Can you be in London on 26th of Jan? Can you get yourself to Stamford Bridge and the Under the Bridge venue? You’re hereby invited to Bandai Namco Entertainments Dragon Ball FighterZ launch. Register here. The early registrants also get an exclusive DBFZ tee. There are some rules; if you’re under 16 you need an […]
Archives for January 2018
John Carter of Mars is an out of this world Kickstarter success
It’s day one of Modiphius Entertainment’s John Carter of Mars Kickstarter and they’re at 300% of target. It’s already listed in Kickstarter’s “Projects We Love”. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/john-carter-of-mars-the-roleplaying-game/ [Back this Campaign] Let’s talk money. It’s £15 (about $20) to get the PDF of the core rules, £25 (~$33) to get the Heroes of Barsoom Minatures with the […]
DM dad discovers his daughters are D&D pros in this viral tweet
James Breakwell, aka @XplodingUnicorn, has over 1 million followers on Twitter and is the author of the hugely popular Only Dead on the Inside: A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse. He has four daughters under the age of seven and this weekend he played D&D with them. I played Dungeons and Dragons with […]
Mario Chain Chomp lamp is a thing of beauty!
[I want this!] The monkey boffins at Think Geek have another excellent exclusive in their paws. This is an official and licensed Mario Chain Chomp lamp. It won’t attack people for you but you can swivel and point the head to direct the light at your enemies. It comes with a (non-replaceable) 60 lumens LED […]
This Sarlacc pillow is something else!
[I want this!] Fancy feeding the kids to a space monster? This Sarlacc has been designed for kids. The centre ring is about 13″ in diameter and the whole thing comes in at about 36″ in diameter. Etsy retailer BedHogShop uses the phrase ‘newborn pillow lounger’ to describe the beast. This newborn pillow lounger can […]
Genre Police: Down And Dirty With Grimdark
Welcome to back Genre police, a new series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. This column we are going to take a look at Grimdark, the new weird kid that moved into town. […]
Some of the best hand built lasers and guns you’ll ever see
Laser Gadgets seems to be a little known site and YouTube channel. This might be because you get a no nonsense, no razzle dazzle, presentation of the final product. Patrick Priebe, however, is one of the best builders I follow online. He makes functioning laser guns and they look incredible. Late last year he uploaded […]
UK Role Players (UKRP) closes
After 15 years of life UK Role Players will close. The site was set up after the closer of the Raven forums in the UK and was run expertly by Dave McAlister of Modus Operandi. Dave wrote; I have spent as long on this website as I have raising my son (who turns 15 at […]
Godzilla: Monster Planet is coming to Netflix
Geek Native readers rather liked this infographic showing the latest Godzilla is the largest incarnation of the kaiju ever. We were left hoping that the anime would get an international release outside Japan. Step forward hero Netflix. That trailer comes from Netflix Japan. Google Translate finds these words for us; Godzilla monster planet”, worldwide simultaneous […]
The dragon’s maw
This white dragon is a LEGO build of skill! The craftsman is Aaron Newman and he has a great collection of dragons on display over at his Flickr gallery. What stands out to me about this particular LEGO monster is the maw. We have an impressive row of teeth. Heck! There’s even a tongue. The […]
