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Archives for October 2014

Cosmic pizza battles: Solar Slice

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a board game in which the controllers of Earth – pizza delivery companies – discover alien life and battle to control the franchise rights. [Back this Campaign] Pledges for Solar Slice go $1, $2 and then $45. The jump goes from expressing an interest, getting digital assets to re-create your own version of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game geek, board games, kickstarters

The new most evil GM’s chair

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

On September 28th, 2014 Geek Native shared this Evil DM chair. The spooky chair won the title because it cast an demonic shadow. Does it still deserve the title? Behold the competition. This scorpion chair was designed by Vyacheslav Pakhomov and is either a throne for a tyrant king or a chair for a very […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: household

Who on Earth? Getting to know mayamada

October 10, 2014 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

You might not yet have heard of mayamada but the company keeps popping onto my radar. Sometimes it’s an anime fan or a gamer friend who mentions the brand. Sometimes there’s a comic book Kickstarter. There’s even been a Geek Native post or two. Determined to get to the bottom of this mystery I invited […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: anime, mayamada

Scrap metal Hulk is pretty damn fierce

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

Work with what you’ve got. That’s what Old Steel Art in Thailand did to create this impressive Hulk. He looks just as fierce as Hulk should do. Look at the detail! It’s hard to believe this Hulk is made from scrap metal until you get closer in and start to see the bolts. I wonder […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Incredible Hulk, metal, superheroes

Tomorrowland’s trailer will intrigue but it’s not Star Wars

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Disney have a themepark called Tomorrowland and they’re working on a movie too. Once rumoured to be a Star Wars film we can now see that’s not true but there is sci-fi here. George Clooney and Britt Robertson star. They can access a place called Tomorrowland and while they visit their actions have a direct […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: disney, sci-fi, trailers

War of the Worlds meets Achtung Cthulhu in this great video

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a must see video. It’s called the “Great Martian War” but this gamer took one look and immediately saw War of Worlds meets Achtung Cthulhu. The footage here comes from World War 1 footage… with, yeah, aliens added. It gets better. If you pop over to History.co.uk you’ll find more of the same. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs, TV Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, alternative history, sci-fi, short film

Wow! Impressive Female Draenei cosplay

October 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The cosplayer here is Anna, better known as Feyische, and she’s impressively transformed herself into a Draenei warrior. Look at the feet and legs. She pulls of that forward bend on the knee so well. Combine that with the giant hoof on each foot and you’ve a cosplay that’s spot on and would leave you […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, World of Warcraft

Best of the best: Game of Thrones western cover

October 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s been loads of covers of the iconic Game of Thrones opening tune and you’ll find the best here on Geek Native. This particular one from BenDan Productions is my favourite. I call it best of the best. What did you think? Granted; if you hate Westerns and all that they stand for (Firefly) then […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: game of thrones, western

Competition: Win The Lost Stars – Imperfect Sword

October 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Calling all Jack Campbell fans! Are you reading your way through The Lost Stars series? This sci-fi series is popular because it is very good. This week saw the release of book three – The Lost Stars – Imperfect Sword from Titan Books in the UK. The story picks up after the successful coup and […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: competitions, Jack Campbell, sci-fi

How to use a GameCube controller for your Nintendo 3DS

October 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Worried that you’ll button mash your 3DS to death trying to play Super Smash Bros? This $12 hardware hack might put you at ease. That’s right, dekuNukem’s project only cost $12 in parts and the code is all up at GitHub. No surprise to see an Arduino Nano in the project. The Arduino reads the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: hacking, nintendo, Nintendo 3DS

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