Anyone with a PlayStation 4 can start the Beta Test of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn when it starts on the 22nd of February. We’ll have to see how that works in practice as pre-orders open today and the game will be released on the 14th of April. If you do pre-order the game […]
Archives for January 2014
Middle-Earth remade 1:1 in impressive Outerra
Outerra is very impressive 3D planetary engine. It uses fractals, algorithms and a whole lot of maths to let you create everything from an orbital view of a virtual planet down to a blade of grass. It has an integrated vehicle physics engine too. So, what would happen is someone used it to recreate Middle-Earth? […]
6 fairy tales that originally had surprisingly horrible endings
Most gamers know that the Brother Grimm’s fairy tales, and the others, were much darker than the popular variants known today. The Disney cartoons based on fairy tails are especially prone to fluff – rightly so, imagine the reaction of 7 year-olds and their parents to the collection above? Via Imgur.
Too sexy to sell – the Powerpuff Girls
We see the Powerpuff Girls on Geek Native now and then. Only recently we had this Powerpuff Cornetto Trilogy. Why? The girls are part of geek culture. What do you make of this IDW comic cover? Comic retailer Dennis Barger Jr didn’t like it. He wrote on Facebook; Are we seriously sexualizing pre-teen girls like […]
Fancy a Jelly Baby: A Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Sourcebook review
Travellers in the Fourth Dimension, fighting against tyranny, ignorance and dark forces beyond imagination, The Doctor and his companions have voyaged through 800 episodes. Despite the multitude of stories, you’d think a commonality in villains and plots would mean after a while you’d just start repeating yourself. However, it doesn’t necessarily occur to you, unless […]
Does anyone care? Happy 40th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons
Today is Dungeons & Dragon’s 40th birthday. While we can’t be %100 that the 26th is the exact date, as it was never announced, historian and author Jon Peterson presents some great research on his blog that really leaves little debate. The approach to the birthday has been covered here on Geek Native. There’s been […]
Something for Everyone: Dragon Age Asunder by David Gaider
Anyone familiar with the Bioware Dragon Age franchise will be able to anticipate what Asunder by lead writer David Gaider promises to deliver. Having played Origins and Dragon Age II myself, I opened the book prepared to delve into the fantastical political drama and Mage/Templar conspiratorial battlefield explored in the games. Fans of the franchise […]
Subaru surprises audiences with Attack on Titan ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkgmHEA5_E This TV ad from Subaru is a collaboration with the manga Attack on Titan. There’s a live action movie coming and so these Titans give us a glimpse at how scary they could be. It reminds me of the section the anime had on the Survey Corp horses and how important it was they […]
Torn Armor Kickstarter mess may destroy the companies involved
Bad news, folks. It looks like the ~$68,000 funded Kickstarter for Torn Armor is in significant trouble. Worse than that; some of the companies involved suggest the failure might bring them down. The latest update from Alyssa Faden ends with this summary. In a nutshell we have been screwed by our supplier and are now […]
GAME scores exclusive Senran Kagura Burst 3D print
Senran Kagura is an action game from Tamsoft that focuses on a group of female ninjas. The first game came out for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011 and Senran Kangura followed in 2012 in Japan and is now due out in Europe and Australia. There’s a third game too, Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: The Girls’ […]
