The St. Cloud Police department are reporting at Elia Creech, a 31-year old Magic: The Gathering player, called them after stabbing someone seven times after argueing about the game. His 20-year-old friend and he had been playing over night on Friday when a fight broke out. At first Creech used a rubber mallet as a […]
How D&D is played in US prisons
Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]
Short film: Manifold
Anthony Scott Burns short films teases us a with blend of crime drama and sci-fi. It could be something out of Fringe except we’re left to piece things together – even more so than usual.
Real life superheroes tackle assailant in supermarket brawl
In the supermarket Tesco in Musselburgh, Scotland, Robin was attacked by a 21-year old man. Fortunately for Robin, Batman was nearby and came to his rescue. Assisting Batman was David Hasselhoff and a Smurf. As local police tweeted – you couldn’t script it. Robin assaulted, police called, collective assisted our foot chase, minor upset to […]
Real life Batman hands suspect over to police
In Bradford, United Kingdom, a man dressed as Batman handed over a suspect to Police at the Trafalgar House Station. The suspect was charged with dealing in stolen goods and on other fraud offences. A Police spokesman said; “The person who brought the man in was dressed in a full Batman outfit. His identity remains […]
Warlock Purple resolves Eldar army court case
Magistrates in Sevenoaks, England, acquitted 28 year old Christopher Kelly from stealing £300 worth of Warhammer 40K miniatures. Kelly had been acused to taking two cases of models from Thomas Gunyon while they travelled back from a tournament in Nottingham. The model carrying cases were supposed to contain an impressive collection; six fire dragons, two […]
Review of Quarry’s Ex
With the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise under way there’s a good chance you might be looking for some similar cloak-and-daggers fiction. If that is the case you could consider picking up for yourself a copy of Quarry’s Ex. The protagonist of Quarry’s Ex, however, is not a government secret agent but rather […]
Real life Incredible Hulk robs New York bank
You wouldn’t like me when I’m hard up for cash. CCTV footage has captured the brazen – and successful – attempt to rob a bank in New York. The robber, described as a white man in his 20s, wearing a jacket with a fake fur collar added a Hulk mask to his get up. The […]
Can You Crack It solved
Back in November Geek Native was involved in surfacing a mysterious site and asked is big money behind Can You Crack It?. The answer is both yes and no. Mainstream press have now revealed who was actually behind the game; and it’s the British spy headquarters GCHQ. The Guardian reveals that Can You Crack It […]