Today, Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive has announced they’ve bought White Wolf Publishing from CCP. Fredrik Wester, CEO and President of Paradox Interactive, said; Like Paradox’s games, White Wolf’s properties have dedicated, passionate communities. While there are similarities in spirit, White Wolf’s IPs have very different themes than Paradox’s titles, and deserve their own brand and […]
Archives for October 2015
5 fantastic Star Wars Christmas Jumpers
Does your office tend to have a Christmas jumper day? A chance to be silly and festive ahead of the holidays? Perhaps you just want to wear a geeky sweater and confirm your position as uber-geek. UK retailer I Want One of Those have just taken delivery of a collection of Star Wars Christmas Jumpers. […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #11 Egyptian God
Go through the StarGate! The work of Chimerical Dragonfly have been featured on Geek Native before. They’re an excellent resource for LARP costumes, Halloween or even that YouTube show you’re working on. This Ra mask is made to order. I think it’s good enough theatrical or even movie props. Or, maybe, running a cult if […]
Competition: Johnny Alucard
Kim Newman was way ahead of the curve when it came to re-inventing historical stories with supernatural and fictional characters woven in. His vampire series imagines what it would be like if Dracula had succeeded in taking over England and if Jack the Ripper was a vampire hunter. Johnny Alucard is the fourth book in […]
Villains and Vigilantes legal battle reignites
Back in 2013 Geek Native reported that Jeff Dee and Jack Herman of Monkey House Games had won their legal battle with Fantasy Games United over the ownership of Villains and Vigilantes. Now it seems that the battle will rage on. Villains and Vigilantes was created by Jack Herman and Jeff Dee in 1979 and […]
Water and death – Fathoms bubbles in Kickstarter
This is a board game in which water can leak into the game arena, flow around and force you to change your strategy as a result. The aquatic monsters are a problem too. There are more details on the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] Mike Robins, an indie designer, is asking for $35,603 to make […]
Huge, hard sci-fi: A review of Bowl of Heaven
Bowl of Heaven is a combined project from sci-fi faves Larry Niven and Gregory Benford. I’m in the interesting position of having read both Bowl of Heaven and the followup Shipstar based on recommendations for the latter of the two. Bowl of Heaven is harder to get into and ends in such a way that […]
Short film: Giant Robots from Outer Space
Giant Robots from Outer Space manages to be a parody, a tribute and a twist all in one. The animation is inspired by those wonderful b-movies from the 50s. Expect to see some iconic scenes re-made here. It’s also a twist. We don’t get the traditional damsel or hero here. This is a gradulation movie […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #10 Ichigo’s Hollow Mask
Bankai! Fan of the anime Bleach? Hero Ichigo battles against Hollows, spirited turned dangerously insane and each with a hole in their soul and a skeletal face. One particular skeletal mask, though, has special significance. This hollow mask ships from Darlington, from the hands of Masktastic, in the UK to anywhere in the world. You […]
Halloween Geek: A d10 in a Witch Hat
This key chain scores both cute and geek points. It’s a lovely looking d20 that’s been given a polymer clay witch hat. You can pick the split ring key chain up from Hidey Hole Inn on Etsy for $12.
