Eric Franklin’s Neon Skeleton is a work of art and science. Based in Portland, Franklin uses glass tubes filled with ionised krypton in order to create the grow. The neon skeleton took more than 1,000 hours, over two years, to complete. What do you think? Cool or creepy?
Archives for April 2012
Pac-man ghost shelf
You find great stuff on Etsy. This time we’re popping over to LightYourselfUp, from Spain, and their Pac-man inspired ghost shelf. You get to custom design the work; picking colour, size and even the direction of the ghost’s glare. Via Geek Crafts.
Gamer challenge: Find the cat
There is a cat in this photo. Some blogs ask that you don’t give the location away – Geek Native is going to do the opposite. I’ve got +500 experience points* to award to whoever finds it first. All you have to do is use the ThingLink hover facility which I’ve enabled for this photo […]
120 tracks in mighty Skyrim musical mashup
Step forward Lindsey Stirling and Peter Hollens. We’ve seen Stirling already in her Zelda video but Hollens is new to Geek Native. Stirling teams up with Hollens to bring his impressive vocal talent to the production. After all, it’s the Nordic chanting that makes Skyrim such a musical success for so many. There’s just a […]
The 10 minute trailer: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
The team behind the anime Space Battleship Yamato have released a long trailer for their sci-fi epic. We’re not talking 2, 3 or even 5 minutes long. We’re talking about a 10 minute clip from the show. The first two episodes of the series will actually air in cinemas around Japan from the end of […]
MMORPG anime Sword Art Online gets extended tailer
When Geek Native wrote about Sword Art Online back in February there was some debate about the premise. The game – a “VRMMORPG” if you want – is one where you die in real life if you die in the game. How does that work? The trailer still doesn’t explain so we’re left to speculate. […]
What if… Doctor Who was an 8-bit RPG
A quesiton we’ve all wrestled with is this: what if Doctor Who was actually an 8-bit RPG. Imagine the classic JRPG of the Nintendo era. Imagine the Eleventh Doctor’s plot. Or if all that imagination is a bit too hard work – just watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMVxZ8pGzA
Invite a seven foot Sith Lord into your house
Is geeky house missing that certain something? What about some raw power? Okay; dark side of the Force power… but, you know, seven feet of deadly power. If you have $6,000 handy then you can invite that special dark side man into your abode. Just a model, of course, real Sith Lords aren’t into popping […]
The big gaming names at The Gadget Show Live
The co-creator of Fighting Fantasy Steve Jackson will be at The Gadget Show Live. Ian Livingstone, co-creator, of Fighting Fantasy, will also be there. Both of them. Wow. In fact, the life president of Eidos and gaming god Jackson are not the only huge gaming names coming to the April 2012 show. Here’s the full […]
Origami monsters
Two facts for you. First fact: origami posts are popular on Geek Native. Second fact: monster posts are also popular on this blog. It seems natural then that Geek Native posts some video instructions for some origami monsters. The word of caution is that these monsters are rather more complex than a paper plane when […]
