Are you getting fed up of superhero movies? Geek Native asked the question to readers and competition players. 300 responses later and analysis shows that interest in superheroes remain strong; good news for the Ant-Man movie, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice a host of others due on the big screen over the next few […]
Only civilians believe the government investigates the supernatural
Do you think the government investigates the supernatural? If you think your government does find money for research into the supernatural then the chances are you’re not part of the military. Geek Native asked readers whether they thought the government found time and money to dig into all things spooky in a competition to give […]
No room for nostalgia as gamers prefer modern consoles for music
It may be fashionable to do retro console style covers of modern songs or A Capellas on YouTube but Geek Native’s research shows that gamers associate more modern consoles with the best music. 86 gamers answered the poll in the blog’s Jeff Penny competition. It should be noted that the blog makes no claim the […]
Women more likely to become super villains
At the start of the year Geek Native gave away a bundle of books from Brandon Sanderson’s The Reckoners series. To win Firefight and Steelheart competition players had to say what they would do with super powers. As this is a competition with just over 100 responses this is not science but it is interesting. […]
Gamers more likely to put honour before family
At the start of the year Geek Native ran a competition to win Giovanni’s Island. This emotionally powerful anime tells the story in life on a Japanese island at the end of the World War II when the Russian army occupied the territory. To enter the competition we asked readers to answer a set of […]
Is there a connection between workout preferences and weapon preferences?
In December 2014 Geek Native held a competition to give away a number of copies of To Go Viking from Safecracker Pictures. To Go Viking is a documentary that follows a group of Viking reenactors as they travelled the world and battled. To enter the competition readers had to answer a poll. They had to […]
9 of the most interesting stats discovered by Geek Native in 2014
In 2014 Geek Native started using polls as an entry mechanism to the competitions the site runs. There’s been no shortage of giveaways and other comps, we like to connect readers to easy chances to boost their collection of geeky goodness. There’s a competition open when this post gives too – a chance to win […]
Even anime fans think anime tends to objectify women
What do you think of when you think of anime? Giant robots? Huge eyes? Women in skimpy costumes? Women with huge eyes, in skimpy costumes, riding giant robots? In a competition to win a copy of Patema Inverted Geek Native asked an entry question. This was not a huge competition. People may just have ticked […]
Sci-fi fans expect hostile aliens; everyone else predicts friendly aliens
This isn’t robust scientific research. People may have lied. There was a pretty big assumption in the question as well. Geek Native didn’t ask “Do you think there are aliens out there?” we asked whether aliens would be hostile or friendly if we met them. The question was asked in a competition to win the […]
Scientists more likely to believe in “unknown creatures” in the sewers
This is not a robust piece of research. This is a write-up of a Grimm competition in which contestants could win a copy of a novel from the urban fantasy TV show called The Killing Time. To enter the competition readers had to answer a poll with two parts; Whether the reader worked in science […]
