Gamers are pretty intelligent people. Well, okay, some gamers are. I’m not. I was simply amazed when I read Foldit players took three weeks to solve a retrovirus protein challenge that scientists had struggled with over over ten years. The result? Scientists are now better able to understand some viruses – including HIV. That’s a […]
Star Wars Ultimate Force Tech Lightsaber to slay Christmas
Toy retailer associations get busy at this time of the year to predict what will be the most popular Christmas gifts. It’s a big money bet. If you remember trying to track down a Wii or fighting your way through crowds in shops then its easy to imagine why shops need to know what to […]
Dogtor Whoof
Here’s a rather cute Halloween post from the Cosplay blog. Okay. I know it’s not Halloween any more but I don’t want to miss the chance to share Dogtor Whoof with you. It’s not often you see a sonic screwdriver that’s not only about the same height as the Tardis but nearly as tall as […]
Jimmy Swill’s Wayfarers interview
Ye Olde Gaming Companye has a RPG on the way. Wayfarers is a sword and sorcery style RPG and is being published in conjunction with Mongoose. The game is not yet out but you can sign up for a pre-order today. Jimmy Swill is a co-founder of YOGC and has kindly agreed to do Q&A […]
Three Trail of Cthulhu wallpapers to inspire you this Halloween
Pelgrane Press’s The Apocalypse Machine is about the end of the world. It happened on November 2nd, 1936 and humanity perished in as millions of men and women died. The Apocalypse Machine has two different methods of play; Wasteland and Aftershock. In Aftershock mode players are in the thick of it, the earthquake has just […]
This Halloween: the Death of a Ghostbuster
Meet Wendy. Wendy’s not been very succesful as a Ghostbuster – also she says she’s now understood why it is wrong to cross the streams. However, it’s all been too late for Wendy and her career as a Ghostbuster has come to an end. Will she be able to cope with this sad news or […]
Monsters
There’s something about this photograph that speaks to me. Okay; not just because of the two trollish monsters in it. I see those. I hope they don’t speak to me. I think it’s the black and white simplicity that appeals to me. It’s almost as if this photograph is understated which is a great juxtaposition […]
Mound – a Halloween claymation
Mound is a claymation by Allison Schulnik. There’s much to be impressed with in this animation – for example, all the background movement. Can you imagine all the little tweaks and adjustments Schulnik would have had to have done? This was published to Vimeo just before Halloween. I can’t say if that was the intention […]
The super mega awesome geeky Halloween pumpkin post
This Halloween you’ll find dozens of blogs posting geeky Halloween carvings. It has to be done. Some of these pumpkin creations are fantastic and analytics show just how popular these posts are. It’s very risky but this year Geek Native wanted to do something different. A single post. A super mega awesome geeky Halloween pumpking […]
75th Anniversary The Hobbit edition contains newly discovered Tolkien drawn art
Researchers discovered more than 100 illustrations created by JRR Tolkien in the archive of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Publisher Harper Collins have the rights, and as it is the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit, they took the decision to publish a deluxe limited edition of the famous fantasy book that contained some of the […]
