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Archives for March 2014

Short film: Manifold

March 31, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Anthony Scott Burns short films teases us a with blend of crime drama and sci-fi. It could be something out of Fringe except we’re left to piece things together – even more so than usual. Time for another? Click this teleport link and you’ll be taken over to a randomly selected short film.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: crime, sci-fi, short film

It’s Not Easy Being Weird: A Review of Numenera’s Injecting the Weird

March 31, 2014 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

Your mounts are quadruped leeches with shrivelled, underdeveloped forearms and an odour like pickled limes. Having arrived in Thexz, entering through a gateway in the wall of solidified whispers that surround it, and left the mounts in stables, you search out your contact. H’eth is an ex-Aeon Priest who speaks with two voices, one like […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Monte Cook, Ninth World, Numenera, reviews, rpgs

10 cool facts about Captain America that might surprise you

March 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Did you know all this about Captain America? I think there’s some surprising facts in this collection – at the very least there’s cool facts, timely facts, about the USA’s super soldier.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Captain America, marvel, superheroes

Short film: Spacebound

March 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Directed by Ellen Su and Kyle Moy, Spacebound is a short animation in the aftermath of an explosion. The spacebound character finds himself stranded and with his oxygen about to run out. Does the style of the animation give us any clues to whether a happy ending is incoming or not? Short film fan? Looking […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, sci-fi, short film

The dinosaur of Faith

March 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a town called Faith in South Dakota. The famous T-rex skeleton that was named Sue was found nearby. This, though, is a different sort of dinosaur. This T-rex is a scrap metal sculpture by the artist/cowboy John Lopez. Via Dakotagraph.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: dinosaurs

27 expert tips and techniques to bring your fantasy world to life

March 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Randall C Ellis is the author of the fantasy RPG Sojourner’s Quest. Geek Native took a look inside the game last year and the post was part of the OSR debate. Fresh out this month are Sojourner’s Moon, Journey Master’s Guide and Sojourner’s Moon, Player’s Guide. Together they are the sci-fi option for Sojourner fans […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Sojourner Games, Sojourner's Moon, Sojourner's Quest

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #8

March 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here we have another unscheduled look at anime series both old and new. In Irregular Reconnaissance I share mini-reviews of anime that’s won my time recently in the hope they’ll help guide your choices. Anime fan too? Found something good to watch recently? Share your thoughts and reviews in the comments below. Arpeggio of Blue […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Arpeggio of Blue Steel, baldr force exe, dragon ball gt, dragonball, Fairy Tail, Irregular Reconnaissance, Nabari, one piece, the aegis of uruk, the tower of druaga

Steampunk Stormtrooper cosplay

March 29, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Not your usual Stormtrooper? A first time cosplayer was inspired by the steampunk Star Wars works of Bjorn Hurri. I understand why! Hurri’s art is fantastic and has been featured on Geek Native before. This is the piece that the cosplay is based on, I think. Via Fashionably Geek.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: bjorn hurri, cosplay, star wars, steampunk, stormtroopers

Steampunk Changelings: A review of Bronze Gods

March 29, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bronze Gods is an Apparatus Infernum novel, the first I think, from the partnership of Ann Aguirre and husband Andres Aguirre (writing as A.A. Aguirre). It’s an interesting set up that mixes a fairy/fantasy setting with steampunk. The exact mythology and lore isn’t spelt out in painstaking detail, it is hinted at through dreams and […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: a.a. aguirre, andres aguirre, ann aguirre, reviews, steampunk

Short film: A Gotham Fairytale

March 29, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The grim imagination of a little girl as she listens to a story from her grandmother. Mauricio Abril’s “A Gotham Fairytale” is an animatic that brings on the win for Muse fans as well as Batman fans. There’s over 200 different black and white illustrations. Short film fan? Use this teleport link and the site […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, batman, muse, short film

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