Gamers can be fiercely loyal people at times. This sense of attachment extends to their favourite TV shows, movies or computer games. Take Assassin’s Creed, for example, a game with many sequels, even a movie, and which has introduced some great characters. Keen to stress it’s just a joke, Deviant Artist R-Redbob drew this comic […]
Archives for September 2018
Escape to 11 fascinating locations with Xu Xinmin
Xu Xinmin is an extremely talented illustrator from China. He shares his work on Deviant Art and Sina. He draws some fantastic mech and tech. I especially love his bulky and yet strangely graceful large machines. At the same time, Xu creates some breathtaking fantasy locations with mystery and depth.
Bureau 13: Savage Worlds Black scores new RPGs before the Kickstarter is launched
Pinnacle Entertainment Group will take Savage Worlds back to Kickstarter this year. October 16th will see Shane Lacy Hensley’s RPG system, the winner of the 2003 Origin Gamers’ Choice Award, go back to the community to raise funds. The game had the internal codename ‘Savage Worlds Black’ and somehow that leaked, fans started to refer […]
Craig McCracken digs this Mojo Jojo cosplay
Over on Reddit photographer Chris With Camera shared this Mojo Jojo. Mojo Jojo is an ape villain from The Powerpuff Girls. In fact, he’s their number one archenemy and prone to repeating his comments and stating the obvious. Mojo Jojo opposes The Powerpuff Girls! He works against them and they work against him! Jojo is […]
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game hunters for backers
In the end, I didn’t buy a PlayStation 4 just to play Horizon Zero Dawn. Thanks to this Kickstarter from Steamforged Games I might not need to. There’s a board game coming, smashing goals and knocking down stretch goals. You can follow the progress from the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] At the time of […]
Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE premiers in Glasgow
Scotland, Geek Native’s home country, keeps on raising the anime stakes. We have Scotland Loves Anime, and now Crunchyroll is bringing the UK premiere of Bungo Stray Dogs: DEAD APPLE to the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. The showing is on September 15th at 14.10. How often do you get the chance to watch an anime […]
John Carpenter classics enjoy the 4K treatment
Matt Ferguson of Cakes and Comics was commissioned by StudioCanal to help celebrate the work of sci-fi, fantasy and horror master John Carpenter. The big news this week is that the studio is doing 4K restorations of some of Carpenter’s iconic titles; The Fog, They Live, Escape from New York and Prince of Darkness. The […]
Competition: Win Halo – Silent Storm
The year is 2526 and humanity is now in open conflict with the conservative religious zealots in the alien Covenant. The United Nations Space Command understands nothing about this new and strange foe except for two things; they have better technology than us, and they’re out to get us. Humanity’s hope rests with the Spartans. […]
WizKids do wrestling WWE style with a new miniature range
WizKids has announced a partnership with WWE. It’s a “multi-year licensing partnership” according to the text of the press release. The same press release then explains what HeroClix is the best selling collectable miniatures game in the world and that Dice Masters is an award-winning dice game. Justin Ziran, president of WizKids, highlights both platforms […]
Cyberpunk warfare as Code Elektro unleash Shinobi
I suspect Code Elektro’s “Shinobi” will be the backing track of quite a few tabletop sessions of Cyberpunk RPGs. The story to the official video, just released today, is right out of a comic book or game. It’s the year 2753 and a one-eyed psychic seeks her revenge on the CEO of a company that […]
