Marvel’s Avengers are getting the anime treatment – no longer a rare thing for American successes. The series is created by Madhouse and gets off to a cracker by pairing two low level but sneaky bastard fighters together. Black Widow and Punisher, who both look anime-impressive, team up to take on Leviathan who have been […]
Archives for January 2014
A Long Line of Body Snatchers: A Review of Hideous Creatures: Ghouls
At heart, Ghouls are haunters of the dead, spending their time around the bodies of the deceased, primarily as a source of sustenance, but also seeking out grave goods. In a lot of horror fiction beyond Lovecraft, they have become the pathetic, fawning groupies of greater monsters – failed vampires, would-be liches, and the almost […]
Pinnacle turns Savage with Super Powers and Science Fiction
Pinnacle Entertainment Group have released a double header of Savage Worlds titles with the Science Fiction Companion and the second edition of the Super Powers Companion. Both books use the new “graphic novel” format PEG have introduced. The Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion is available for PDF purchase already and for preorder for paper. This […]
The Powerpuff Girls in The Cornetto Trilogy mashup
Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End… and the Powerpuff Girls. Spot the odd one out. Okay, challenge over. Edgar Wright reblogged this collection at his Tumblr. We’ve learned now he’s a fan of crossovers. Ant-man theories take note!
Official character sheets for the Knights of Badassdom
Knights of Badassdom is a LARP movie. It’s about a LARP that goes wrong. Wrong as in accidently summoning a succubus, wrong. We’re talking Peter Dinklage and Summer Glau. I’m not sure this is a movie that portrays LARP in a good light. We’ll have to see. After very many delays we do now have […]
Old Man’s Ghosts: An interview with Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd is the author of the popular Twilight Reign fantasy series. His latest book is something new and Moon’s Artifice introduces a new world, characters and all sorts of new threats. Geek Native was lucky enough to grab some of Tom’s time and put together a bunch of questions. We discover who his favourite […]
d18 and d24 Atomic Dice
Fancy some new die? Dice that you won’t have an RPG system for but might impress your gamer buddies? Dice King Games have a Kickstarter project that might interest you. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/33900258/atomic-dice-d18-and-d24-machined-spherical-dice The video is alarming. A spooky voice and a black screen. I thought I was being trolled when I first watched it. If I […]
Star Wars toys masquerading as real spacecraft
Through the power of amazing photography skills Vesa Lehtimäki has transformed a collection of Star Wars toys into life like spacecraft and characters. We’re talking about tricks of perspective, little touches like lights and snow and I would imagine a photoshop nudge or two. In addition to his Flickr page Vesa can be hired via […]
Propaganda posters for the Houses of Westerosi
The Game of Thrones extends to the hearts and minds of the people. This means propaganda! Thanks to these great designs by Olivia Desianti of Bruce Loves You we’ve some fantastic posters to plaster up around Westerosi. Just don’t let Khaleesi see.
The countdown to oblivion: Dragon Ball GT review
Dragon Ball GT season 1 is out in the UK this week. That’s 34 episodes, enough to start and finish the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga and take you deep into the Baby Saga. Dragon Ball GT (Grand Touring) is the last in the three original Dragon Ball runs as Dragon Ball Kai is a […]
