The Origins Games Fair is a big one. It runs from June 12th to 16th this year in the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It showcases board games, tabletop roleplaying games, CCGs, miniatures, LARPs and has an electronic games room this year. The Origins Awards is run by The Academy of Adventure […]
Gaming geeks up for Shorty Awards
The Shorty Awards are a big thing and seem to be getting bigger. Their strapline says; “Honoring the Best in Social Media” but that seems to translate as the interwebs. Their homepage is full of American TV stars. There are geeks up for prizes. Have a poke around and find a fellow native geek worth […]
SOTY encounter: Defeat embarrassment
It may have been a fit of foolishness but this blog stepped forward for Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year. On April 17th you have a chance to vote for Geek Native. Luck points awarded to anyone who does. Stuffer Shack’s Site of the Year goes to a roleplaying games site that has had a […]
UK Role Players Gaming Award 2011 winners announced
British gaming forum UK Role Players have announced the winners of their 2011 Gaming Awards. First the bad news; UKRP LARP Designer, UKRP LARP and UKRP newcomer are all off the table as an award this year due to lack of valid entries. This is a shame. There are some great LARPs in the UK. […]
GAME BAFTA award winners 2010
This year’s GAME BAFTA award winners have been announced. As you’d expect, headline sponsors GAME have deals on to support it but also notice Play with their deals. Looks like Left 4 Dead 2 hasn’t done as well as fans would have expected. The BBC has already run a news reel talking about the British […]
Weird GameWyrd Game Awards Wyrd Winners 2005
These results are really really late! They’re late! What can we say? We? There’s only one of us (shush Smeagol) and the Wyrdmaster was ambushed by RealLifeâ„¢ (failed saving throw). What does this mean? There were an extra day or two of votes and then a big delay as the database sat idle. Fear not, […]
Weird GameWyrd Game Awards Wyrd Winners 2004
Voting is over and the results are in. Ladies, gentlemen, orcs and elves, we have our Wyrd Winners! Competition was fierce; we had several thousand votes and in some cases the winners in the most competitive categories won by only a handful of votes! Thanks to everyone who has taken the time out to vote. […]
Weird GameWyrd Game Awards Wyrd Winners 2003
Huzzah and Bravo to the Wyrd Winners! So-close to the runners up. So close, in fact, that after writing this introduction but before putting this page live the Wyrdmaster is going to re-count the votes just to be sure. Votes? Votes! 4, 771 votes! Thanks to the RPG internet community for making the Weird GameWyrd […]