You will have noticed that today is Talk LIke a Pirate Day. Sites are doing pirate things all over the web. All over the web pirate things are going on. Oh, wait, ahem… What will Geek Native do? Some clever, academic, geeky pirate essay? No. This blog will instead offer up a bunch of pirate […]
Underworld: Awakening Trailer – all new, no White Wolf ripoff
Many moons ago, before there was Geek Native and this blogger was running the “prequel site” GameWyrd one of the most popular news stories on it was White Wolf trying to sue Sony over Underworld. Seen the original Underworld? Is it rather like the World of Darkness. White Wolf even had a clan of assassin […]
Vigilance Press: Interview with James Dawsey
There have been some recent changes at Vigilance Press. At the start of the month Chuck Rice, company founder, launched the Vigilance Blog. Over on Facebook Chuck Rice also announced that James Dawsey had not only joined the company but had taken the position as owner and publisher. Rice is expected to stay on both […]
Picture: Kate Beckinsale as Selene in Underworld: Awakening
Here’s how it all hangs together. The movie was originally called Underworld: New Dawn but now it’s called Underworld: Awakening. Underworld: Awakening is the fourth Underworld film but the second sequel. There was the original Underworld, the first sequel in Evolution and then the first prequel with Rise of the Lycans. The first film, Underworld, […]
The runners and riders of Ennies 2011
The 2011 Ennies have been announced. Who are the runners to pay attention too? There are 8 entries for Green Ronin, 11 for Cubicle 7, 10 for Paizo Publishing, 4 for Pelgrane Press, 8 for Wizards of the Coast, 6 for Posthuman Studios, 3 for Gaming Paper, 5 for Arc Dream Publishing, 6 for Catalyst […]
Exalted comic volume 1 review
White Wolf have have just released a PDF of Exalted Volume 1 of the new Exalted comic. I thought I’d check it out. I was expecting to be pleased. The artwork in Exalted has always appealed to me. I was bang in White Wolf’s target market for the game – an anime fan, someone looking […]
White Wolf announce The Grand Masquerade 2011
White Wolf will be doing another Grand Masquerade. Describing the Grand Masquerade 2010 as a great success the CCP-owned company will be hosting another four day event. It’ll run from September 15th to 18th. The vampires, werewolves, mages and, well, mainly vampires of the world are invited to Hotel Monteleonegroup discount prices. Tipsters suggest that […]
White Wolf hacked
The publishers of Vampire, Werewolf and Exalted have been hacked. White Wolf posted news of the computer security breach and reassured gamers that neither credit card nor mail addresses had been compromised. The hacking took place while White Wolf was upgrading it web presence. It was the old, retiring web server that was hacked – […]
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle to cease production
White Wolf have pulled the plug on their vampire trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. The game had been published since 1994 and White Wolf had been publishing the game since 2000. In a short statement to press White Wolf said that they had sought out someone to pick up the franchise but had […]
Splinters of the Wyld – is it an Exalted exclusive?
I must admit – I’m not quite sure what White Wolf is trying to say about Splinters of the Wyld. The tagline seems to be “Sometimes writers write too much”. Here’s how the description of the Exalted supplement kicks off; “The Compass of Terrestrial Directions, Vol. II—The Wyld offers many locations, people and creatures for […]
