These chocolate skulls from Firebox look incredible. They look realistic and they’re the right size. As Firebox shows; you could use these for a Shakespeare play. I imagine you could use them for a LARP too. The danger would be the same; they’d be eaten. There’s another catch too. These 2.5kg chocolate skulls weigh in […]
Today is IPv6 Day
Today is IPv6 Day – a day when major internet players enable the IPv6 systems permanently. The old system, IPv4, isn’t getting switched off yet and the two systems will run in parallel for a while. Although IPv4 is still in place, the IANA ran out of IPv4 addresses to asign to devices like smartphones, […]
The Call of Cthulhu
Would you answer the dark call?
Sci-fi short: Swelter
Swelter is a short sci-fi animation by Jacob Streilen (music by Michael Paul Kennedy). The film was made in Flash, with photoshop being used for backgrounds, after effect colours and composition. The animation was Streilen’s second year project for CalArts and, I think, would have been most likely to have signaled him as a talent […]
Transform your living room into an RPG with an 8-bit fire
This piece on Etsy from JamesBit is simply called Fireplace Art. What it does, however, is let you use your fireplace to transform the room into an cRPG setting. Fireplace Art is an 8-bit flame. If your fireplace is like mine and most of the others I’ve seen in friends’ flats and apartments then it may well […]
Interview with Nuno Bernardo – creator of new sci-fi series Collider
Collider is a new sci-fi entertainment project that will manifest itself in film, online and comic books. The story follows a group of people who find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world and in 2018. The group are from different timelines and no one knows how they got there. The name “Collider” comes from the fact […]
The 55 gallon Mario tank
Did you know that Mario’s full name is “Mario Mario”. He’s called Mario and together he and Luigi are the Mario Brothers. I bet this fish owner knew that. Over at Reddit jennyleighb shares a 55 gallon fish tank made by her flatmate. My favourite comment so far? One of the redditors pointing out that […]
10 awesome Game of Thrones tees
Here in the UK it is Game of Thrones night. Those geeks who haven’t read the books have been busy trying to avoid spoilers drifting over the interwebs after the first showing of the episode over the Pond. Game of Thrones is only available on Sky Atlantic and Monday night means many geeks trying to […]
Competition: Find Kilowog to win $10
This month Geek Native has another $10 voucher DriveThru RPG. Winning the voucher should be pretty easy as it involves only three steps. Step one: Find the superhero known as Kilowog in the image below and click. Step two: Arrive at your new destination and post the message; “Superhero treasure hunt” Step three: Win! One […]
Cake, Zoetrope and Tim Burton mashed together?
The zoetrope was an early device for animation or the illusion of movement. A line of pictures was placed in the middle of the drum, along the outside edge, with slits cut in the side so you could review them from the outside. The drum was spinned and it looked like the image was movnig […]