The Knights of Sidonia is the first anime I’ve watched on Netflix. One of the reasons I wanted to watch it was to encourage Netflix to buy in more – and they did do the heavy lifting on this one. The other reason was that the Knights of Sidonia looked like an interesting but relatively […]
Superhero Week: Create a Powerful Sojourner’s Moon Science Fiction RPG Character
Last year, during Superhero Week, Randall C Ellis wrote about What’s in a super hero character?. We’re pleased to have Randall back this year. The 2014 challenge – can you adapt a sci-fi game to suit super powers? Guardians of the Galaxy, for example, is that a sci-fi title or a superhero one? Both? Randall […]
Short film: Mis-drop
Mis-drop is a short film that does a lot with very little. Give it some time as the best special effects come right at the end but that’s not the point of the film. The point of the film is the sequence in which our rookie is in his dropsuit. The whole premise is a […]
A gamble: A review of Mardock Scramble – The Third Exhaust
Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust is the third film to accompany the TV series. I’ve not seen the episodes but I was able to watch Mardock Scramble: The First Compression and Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion on the big screen during Scotland Loves Anime. As it happens, I actually had to double check that this […]
Star Wars animated like Robotech
This 2 minute animation, also available in 3D, shows what Star Wars might look like if it’s animated like a traditional Robotech anime. It also shows Tie Fighters doing some serious damage on the rebel fleet. Via Lauren Berkley at Geeks are Sexy.
Short film: R.U.R. Genesis
R.U.R. was written in 1919 as a sci-fi theatrical play in Czech by Karel Capek. R.U.R. stands for “Rossum’s Universal Robots”. The play has the Roboti as artificial people made out of synthetic organic matter. The play was a thought leader in what came to become known as “robot” although by today’s standards the Roboti […]
An exclusive introduction to the stunning Fragged Empire RPG
You can get a look at the Fragged Empire RPG over on the official website in advance of the Kickstarter next week. (Update: Here’s the Kickstarter) Sometimes a look isn’t enough. Sometimes you need to know more. Geek Native reached out to Australian graphic designer Wade Dyer who is leading the project to find out […]
Short film: Grounded
This is a short film by Kevin Margo. Margo’s had big movie experience with the likes of Thor: The Dark World and Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas. He’s also worked on Civilization III. Grounded is a bit deep. Margo talks about using an ethereal backdrop to explore aging, inheritance, paternal approval and even behaviors passed […]
The sci-fi art of Saul Espinosa
Saul Espinosa is an artist who specialises in environment design and matte painting for visual effects. Based in LA, Saul has plenty of experience working as a freelancer and has contributed to computer games. His style and other samples of his work can be seen on the site The Art of Saul and you can […]
Short film: Biomorph
This is a film an evil GM shows to players along with the phrase “This is what you see!” Biomorph is a teaser animation project made by students at Danish VFX school in 2013. You can see how the scene demonstrates all sorts of modelling techniques and, I’ve got to say, a clip like this […]
