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Archives for June 2015

Explore all articles published in June 2015. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Anime, and Art.

Key Topics This Month

KICKSTARTERS COMPETITIONS CRYPTOZOIC LEGAL ANIMATSU

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The American legal system and the failed Kickstarter with a $111,793 ghost

June 15, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Back in 2012 Geek Native covered the Kickstarter project The Doom That Came to Atlantic City. It looked good. The project funded. We’re told artists did work on the game but weren’t paid. The project was then cancelled, backers lost their money and the promised refunds never appeared. The good news first; Cryptozoic stepped in, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cryptozoic, kickstarters, legal

Competition: Nadia – The Secret of Blue Water

June 15, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 10 Comments

In Geek Native’s review of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water I suggested watching the series was like having nostalgia for something you didn’t watch the first time round. The animation style, from the 90s, reminds me very much of classic cartoons like The Mysterious Cities of Gold but this particular Jules Verne inspired series […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Animatsu, competitions

Spiral notebooks perfect for Game Masters and tabletop RPG

June 15, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Redbubble have added spiral notebooks to their arsenal of goodies. This is great news as spiral notebooks are my absolute favourite for tabletop RPGs. Spiral notebooks can be laid flat, perfectly, to act as maps and without fear of pages flipping over to reveal notes. Pages can be torn out easily. It’s also easy to […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: redbubble

Inspired by Mad Max

June 14, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m a fan of W. Scott Forbes’ work, especially this Sailor Moon Cyberpunk mashup. The art director has worked for the likes of Marvel, Sideshow Collectibles, Vertigo and other A-List geek companies. This piece was posted over at his Tumblr after Vertigo Comics invited him to take part in an Inspired Artists book for Mad […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: mad max, Mad Max: Fury Road

Crazy home invention: 40W laser shotgun

June 14, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This shotgun is many times more powerful than the lightsaber styropyro had already built. As Chris Mills over at Gizmodo points out a 40 watt laser is hugely more powerful than the 0.005 watt lasers you can buy from stores but still a far off the US Navy’s prototype cannon that blasts at 30,000 watts. […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: laser, weapons

The Frankenstein Wars wants your support

June 14, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Interactive ebooks are enjoying something of a popularity boost these days. On the heels of Gollancz stepping into the ring with A Land Fit For Heroes we know have Spanish Cubus Games working with Dave Morris (Fabled Lands, Dragon Warriors) and Paul Gresty on The Frankenstein Wars. You can check out the Kickstarter details here. […]

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: android, ios, kickstarters, undead

A sneak peak into Realms: The Roleplaying Game Art of Tony Diterlizzi

June 14, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last year Geek Native pounced on the news that popular RPG artist Tony Diterlizzi would be releasing the first comprehensive collection of it art. The book’s title said it all: The Roleplaying Game Art of Tony Diterlizzi. Diterlizzi is known from key title like Dungeons & Dragons as well as Magic: The Gathering. As a […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs

Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma

June 13, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ahead of E3 we’ve got the first official trailer for Redacted Studios and Versus Evil’s Afro Samurai 2. The trailer suggests there’s plenty of influence from the original anime and manga roots in the game. The story picks up from where the last game finished as we deal with Kuma on a bloody quest to […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: playstation 4, trailers, xbox one

Kickin’ it Old School: A Review of How to Game Master Like a Fucking Boss

June 12, 2015 by Ed 23 Comments

In the wonderful world of tabletop role-playing games, there are two separate yet equally-important schools of thought: the “old-school” style of play perpetrated from classic editions of Dungeons & Dragons through the 80s, and the “new-school” style of play coming from the rising indie RPG movement of the late 90s through now. How to Game Master Like a […]

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dungeon crawl classics, Dungeons & Dragons, Old School Renaissance, Venger Satanis

Competition: Win Glass Thorns – Window Wall

June 11, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 11 Comments

For the last few years Geek Native has been tracking Glass Thorns. This is a fantasy drama series from the hugely popular Melanie Rawn which follows the highs and lows of a magical theatre group in a political and dangerous setting. The latest book in the series is out. In Window Wall we deal with […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: competitions, fantasy, Melanie Rawn

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