You can now buy Vampire: The Masquerade from select retailers. It’s Gen Con, and White Wolf has just released the 5th edition of the iconic game. If you need the game now you can visit World of Darkness.com or in physical form exclusively from Modiphius Entertainment. Modiphius is acting as the distributor, I don’t believe […]
Netflix sneaks out a trailer for Castlevania season 2
The trailer for Castlevania season 2 has come out via producer Adi Shanker rather than the main site. It looks great. The next time someone comments about how there are no good adaptations of computer games I would encourage you to counter with Castlevania. Shankar is aiming high. He wrote; We did not set the […]
Blade, Buffy, Sex-Machine and the Frog Brothers – can they stop the vampires?
Published on Friday the 13th, Gunship featuring Tim Cappello and Indiana, ‘Dark All Day’ picked up a vampire problem.
Genre Police: Gothpunk: The Learnering
When we suffix -punk to a word and create a genre, often it’s about a scientific development and it’s effect on the individual or the status quo. ‘Cyber’, ‘Steam’ or ‘Diesel’ punk have easily identifiable technologies and timeframes that divide them. But when we a cultural ideal instead we have a difficult job in working […]
Alyson Tabbitha’s amazing Wonder Woman
Cosplayer Alyson Tabbitha shared this incredible cosplay of Wonder Woman. The popular cosplayer, with over 200,000 followers on Facebook, said that she started off with a makeup test but ended up putting on the nearly finished costume too. I’m just pleased she shared the before picture as well otherwise I’d be wondering if this was […]
Captain Kronos covers
Following on from the success of Titan Comics partnership with Hammer Horror at The Mummy: Palimpset a second title has been announced. Captain Kronos is a legendary vampire hunter and in the first series he and his assistants Grost and Carla have to investigate a deadly vampure plague deep in Eastern Europe. Written by Dan […]
Flirting with the surreal: A review of Kizumonogtari
I’m told it has previously been quite hard to jump into the quirky, sometimes adult, Kizumonogtari series. Actually, a quick look on Amazon seems to confirm that with a host of anime and manga with similar names and characters. The good news is that this three-part film is a prequel. Start here. I’m glad I […]
Can a vampire ever be considered a “good person”?
There’s been all sorts of vampires on TV, film and comic books in the last few years. The chances are your idea of a traditional vampire isn’t the same as someone else’s any more. The thirst for blood, however, remains constant. Last year, Geek Native had a copy of Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula – Johnny […]
Would you want to be a vampire?
If you had the chance would you surrender your mortal soul, develop an uncontrollable urge for human blood but cease to age and potentially live forever? Would you want to become a vampire? According to a small survey from Geek Native; most people would prefer to remain human. In June last year, the blog had […]
Competition: Johnny Alucard
Kim Newman was way ahead of the curve when it came to re-inventing historical stories with supernatural and fictional characters woven in. His vampire series imagines what it would be like if Dracula had succeeded in taking over England and if Jack the Ripper was a vampire hunter. Johnny Alucard is the fourth book in […]
