At the start of the year PETA complained about Games Workshop depicting fur on their miniatures. That call must have had some merit as PETA are back to pitch an idea to the geek community again. This time they’ve penned an open letter (PDF) to new showrunner Chris Chibnall to ask for the Doctor to […]
Archives for August 2017
The Fog Monster and Kickstarter
I rarely roleplay with minis and yet I’m tempted by the Fog Monster.
Wikihole: The song about losing time
Ever gone online just to quickly check a thing… only to log off hours later? There’s now a song about it. Kraken Not Stirred call this the Wikihole.
Pimp your own board games!
I think geeky tumblr The Very Near Future has it right. Soon we won’t settle for playing board games as they come. Soon we’ll have our own custom pieces. In fact, even today, Etsy stores like Epic Tokens, Decked Out 3D and MK3D Crafts already offer basic 3D printed tokens and counters.
Geeks trust their gut instinct more than facts
What follows is not rigorous science. The sample size is less than 150 people and participation in the survey was incentivised with a chance to win a prize. The headlines today is the claim that Games Workshop is being sued for $62.5m. There’s not much in the way of supporting evidence so has the site […]
Plushie Digimon hats!
Do you need a fluffy Digimon hat to keep you warm? Good news. You can pop over to Bandai JP and pick up an Agumon and Patamon. Via RocketNews24.
Games Workshop sued for $62,500,000
Spikey Bits is reporting that a games store owner and legal council David Moore is suing Games Workshop for $62.5m in an American court. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx__jrFealI As the Spikey Bits video notes this lawsuit seems to have gone under the radar. It’s two months old. Indeed, a search on Google News is not fruitful, doesn’t find […]
Out of this world art by Yun Ling
Yun Ling is a professional concept artist and illustrator. At the time of writing he’s a senior concept artist at EA but he’s had freelance success at places like Eidos and Sony. Impressive! There’s a portfolio site complete with lizard riders and a Deviant Art page to browse. In the meantime enjoy a small sample […]
Destiny Hunter cosplay
I’ve got Destiny 2 on pre-order and am looking forward to it. That said; the open access beta left me wondering where the story will go? Where can it go? In the meantime we’ve Italian cosplay and photographer Fred Props to distract us with some cosplay. This really looks like a Hunter from the rpg-fps […]
Weird shit we like – the Totoro swimsuit
For a geek culture site intended for tabletop roleplayers or those who could be lured into the realms of tabletop gaming Geek Native sure does find a lot of fashion topics to write about. Odd? Perhaps… but who could resist passing up on this Totoro swimsuit from Poprageous? [I need thiiiisssss!] Poprageous is an American […]
