
Mobile phones made the jump from being geek tech to being mega popular once they became fashionable. People who don’t normally care about tech care about their phone. I think there are a number of reasons for this. There’s the fact that people tend to get their phone out in public. There’s also the fact […]
Swimsuit competitions in Rune Factory Oceans jRPG
The next offering in the Rune Factory series will have swimsuit competitions that happen across the fantasy land whenever summer swings around. In Rune Factory Oceans – which will be available for both the Wii and the PlayStation 3 – players will control a male character, Azel, and a female character, Sonia, as they explore […]
Watch NBC’s The Cape today – that’s before it airs on TV
NBC’s new hero show The Cape will premiere today – but here’s the catch. It won’t premiere on TV. To get it yo need DC Comic‘s free iPad app (AppStore link). Yup. You need an iPad. This is clearly a DC Comics enabled project but it’s pretty good of NBC to play along. The assumption […]
Black Mana teaser for Magic: The Gathering – Tactics
Ahead of the Magic: The Gathering – Tactics Sony Online Entertainment have released some teaser pictures from the Black Mana set. Black Mana needs no introduction here on Geek Native. We’re talking about necromancers and assassins. In particular, Magic: The Gathering – Tactics brings the Avatar of Woe, the Royal Assassin and the Lord of […]
Games Workshop heading for trouble; turning around the turn around
Games Workshop has had a tough few years. However in recent months the news has been much better. The cost cutting had worked and the company had seemed to make the right bets. In July it was reported that revenue was up nearly a million to £126.5 million. The news today, however, is not so […]
Doctor Who: 10th Doctor engaged to the daughter of the 5th Doctor
You may well recall Georgia Moffett from the Doctor Who episode called The Doctors Daughter. She was an artificially recreated solider based on the Doctor’s DNA. She was made famous for the line “I like the running” possibly because much of her audience also liked it when she ran down the corridors of the spaceship. […]
North Korea invades America: Homefront
It took me a little while to work out which Sci-Fi series this rather awesome advert for THQ’s Homefront reminded me of. It’s Battlestar Galactica. It’s the echo pings in the soundtrack that does it. Check it out for yourself and let me know if you agree. In other news, the ad does a pretty […]
Sci-fi amigurumi masterpieces
Deviant artist Smapte has a fantastic collection of geeky and sci-fi amigurumi. If you’re not familiar with amigurumi then we’re talking about cute crochet figures. The pictures below are just a sample. Highly recommend checking out Smapte’s Deviant Artpage and soaking up the rest of the goodness. There’s more Firefly and Tron behind the link. […]
Walkin’ in a winter zombieland
This isn’t the sequel to the movie Zombieland. Oh no. This is a musical masterpiece put together by Paul Stodolny and friends. I think the title says it all “Walkin’ in a winter zombieland”. What’s wrong with a little bit of a zombie and snow mashup? This ditty little tune will help put a smile […]
