Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist and inventor. Rube Goldberg machines, named after him, are known for being complex ways to achieve very little. This machine created by Japan’s AU is, in some ways, a typical Rube Goldberg device. What’s unusual about it is that rather than logs of cogs, rolling marbles, dominoes and the […]
Archives for September 2014
Must see cinematic trailer for the RPG Mutant: Year Zero
Modiphius and Free League Publishing are publishing a 30th anniversary edition of Mutant: Year Zero. The tabletop RPG will be a 256 page full colour hardcover (with PDF edition too). In Mutant: Year Zero you play one of the people of the Ark. You’re a mutant, powerful but fragile. None of the people are over […]
Oh my nachos! It’s a d20 bowl set
Just minutes after Geek Native shared this “lucky” D20 Rug from Middle of Beyond and Think Geek updates their selection of wares with another d20 goody. It’s the d20 bowl set. Think Geek call it the d20 Bowl Set of Snacking +1. The bowls interlock to form a d20 when you don’t have them filled […]
Will this d20 rug bring you lucky dice?
I’ve not stumbled across this store before but Middle of Beyond (MOB) have certainly made an impression with their rug collection. In particular, this made to measure large d20 is something which feels like it would be at home in my games room. You know; when I get a games room. We’re talking 60 x […]
Fanboy and the Fearworms
Fanboy Comics will release a limited edition print run of Robert Payne Cabeen’s Fearworms. Fearworms: Selected Poems will have cover art by the Emmy-nominated and Eisner-winning Bill Sienkiewicz. Sienkiewicz is known for projects like Stray Toasters, New Mutants and Elektra: Assassin. Robert Payne Cabeen’s work (which includes Tainted Treats, Heavy Metal 2000, A Monkey’s Tale […]
I want YOU: Starcraft Propaganda posters
If you’re not already tempted to spend way too much time fighting in Starcraft then these propaganda posters by Yanni Davros might lure you into the war. Love what you see? You can order these for just $10 from Davros’ online art store.
Friendly teasing escalates into deadly Nerf War!
The YouTube channel who made this video, Racka Racka insist this special effects bonanza isn’t sponsored by Nerf. That may be so but I now have a strong desire to buy myself an impressive Nerf assault canon. After all; I never know when a Nerf warrior might throw down. If Nerf is needed then my […]
Your path to fame? Write and review for Geek Native!
Geek Native is on the lookout for more writers and reviewers. Tempted? Does this gig pay? Not a penny. Geek Native doesn’t make any money. Really, doesn’t it pay? You’re very welcome to earn cash through DriveThruRPG/RPGNow affiliate links when you review RPG titles. Or you can check out what Geek Native does pay for. […]
Twisted Princess: Merida
Geek Native has featured plenty of Jeffrey Thomas’ art before. Why? It’s awesome! The two galleries shown so far are both Twisted Princesses. One Geek Native presented as Disney princesses as RPG encounters and the other Disney Princesses as RPG monsters. This time round we’ve Merida the Bear Queen. There’s a backstory here. Thomas explains […]
When a whole Spanish town becomes Zombie Survival LARP
Some two-thousand players turned the streets of Collado Villaba, a Spanish town near Madrid, into a zombie LARP. Players had to carry passports, an identifying handkerchief and fake cash to bribe other players. Meanwhile some 150 staff helped run the event and use make-up and professional actors to kick off the zombie infection. All you […]
