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Archives for May 2013

Dice Bag! A competition inspired by Zoidberg, Cthulhu and a Beholder

May 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

At the start of the month I stumbled across a beholder! Did it kill me? Nope! The collection of eye tyrant dice bags, inspired by the familiar D&D horror, won me over with their quirky charm and usefulness. I want to rummage around in the mouth of a beast before every dramatic dice roll. You […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: beholder, competitions, cthulhu, dice, Futurama

Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness review

May 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can preview Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness here in an earlier post on Geek Native. Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness was overseen by the Star Trek movie writer Roberto Orci, was written by Mike Johnson and illustrated by David Messina. It began life as a four part comic book series in the run up […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: J. J. Abrams, Mike Johnson, star trek, star trek into darkness

Curiosity Cube finished. What was inside 22Can’s game?

May 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Late last year, Geek Native and other blogs took an interest in a little mobile game called Curiosity and its cubes. It was free to play and was simple; bash cubes to slowly unveil another layer of cubes. The layers of cubes seemed to be nearly endless but we all knew that was not the […]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: 22Cans

Mind’s Eye Theatre: Vampire the Masquerade LARP looks to return

May 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bynightstudios/minds-eye-theatre-vampire-the-masquerade/ [Back this Kickstarter] At the start of the year By Night Studios announced a deal with CCP that gave them a license deal to update the LARP system for Mind’s Eye Theatre. This would mean a revision of the Vampire: The Masquerade LARP rules and perhaps other World of Darkness properties. It’s a few […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: by night studios, CCP, kickstarters, larp, mind's eye theatre, Vampire: The Masquerade, white wolf, world of darkness

Cute monsters taking over postcards

May 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Postcards? Monsters in Instagram? These memerable creations are the work of Juan Carlos Paz, aka Bakea. Based in Spain and working as an art director for an ad agency, Bakea has a knack for mixing real with surreal.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: monsters

A peak into London MCM Comic Con cosplay

May 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G12h5IXxka4 Kim Nguyen, aka KBLNoodles, is a British born videographer who travels across the UK an US to film cosplay music videos. He has early footage from MCM London Comic Con which finishes today.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, london comic con

My Neighbor Kurama

May 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is an anime mashup. Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbour Totoro is blended with Naruto. The result? My Neighbor Kurama. Created by Jin Joson, the clever image refers to the spirit of the Nine Tail Fox that is trapped inside Naruto. The mashup works not just as a smashup but as an inspired way to show […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: anime, Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbour Totoro, naruto

90s style Game of Thrones characters

May 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This fantastic set of Game of Thrones inspired art is the work of Mike Wrobel. Born in France, now working in Tokyo as a graphic designer, Wrobel runs a Society 6 store where you can buy these four as prints.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: game of thrones

Sponsored Video: The mercenaries of Fuse

May 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

FUSE is a new third person, take cover and shoot, from EA and Insomniac Games. Insomniac Games are the developers behind the Ratchet & Clank and the Resistance series. They’re independent. Fuse, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, is due out in May 31st in Europe and a few days before that in North […]

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: ea, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

WizKids start the Dominion War in Star Trek: Attack Wing!

May 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WizKids/NECA has kicked off the Dominion War with an organised play event to launch the forthcoming Star Trek: HeroClix game Star Trek: Attack Wing. The Dominion War is a big deal in the Star Trek universe and perhaps one of the most dramatic times in the Alpha Quadrant. The Breen Confederacy and the Jem’Hadar have […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: HeroClix, neca, star trek, wizkids

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