For some strange reason one of the most popular posts on Geek Native in recent years has been sexy Disney Princesses are Sith warriors. Perhaps it’s time to address the balance. Here are some Disney Princesses who are certainly not sexy at all. They’re blood splattered zombies and one of them is trying to eat […]
Archives for August 2012
DiceyDecor for the fashionable gamer: glass dice lamps
A geeky pillow with its own sleep mode is a start – but what can you do if you want to take household geek fashion up to an even higher level? You want people to know, at a glance, that they’re in the home of a gamer and prepare themselves for educated banter and geeky […]
Select Sleep: The geek pillow
This is a fantastic design. Sadly, this blogger can’t currently point at who sells this or who designed it. A bit of research uncovers Cookie Thief as one of the first sites to publish the picture this year. Impress and earn geeky points if you can dig deeper by leaving a comment below.
The 2000 AD National Signing Day
When we had the news of 2000 AD coming to the iPad we also mentioned the first ever 2000 AD National Signing Day. The event celebrates 35 years of Thrill-power, in one zarjaz day! In Forbidden Planets and Travelling Man stores across the UK, on 1 September, a host of famous names would be available […]
Numenera: Monte Cook announces his new RPG
Popular RPG game designer Monte Cook has announced his new RPG. Back in April, Cook made gamer headlines when he quit the D&D Next project, blaming differences of opinion with the company, but backig the #DNDNext team. His new project, Numenera, is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign and may suggest Cook prefers to push […]
Doctor Who 50th special: An Adventure in Space and Time
The BBC have announced An Adventure in Space and Time to mark the Doctor’s 50th anniversary. The show ill tell the story of the TV show, from its first broadcaston 23rd of November in 1963 and up until today. It’s written by Mark Gatiss and produced by Caroline Skinner and Steven Moffat himself. In a […]
Fan built Wall-E
Mike Senna is some sort of robot building guru. He’s responsible for a life sized, carefully researched and very functional Wall-E robot. Working on his own time, putting in 25 hours a week for two years and spending his own money, he’s been able to craft this incredible homage to Pixar’s empathic bot.
What are Heroclix Fast Forces and Gravity Feeds?
There are many different HeroClix sets; X-Men, Justice League, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Halo, Street Fighter, Gears of War, Chaos War, Marvel 10th Anniversary, Avengers Movie, Galactic Guardians, etc. However, sometimes you’ll see the phrase “Fast Forces” prepended or appended to a title of the range. You may even see discussion about Gravity […]
Geeky ice lollies – cute and scary
I think it’s a great idea to take some iconic characters from geek culture and turn them into ice lollies (or ice pops if you’re in the New World). That’s exactly what the Moscow-based Stoyn has done. Good? Perhaps. I need to warn you about two possible evils though. Firstly, Stoyn doesn’t usually make lollies. […]
The Art of Judge Dredd
A 272 paged collection of art from the Judge Dredd comic book series will be available in September. The Art of Judge Dredd has an introduction from Dredd’s co-creator John Wagner. Art from the 2000 AD archive to make the publication includes work from Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, Greg Staples, Cam Kennedy, Steve Dillon and […]
