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Archives for November 2016

Swap great geeky Black Friday deals!

November 25, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

What’s the best Black Friday deal you’ve seen this shopping season? Let us know in the comments below and impress the community with your hunter skill! Redbubble and the Geek Native store Use code BLKFRIDAY to get 20% off everything at Redbubble and 35% off Hoodies and Sweatshirts.…

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: firebox, redbubble, sales, ThinkGeek

The Mad Mad Poke Road custom build could be yours!

November 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Donald Kennedy, aka Kody Koala, is a great modder of toys. His latest build is a mashup of Pokemon and Mad Max. Not possible? Sure it is. You can check out the gallery of pictures over at his Flicker archive or just jump to Kody Koala Toys on Etsy and buy it before someone else does.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Etsy, mad max, models, pokemon

An exclusive peak at concept art from Ether Wars

November 23, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ether Wars is back from the ether of an unsuccessful Kickstarter. The game was always one that could have funded and it looks like the second attempt has addressed one of the issues that were annoying some backers.…

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: burning games, ether wars, kickstarters

Is it a Mimic monster or a wooden chest?

November 20, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Where do you store your favourite dice and the miniatures currently in use as the characters in your RPG? Somewhere disappointing like a balled up plastic bag? Somewhere sensible like a bookshelf or somewhere heroic like on the mantelpiece?…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dice, Etsy

Win a pair of tickets to Insomnia!

November 20, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 9 Comments

The UK’s biggest gaming show is Insomnia. It’s held between the 9th and 11th of December at the NEC in Birmingham. Geek Native has coordinated with The Ticket Factory to drum up a pair of tickets for a lucky winner!…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: competitions, InSomnia

Win the Traitor Son Cycle from Miles Cameron

November 20, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 12 Comments

The latest book in the Traitor Son Cycle is out. Miles Cameron’s A Plague of Swords returns to the Red Knight even as a new threat and dangerous enemies conspire against him.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: a plague of swords, competitions, miles cameron, the red knight

Feisty? They’ll bite your hand off: Dangerous plushies from ThinkGeek

November 20, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s holiday season so the nerdy monkeys at ThinkGeek start to produce interesting gift ideas. These feisty pets are exactly that! Right now you can opt for a feisty cat, feisty bear or feisty dog but the site reveals there’s a fourth in the form of feisty monkey Grandmaster Funk.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: monsters, plushies, ThinkGeek

How an illustrator gets into drawing for RPGs: An interview with Jackie Musto

November 11, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bedrock Games have a “Pay What you Want” RPG in the form of Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. The wuxi inspired game has its own detailed martial arts setting and uses the Network System.…

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bedrock games, wandering heroes of ogre gate, wuxia

Superhero Nerd: A review of Geek-Girl #1

November 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sam Johnson’s Geek-Girl has been on my radar for a little while, at least from last year when Geek Native previewed Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman: Cabra Cini (rated as: hopeful) but the author himself has been getting mentions on the site since 2014 in conjunction with Free Comic Book Day.…

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: cabra cini, geek-girl, reviews, Sam Johnson, superheroes

Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot posters

November 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wow. This is a blast from the past. Are you old enough to remember Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot? It was a kaiju import from Japan, with bad dubbing and people in low budget costumes.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: boiling point, Etsy, Japan, kaiju, posters, sci-fi

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