British retailer Carphone Warehouse has put a Massive Movie Calendar online. It’s part of their broadband section, so I guess that’s a nod at the fact we tend to stream out movies these days. You’re supposed to use the calendar to find out what to watch today, and they’ve mapped events in the movies, I […]
Competition: An interview with Empire of Silence’s Christopher Ruocchio and a chance to win!
This post is a two-for-one. We have an interview with Christopher Ruocchio who’s debut novel, Empire of Silence, is impressing reviewers and a chance to win a hardback copy of it! The main character is a hero and a murderer. On the wrong planet, at the right time, Hadrian Marlowe ends up being remembered as […]
12 illustrations to spark your next tabletop adventure from Neal Hanson
Neal Hanson is a fantastic concept artist who works on big, AAA, games. His titles include games like Second Son and Guild Wars 2. You can see a sample of his work below or check out other galleries over at Concept Art World, blogspot and even Facebook.
Genre Police: Taking Up Space?
Okay….this is gonna be a difficult one. It’s gonna really be a column about how we can’t do a column that turns into a column. We’re going to look at how we look at science fiction, how historically it has evolved and how that isnt’ helpful to us. We might even learn something about games […]
Will we volunteer as cyborgs? Health divides us
Geek Native occasionally has goodies to giveaway in a competition, and when that happens, we like to run a little poll. Some years back we had a copy of Ghost in the Shell: Arise to giveaway so we asked a question about cyborgs. We wanted to know whether readers thought in the future people would […]
The epic scale of the illustrator Hong il An
Some artists are good enough to be better known in the West than they are. One of the problems is tracking down the origin of the work. Naver has a profile for Useumi which takes us to Red Hong Studio and there we find out about the concept and visual artist Hong Il, An. Just […]
The future with Sink00 – mechs and more
Sink00 is a bit of a mystery. The artist posts to their tumblr, sharing some great sci-fi art, but doesn’t offer any text or anything about themselves. Thank goodness for reverse image searches. Slide Sink00’s art into Google and you’ll probably find yourself back at Shinku’s ArtStation. Skinku is a concept artist from South Korea […]
17 love posters for geeks
Whether it’s a Valentine’s Day gift, an anniversary or just a surprise gift what about a poster for the gaming den? An art print that can represent the two of you and your years together? It’s not that easy, being a geek, as it seems lots of romantic art is mainstream and cheesy. Geek Native […]
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 […]
Short film: Seam
There are a lot of different languages in Seam and some impressive indie special effects. This short film is set in the near future after a war between humanity and Machines. There’s a fragile peace that’s threatened by old sleeper agents, Machines that think they are humans – and look like it – but are […]
