I don’t normally care for Venetian Blinds. They remind me of paper-pushing offices. These Game of Thrones blinds from Made to Measure Blinds are different. Spoiler alert! These blinds show the deadly peril that some of favourite (or love to hate) GoT characters have run into. Ned Stark Joffrey Lannister Oberyn Martell Robb Stark Hodor
Archives for July 2017
Which game tournaments have the biggest prizes? [infographic]
Just how much money could you make as a professional gamer? Tens of thousands? Hundreds? This infographic from MrGamerZ looks a whole host of video game competitions and their prize pots. The results might surprise you. At the time of publication the largest prize is for the International DOTA 2 competition held in Seattle in […]
A first look at the Quake Champions comic character art
Quake is 20 years old. The first-person shooter was made by id Software and directed by John Romero. The designers included Sandy Petersen of Call of Cthulhu RPG fame. There’s still plenty of life in Quake. The next generation of the game is Quake: Champions, a competitive multiplayer, being published by Bethesda. The Amazon listing […]
Short film: Number 13
DUST have just released their latest sci-fi short film. Number 13 is based on the Dark Horse comic by Robert Love and David Walker. The movie is directed by Steve Petersen. Dark Horse use the phrase; “A heart of gold and a fist of laser cannons!” to describe the series. We’ve a young boy, Number […]
Superhero Week: Thor Ragnarok Pops look cutely awesome
Pop Vinyl specialist Pop in a Box has a collection of new models from the forthcoming Thor movie. There’s Ragnarok Thor, Loki and a Valkyrie scavenger suit. My absolute favourite are the masked Hela who stands out with her horned mask, the yellow-eyes of Heimdall and an awesome gladiator model for Ragnarok Hulk. [I need […]
Support diversity in gaming by buying a dragon!
Geek Native isn’t a money making media empire. The most money ever spent promote the blog was a sponsorship deal with Contessa. The online convention isn’t just great fun. It was worth supporting. Now we all have the chance to support diversity in gaming by backing a dragon. Read how to do that here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113612539/plush-contessa-mascots […]
Superhero Week: Shinobi Ninja Princess preview
Shinobi Ninja Princess: The Lightening Oni is the second volume in the Shinobi Ninja Princess series from Martheus Wade. Wade’s comic is of the adventures of a powerful young woman and ninja warrior. The series has been described as a mix of the TV show Riverdale and popular manga and anime series Naruto. Fans like […]
Swat up your geek lore with the brief history of Castlevania
Netflix’s Castlevania series launches this week. If you’ve not played the game you’ve probably heard about it as there’s quite a history to the series. In this 10 minute video the Distractotron team walk us through the first appearance of the title, from its translated Japanese name, and how it ended up being called Castlevania. […]
Superhero Week: 3pm launch! The Spider Special Box
[Show me more] Zavvi are launching at 3pm today a limited edition ‘Spider Zbox’ in conjunction with the release of Spider-man Homecoming in cinemas. In fact, they’re even letting you pre-order your Homecoming Blu-ray, 4K or steelbook now if you want. The Spider Zbox will have 5-7 items and they’ve given us the nod they’re […]
Superhero Week: Free comic – Epoch 1
This week you can grab Top Cow’s Epoch 1 for free from DriveThruComics. Epoch comes from Paolo Pantalena and Red Sonja writer Kevin McCarthy. It follows a NYDP dectective as he investigates a murder that ends up shredding the world as he knows it. He has to explore his supernatural heritage and deal with being […]
