When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace is from director Masahiko Otsuka, best known for the charming and cheeky, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Sadly, Supernatural Battles has none of that charisma. The character we experience the show through is Ando Jurai. He’s a Chuunibyou. That’s someone who believes they have special powers and is also known […]
Archives for December 2016
Chat app and gaming platform Plato debuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoqEYlpgO7g Okay, Plato’s pitch probably doesn’t find much traction with your average reader of Geek Native. You’re above average. The chances are you’re already into social gaming. Plato is for everyone else. The concept seems simply enough. Plato has a library of casual games and has chat built into them all. These are traditional games, […]
Bladerunner 2049 trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDscTTE-P-k Bladerunner 2049 will star Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. It’s due out in 2017. Ford is back as Rick Deckard but it’s Gosling in the lead role. It certainly looks like Deckard might now be on the other end of the boot. We’ll have to see. Is Bladerunner 2049 showing near you? Check the […]
Don’t annoy the supernatural: A review of The Wild Ways
The Wild Ways from Tanya Huff and a sequel to The Enchantment Emporium. In the first book we meet a magical family called the Gales who command enough respect that the supernatural tends to leave them alone; unless they’re really powerful. The Wild Ways follows one of my favourite characters from the book, Charlotte Gale, […]
Life’s not easy as a magic weapon: A review of Soul Eater Not
Soul Eater is my favourite reminder why you need to give an anime two or three episodes before you can safely decide whether you like it. Soul Eater starts off a bit whacky but soon gets deep, dark and interesting. Soul Eater Not is more of a spin-off than a sequel though most of the […]
Christmas decorations supported by Sugru
Sugru is mouldable glue. It comes in small packets and feels like blutac. Once open you’ve about half an hour to play with it, roll it into shape with your hands and stick it where it needs to go. Then it takes about 24 hours to cure when it becomes a rubber-like substance. I’ve used Sugru […]
10 stunning roleplaying miniature dioramas
Do you game with or without miniatures? I don’t tend to use them because I lack both the space to do make full use of the models and the artistic skill to do them justice. That’s not true for gamer Ryan Devoto. His collection of models is gorgeous, and he’s got the space to build […]
Behind the scenes with The Can Opener’s Daughter
Rob Davis’ The Motherless Oven is an award-winning comic. In this world there are no birthday, only deathdays and it’ll be a battle for Scarper Lee to survive that long. In this world children make their own parents and Scarper’s father is a wind-powered construction and his mother a Bakelite hairdryer. Now, in the The […]
Difficult? This is a Dark Souls Fire Keeper cosplay
One of the many things I hear Dark Souls fans raving about is the quality of character design. It’s certainly influenced Russian cosplayer Niamash who put together this stunning Fire Keeper cosplay. Just a heads-up on Niamash. She runs this cosplay store on Etsy and it offers a chance to snap up some of creations. […]
Adorn your ears with these Squirrel Girl earrings
Squirrel Girl, hero of the Great Lakes Avengers, has yet to go mainstream but her geek-fu is strong. Who knows? Perhaps Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will slay the box office and studios will start looking for another way to do a non-grim, lighthearted, proper hero story. If there’s a Squirrel Girl movie then here’s […]
