The Esty store Little Dead Things makes candles. They make a range of scary candles like skulls and models all the way through to geeky candles. The geeky candles are among the scariest. Cthulhu Candle Buy here Zombie Candle Buy here Vader Candle Buy here
Interview with Roger Gibson, author of Harker: The Book of Solomon
Harker is a comic series that enjoys a loyal following in the UK. It’s from the minds of Roger Gibson (Torchwood, Gravestown, Mad Girl) and Vince Danks (Doctor Who Magazine, Red Dwarf Magazine) and is a homage to the classic British TV detective. The Book of Solomon, the first in a set of three volumes, […]
Wooden robot plays spot the ball
You know the game – three cups on the table, one ball under the cup and you have to keep your eye on the ball as the cups are whooshed around. It’s game that people lose their money to by playing sharks on street corners. These guys move the cups so quickly it enables them […]
It’s a Han Solo in carbonite guitar
Travis Stevens has a history of creating Star Wars inspired custom guitars. For example, he made this Millennium Falcon guitar. With this guitar, though, we get slightly closer to our Star Wars heroes. We have Han Solo, trapped in carbonite, as a guitar. If you want to make any “watch where you put your fingers” […]
The Oculus Rift is augmented reality for the living room
The Oculus Rift is a level beyond the Kinect. It promises to bring cost effective, good quality, augmented reality into the living room.
Universal Remote Control Sonic Screwdriver launch dates
The World Premiere launch of the eleventh Doctor style Sonic Screwdriver as a Universal Screwdriver will happen at the Forbidden Planet Megastore in London, at 179 Shaftesbury Avenue. The date is Saturday, 25th August. If you want to take one of the TV controlling Sonic Screwdrivers home then pre-orders are highly recommended. The remote control […]
The depressingly impressive Ark animation
Ark was directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys and is notable for, in addition to the storyline, unconventional technique used in filming. It used a Spider-man, a Nikon D70 camera, a MILO Motion Control system and a set. Computer animation then blended all that together. There are more details and pictures on the art community Behance but […]
Is this how you recruit people to your gaming company?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5l-nnR4Bx0 [Caution: Swearing] Kixeye will successfully draw a lot of attention to their jobs page with this YouTube. I smell the swiff of viral success in the air. If your claim is that you do creative entertainment better than anyone else – then a great place to show the evidence of that is in your […]
Behind the scenes on the Proporta Nexus 7 case project
In July, as Nexus 7s were still struggling their way out of boxes, Geek Native popped over to Etsy to dig up 7 handcrafted covers for the tablet. We saw some great designs. But what if Etsy isn’t your thing? What if you wanted a fashionable retailer, a gadget expert, to lovingly design and make […]
Monstrous Zoid larva
Do you remember Zoids? They were robotic creatures that you had to build yourself by attaching plastic to plastic, screwing in caps and making sure all the hinges and joins worked well. Later on there was a computer game and even an anime series.