The Arise story is set in 2027, a year after the fourth non-nuclear world war. First a self-propelled mine explodes in the city and then a military member suspected of taking bribes in an arms-dealing scandal is shot dead. Daisuke Aramaki investigates, encountering the hacking guru and cyborg Motoko Kusanagi. Batou suspects Kusanagi is behind […]
Short film: Hybrids
You can find out more about this project at the Hybrids film website. Written and directed by Patrick Kalyn, Hybrids stars Daniella Evangelista has an ex-special forces soldier who loses her daughter during an alien attack. She seeks revenge but discovers the government are behind the strange hybrids. Not only must she expose the scandal […]
Short film: C
C is a brave short sci-fi film. This is the story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck and her mutiny during an interplanetary cold war. The film is impressive enough, having funded via Kickstarter nut it’s worth noting that neither CGI nor greenscreens were used in it. All the effects you see are props and filmed “in-camera”. […]
An alien cowboy, riding a dino while shooting zombies
There’s plenty of zombie action on Geek Native but that doesn’t mean the blog’s stuck on repeat. There’s lots of scope in zombie. For example, there’s aliens and zombies or there’s dinosaurs and zombies. Heck, there’s even the alien cowboy on a dino shooting zombies. Thanks to Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe we get to see what […]
Rapture of the Nerds review: clever but weird
I came to Rapture of the Nerds not having read any Cory Doctorow outside his excellent articles on protecting the freedom of the internet and having read plenty of Charles Stross’ books but favouring the battle against ancient godlike beings beyond time and space from the Laundry Files. Rapture of the Nerds is a transhuman […]
The cyborg’s skull
This remarkable cyborg skull was created by American based Darko DarkSyde Designs. The deviant art collection isn’t always safe to browse from work and it is easy to imagine non-gamers getting a little freaked out over this skull. Me? I think it belongs on a shelf in the corner of the room.
Dragon battle wedding cake
How’s this for a wedding cake? We have the Skyrim groom fighting a dragon while the bride uses a lazer rifle to take on a giant robot insect monster. Let’s just go ahead and call this a geeky wedding! Who made this wonderful thing? Mikes Amazing Cakes did.
Elysium trailer
We’ve been waiting a while for Neill Blomkamp to follow on from District 9. Now we have the first trailer for his Elysium. You’ll see similar themes. The movie stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. Set in 2159 the movie follows an attempt to try and bring equality to the very different worlds […]
Bedroom spaceships thanks to blueprints on blinds
These designs are the work of Direct Blinds in the UK. Direct Blinds have actually featured on the site before thanks to these retro gamer fashion blinds. This time around the fashion conscience manufacturer has turned to some of the most iconic spaceships of the geekverse. Who wouldn’t want a Slave One on their bedroom […]
Clone Rebellion: Rogue Clone review
Rogue follows on from Clone Rebellion: Republic. The set up involves a controlling republic that bullies the spiralling arms of the intergalactic human colonies through the twin hammers of politics and a large and mainly clone army. Our hero is Wayson Harris who has risen up through the ranks from being a just graduated marine […]
