I travel a lot. In fact, many (perhaps most) of my blog posts here are written in hotel rooms, in airports or other glamorous places business travel takes people – like railway stations, conference rooms and the Starbucks around the corner when you’re 15 minutes too early for the meeting. My main problem when it […]
Archives for June 2014
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #9
An unscheduled catch-up from the life of an anime fan. In Irregular Reconnaissance you’ll find a collection of mini-reviews, quips and insight on a bunch of anime. The goal is to help you work out which series might earn their way into your schedule and to serve as a discussion focus for fans. Are you […]
Cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic art of Jonas De Ro
With companies like Wizards of the Coast, Radical Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Square Enix, Legendary Pictures and even games giant Gree in his portfolio Jonas De Ro is one hell of a talent. Born in Belgium but now working in UK De Ro is a concept designer and illustrator. You can find […]
Mythicals: Derpy Cthulhu, derpy dragon and derpy Unicorn
Character toy brand Monster Factory, based in Toronto and known for quirky plush toys has released a new line. The Monster Factory Mythicals are a set of three designs, picked by fans in a poll, and are a derpy looking Cthulhu, unicorn and dragon. They beat of derpy challenges from sea monsters, pegasus and a […]
Short film: R.U.R. Genesis
R.U.R. was written in 1919 as a sci-fi theatrical play in Czech by Karel Capek. R.U.R. stands for “Rossum’s Universal Robots”. The play has the Roboti as artificial people made out of synthetic organic matter. The play was a thought leader in what came to become known as “robot” although by today’s standards the Roboti […]
Dice portraits attack t-shirts for the second time
Last year, Geek Native featured the dice portraits of Lee Bretschneider. Back then you could buy them as t-shirts… but there were problems. [Back this Campaign] That’s a pretty good response to a problem – fix it and try again. There’s another interesting twist to this story. The target price for the Kickstarter Lee is […]
Free RPG Day – including 3679 free RPG downloads
Today is Free RPG Day. The event is managed by Impressions, a company that helps put RPGs in your hands, and is designed to encourage you to support your local game shop. The site has a interactive map which you can use to find a retailer taking part in the event near you. It costs […]
A king among anime: A review of K
I’ve known about K ever since Geek Native shared a trailer back in 2012. I hadn’t realised what I was missing. Manga UK released K in May and it has become one of my favourite animes of the year. The series picks up following Shiro who is easygoing and popular. He’s set on by a […]
What if Star Wars was set in an 80s High School
Geek Native has featured the art of Denis Medri before. He’s done the Justice League as cowboys, steampunk Spider-man and a Rockabilly Batman and Bane set. Now? The clever artist has turned to Star Wars and set the sci-fi epic in a High School heavy with 80s fashion. Highly recommended: check out his blog.
Impressive Smaug cosplay and video
Do you think flattery will keep you alive? In this striking King Under the Mountain cosplay we get to see Kialna Cosplay debut the Fire and Death performance at AnimeCon 2014. Photographs by Jeroen Weimar and Jacky Cheung. Watch the video as well as it works better with the atmospheric lights. Via the informed Nicole […]
