How much live TV do you watch right now? I don’t watch much. I’ll be on Netflix, Crunchyroll or NowTV or I’ll be using my BT TV hard drive to watch what’s been recorded. If I’m watching live TV it’ll because I want to watch the show at the earliest opportunity. Does that seem familiar […]
Archives for January 2016
Next level World of Warcraft cosplay
Some of the cosplayers in Russia are simply incredible. Step forward Narga Lifestream. Narga’s the real deal, making the costumes herself as well as modelling them. This World of Warcraft set, just one of many, shows Alexstrasza and Krasus. Krasus is cosplayed by Narga’s boyfriend. What a couple! It’s clear that the photographs have been […]
Sci-fi concept art that rocks: 10 juxtapositions of tech and nature
Ioan Dumitrescu is a talented concept artist who lives in Bucharest, Romania, and creates some fantastic illustrations. He’s worked on a range of big titles, as his concept art shows, and earned plaudits from companies like Gameloft. Ioan’s portfolio is online and well worth a browse. There’s a sample below which look at technology in […]
Making monsters: The Ember card game
Ember is a card game from District31 which launched well on Kickstarter this week. The British tabletop game has earned thousands of Pounds in just a few days. You can see the latest totals on Ember’s campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game-and-fantasy-playing-ca [Back this Campaign] In Ember players are apprentice wizards playing with a stolen mote of elemental […]
7 tips to building a game world on the fly
Tim Chant is a gamer and author (and baker) based in Edinburgh. His new novel Sam Cane: Hard Setdown follows the ex-con artist and ex-soldier Sam Cane as she flees to fringe of humanity’s scattered worlds and finds a whole lot of danger. Geek Native wanted to tap into Tim’s experience and unearth some tips […]
Proudly the worst heroes ever – it’s the Suicide Squad trailer
What’s your take on the forthcoming Suicide Squad film? There’s been a ton of discussion around Jared Leto as the Joker. Opinions and predictions on whether the film will flop or be a killer seem to be pretty changeable. This is the first full length trailer from David Ayer’s movie and this, at least, seems […]
In Shadow and Corruption – a review of Symbaroum
Symbaroum brings a complete Swedish tabletop fantasy role-playing game to a wider English-speaking audience in a hardback volume or as a PDF. Not the first tabletop game to achieve this transition by any means, Symbaroum might seem unusual in that it only appeared in it’s original language format in 2013. Funding the translation by IndieGoGo, […]
Short film: Waterdrop
Waterdrop is a sci-fi short about a close of encounter of the second kind. That’s an encounter with a physical effect – more than visual, but less than actual aliens – something animals reacting, heat or a chemical trace. It’s a simple format. The audio tunes in the world as mankind discuss what the aliens […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Incredible wearable steampunk lanterns
Today’s “wearable” talk seems to be all about smartwatches, fitness bands and the occasional VR headpiece. Haven’t we forgotten something important? Something incredible? Something like these wearable steampunk lanterns from Harlots and Angels. Steampunk Cthulhu warding lantern I want this one Steampunk kraken glowing lantern Show me moar Steampunk Elder Sign lantern I demand access […]
Death by dragon attack – the lawn ornament
Do the neighbours have garden gnomes? Show me the dragon I have a communal garden and one of the neighbours is a busybody who likes to poke their nose into things. I think having a dragon massacring some gnomes hidden in the bushes is exactly right for the area. Hey, everyone needs an evil wandering […]
