The Darkest Hour is a movie from Chris Gorak (Fight Club) that stars Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby and Max Minghella. Don’t write it off as aliens invade Earth again. For a start our heroes are visiting Russia when the drama kicks off – so for many viewers; they’re already in an alien world. Secondly, these […]
Archives for August 2011
Win Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss [competition]
Geek Native has a copy of Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss to give away. The blog also has a brand spanking new Facebook Page to promote. Can you see what I’m going to do here? That’s right. To win this very shiny, hefty and sexy book you need to Like Geek Native […]
The Dark Knight meets the Starry Night: Dark Starry Knight
The Van Sauron picture was pretty popular. Van Gogh and Lord of the Rings makes for a good combo. What about Batman and Van Gogh? Can we return to this famous painting with the Dark Starry Knight? With James Hance‘s impressive geek art – we certainly can. Check it.
Fantasty Flight Games buys Star Wars games license
RPG powerhouse Fantasy Flight Games has today announced that they’ve secured the license for Star Wars. The deal with Lucasfilm gives them the worldwide rights for card games, miniature games and RPGs for the entire Star Wars universe. There’s no specific mention of the internet. Whereas it’s not expected that Fantasy Flight will be making […]
Joe’s fire-breathing pony
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 […]
