Joe and co teamed up for the Hackerspace makefair and wanted to set interests ablaze. One tactic was to have impressive mohawks (that’s Joe with the pink hair) and to wear a kilt. Another tactic was to have a wimote controlled fire-breathing pony. So; there you have it. The question; “Can I have a pony” […]
The fantastic art of Chris Foss
Chris Foss’ hardback of his SF art became available in July. At the time of blogging Amazon UK has sold out. That’s an impressive book! Aliens is one of the projects that helped earn Foss his reputation. With the combination of the 25th anniversary of Aliens, Sigourney Weaver hinting she rather likes the idea of […]
Gears of War 3 – Pendulum Wars Lancer Gold Replica Gold Version
This is pretty impressive. Gears of War fans will recognise the gun straight away. This isn’t just a shiny gold Pendulum Wars Lancer as it has weathering effects. The size of this replica? The Pendulum Wars Lancer is over three feet in length. This bad boy is huge. It makes noises. The only place to […]
Trekologist: Raules Davies interview
Raules Davies fronts CBS Action‘s Star Trek: The Next Generation broadcasts. The “Trekologist” steps up to the task by using the @cbsaction Twitter account to answer questions, award prizes and discuss the show. Here at Geek Native we’ve landed an interview with this TV star in the making and have lined up a few questions […]
Spotlight challenge: Stickmen RPG
Brutal Games has a new RPG out in the market. It’s called Stickmen RPG. This blogger isn’t going to tell you much more about it – a review is coming later. Right now we’ve James Norbury of Brutal Games under the spotlight. The brave Mr Norbury has agreed to the spotlight challenge. Here’s how it […]
Batman logo – by the numbers
This is a good way to get kids to learn. You can introduce a stepwise equation, with Cartesian coordinates in order to draw out a rather famous and superheroic logo. I call it “Batman” maths and is far more clever than being able to make your calculate say “hello” or “boobs” by typing in a […]
Fire breathing LEGO dragon is awesome
This Lego build looks amazing. That’s before you even attempt to get your head around the fact that it’s a fire breathing Lego dragon. The Lego build master behind this work of… engineering art is akama1_lego. The picture and video below are just a teaser. Check out the Flickr account linked to above for the […]
Pictures: There is a real Tatooine
In Tunisia there is a small city called Tataouine – although you can spell it in many ways. It sports fortified granaries used by the local Berbers and looks like something from a fantastic film set. As it happens George Lucas used the area of Ksar Oueled Soltane for The Phantom Menance. It’s certainly not […]
Stormtroopers now legal: Courts defeat Lucas
Back in the day Andrew Ainsworth was the prop designer who made the original Stormtrooper outfits. This did not make him a rich man. He got £20 per helmet and £385 per suit of armour. In 2009 Ainsworth was confronted by a lawsuit from Lucasfilm– who are very good with their Jedi lawyers – who […]
18 fantastic Comic-Con cosplayers who were Born This Way
This is a lip-dub of Lady Gaga’s infamous Born this Way. I imagine there are about a million of these videos on YouTube already. This one, however, is special. It’s great. I love it. This video shows what good sports geeks are. We’re up for a laugh. We’ll play along (well; when we’re not being […]
