The Avengers have been an amazing box office success. A sequel was predictable. The writer and director for the movie was far from certain. However, in an corporate earnings call last night the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger, confirmed that Joss Whedon would be returning to write and direct the important movie. […]
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The best Star Wars model ever? Life-sized Rancor
The Rancor monster was unfortunate enough to have Luke Skywalker, in Jedi mode, dropped into his pit by the evil Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi. He’s been a fan favourite ever since.
Retro gamer fashion with Direct Blinds
UK retailer Direct Blinds have a collection of designer blinds inspired by retro games. I like these because they’re not something you see every day and feel appropriate to gaming fashion too. I’ve seen many gaming rooms that have blinds installed so the sun can be blocked from casting its evil glare on the screen […]
Sky bisons are awesome – the Appa pillow pet
Rowan at Cut out and Keep has published a fantastic step by step guide to creating your very own sky bison. One you can sit on – even if it won’t fly out into the lands of fire. Rowan was able to create this cute pillow pet in four days, working just a few hours […]
Dredd and 2000 AD storm the iPad
2000 AD, Judge Dredd’s native comic, was an early adopter on the digital comic scene and publishes, DRM-Free, PDF and CBZ downloads from their online store of the magazine every Friday. This week they’ve stepped up a gear by making the comic available for iPhone and iPads. Matt Smith, the editor of 2000 AD, said; […]
Infinite X Studio release Quantum RPG beta as a free download
After a successful Kickstarter project, Joshua Frost’s Infinite X Studio, based in Seattle, has released the Quantum Roleplaying Game beta as a free download. Frost said; “We topped 500 downloads over the soft-launch weekend,” “Now that we’ve crushed the PDF download servers at our host, it’s time for the world to know the Quantum RPG […]
Blood Red Sands promises competitive RPG play
Ralph Mazza, author of the indie RPG Universalis, has teamed with Galileo Games to launch a Kickstarter project. Universalis is now 10 years old and successfully enough to be looking at its fourth print run.
The Future Forms of Life
Theo Jansen’s kinetic sculptures, Strandbeests, have been featured on Geek Native before. I’m sure they’ll be featured again. This is an animation inspired by the Strandbeests. David Lance’s look ahead to the future and the worry that we might succeed a little too well when it comes to alternative life.
How to score 20% off DriveThru RPG this month
About once a month DriveThruRPG make some of their products available for a 20% discount. The catch? You need to know which products and you need to know the discount code. The discount code is in the picture above. TooHot8450. This only leaves the pesky matter of working out which products quality. Geek Native can […]
The Colors of Evil
The Colors of Evil is an impressive short animation. It’s a thesis by Phillip Simon, with Alyse Miller, done at the Ringling College of Art.
