[Make this mine!] Looking for a geeky fascinator? Perhaps you’re going out to Ladies Day and the racing? A work party or convention? I think it’s worth checking out the family business GeekyU1 and their Etsy store. They’ve a range of geeky goodies, plenty of Star Wars stuff and this Tie Fighter head-band. I think […]
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How much of today’s money would it take to build the Millennium Falcon? [infographic]
There have been campaigns to go out and build the Death Star and other Star Wars delights. What about the Millennium Falcon? Let’s skip questions like “Should we build it?” and “Could we build it?” and jump straight to the vital “How much would it cost to build the Falcon?” The long Star Wars infographic […]
Geek culture Valentine’s Day Cards
Here’s a weird one; Ladbrokes Bingo ran a survey to investigate romances and love in a few favourite cult TV series. Here’s what they dug up. Ross and Rachel from Friends were the nations favourite couple to come from TV and film (23%), closely followed by Jack and Rose from the Titanic (17%) and Han […]
A Star Wars version of Carcassonne is due
Board game publisher Hans im Gluck Verlags has announced Carcassonne Star Wars will be released in the autumn of 2015. The news came via Twitter after a public preview at the international toy fair, Spielwarenmesse, in Nuremberg. Cassonne was designed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede, published first in Germany by Hans im Gluck and has gone on […]
R.A. Salvatore brings group and solo-play RPG DemonWars: Allheart to Kickstarter
Popular geek author R.A. Salvatore has returned to Kickstarter to extend his DemonWars RPG. In a slight plot twist a common piece of feedback from fans was they liked the core rules but had no one to play with. As a result DemonWars: Allheart has solo-play options. Find out more about it on Kickstarter. [Back […]
Audio EXP: Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day narrate R.A. Salvatore
Welcome back to Geek Native’s Audio EXP column. In this feature we get to sample some of the most interesting audiobooks out this month and review geeky music. Inspired by computer game music? Pop over to our competition to win a signed copy of Odds & Ends by Jeff Penny. This month we have a […]
Christmas Lights Star Wars style
This video is good for the outset. You know what you’re going to get; the new habit of decking your house outs in enough lights to land a plane and carefully timed effects to music. I think there’s a surprise at around 1:30m which makes it even better. Tom BetGeorge’s video has had over 1 […]
Black Friday comes to the UK but are there any geek sales?
The American tradition of getting the shopping done and big discounts on this Friday has come over to the UK. It’s not the first time British retailers have tried but the 2014 Black Friday sales in the UK are the biggest yet. The question is; are there any geeky deals? If you find any great […]
Flying drones? Why not race them Star Wars pod style?
Quadcopters are everywhere these days. What’s the next step in their evolutionary path? Races! This footage comes from a pre-event that happened in France. You don’t need to understand the language to see that they’re racing these drones through the woodland and driving them with video goggles. That’s right – the pilot sees what the […]
The Star Wars theme played by just one man and his band
I can’t play any musical instruments at all. Nothing. That’s why I’ve every reason to be jealous and impressed by this Swedish street musician. He’s playing a whole band worth of instruments at once. He’s playing Star Wars. One-man bands are pretty rare these days, I think it’s been an age since I’ve seen one […]
