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Archives for August 2011

Win Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss [competition]

August 3, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 11 Comments

Geek Native has a copy of Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss to give away. The blog also has a brand spanking new Facebook Page to promote. Can you see what I’m going to do here? That’s right. To win this very shiny, hefty and sexy book you need to Like Geek Native […]

Filed Under: Art, Books Tagged With: competitions, Titan Books

The Dark Knight meets the Starry Night: Dark Starry Knight

August 3, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Van Sauron picture was pretty popular. Van Gogh and Lord of the Rings makes for a good combo. What about Batman and Van Gogh? Can we return to this famous painting with the Dark Starry Knight? With James Hance‘s impressive geek art – we certainly can. Check it.

Filed Under: Art, Comics Tagged With: batman

Fantasty Flight Games buys Star Wars games license

August 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG powerhouse Fantasy Flight Games has today announced that they’ve secured the license for Star Wars. The deal with Lucasfilm gives them the worldwide rights for card games, miniature games and RPGs for the entire Star Wars universe. There’s no specific mention of the internet. Whereas it’s not expected that Fantasy Flight will be making […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy flight games, Lucasfilm, star wars

Joe’s fire-breathing pony

August 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joe and co teamed up for the Hackerspace makefair and wanted to set interests ablaze. One tactic was to have impressive mohawks (that’s Joe with the pink hair) and to wear a kilt. Another tactic was to have a wimote controlled fire-breathing pony. So; there you have it. The question; “Can I have a pony” […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: fire, robots

The fantastic art of Chris Foss

August 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Foss’ hardback of his SF art became available in July. At the time of blogging Amazon UK has sold out. That’s an impressive book! Aliens is one of the projects that helped earn Foss his reputation. With the combination of the 25th anniversary of Aliens, Sigourney Weaver hinting she rather likes the idea of […]

Filed Under: Art, Books Tagged With: Prometheus, sci-fi, Sigourney Weaver

Gears of War 3 – Pendulum Wars Lancer Gold Replica Gold Version

August 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is pretty impressive. Gears of War fans will recognise the gun straight away. This isn’t just a shiny gold Pendulum Wars Lancer as it has weathering effects. The size of this replica? The Pendulum Wars Lancer is over three feet in length. This bad boy is huge. It makes noises. The only place to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: gears of war, models, weapons

Trekologist: Raules Davies interview

August 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Raules Davies fronts CBS Action‘s Star Trek: The Next Generation broadcasts. The “Trekologist” steps up to the task by using the @cbsaction Twitter account to answer questions, award prizes and discuss the show. Here at Geek Native we’ve landed an interview with this TV star in the making and have lined up a few questions […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: star trek

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