We Were Not Made For This World is a short film by Colin West McDonald that follows a robot trying to cross an alien landscape. The film, simple but powerful, is based on a three-panel comic strip by the respected Paul Hornschemeier. Also called “We Were Not Made For This World” the comic depicts a […]
Archives for January 2015
Exclusive art from the visceral Fearworms: Selected Poems
Fearworms: Selected Poems is a collection of horror poems from Fanboy Comics. Written and illustrated by Robert Payne Cabeen (Heavy Metal 2000 & Tainted Treats) the book offers madness and mayhem to anyone who peaks into the psychological and haunting prose and yet… yet,there are terrifyingly humorous moments too. The book may be bought from […]
RPG Ideas: 6 alternatives to poltergeists
Sometimes the GM needs to give the players a good scare or challenge them with a standard haunting. A poltergeist often makes sense as the spirit manifests itself initially on a small scale, with clues for the characters to pick up on, and then the drama escalates as the group tries to do something about […]
Codename: Morningstar doesn’t Kickstart, will battle on
Codename: Morningstar is not a project that’s been blessed with much luck. Originally they were Wizards of the Coast digital platform partner. The two companies parted way near the end of the project, suddenly and Trapdoor Technologies was left holding the bits. I think Trapdoor did the right thing. They took the project to Kickstarter. […]
Competition: Win Giovanni’s Island
Giovanni’s Island is a full length anime movie that tells the story of the Russian occupation of strategic Japanese islands after World War II. This is an important event that many people in the UK don’t even realise happened. Geek Native was lucky enough to see the movie at Scotland Loves Anime and the review […]
Transistor’s Red
This poster design is by character artist Burak Cinar. It’s a fan project though, one shared on Behance and for Supergiant Game’s popular Transistor game. Transistor is available for Windows via Steam and the PS4. The soundtrack, available from Amazon, is nominated in The Game Awards, Giant Bomb’s awards and IGN’s Best of 2014. Have […]
Reviewed, free to download and a Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman: Cabra Cini
Cabra Cini is an Actuality Press character who has made a number of appearances in anthologies previously and now, for 2015, is getting a series of her own. Dark New Year is a free to download Cabra Cini comic you can download from either Actuality Press or DriveThruComics. Cini is a former hooker who reached […]
World’s largest Gummy Bear meets liquid nitrogen and a shotgun
Could you eat one? Would you eat one? I ask those questions first because it seems quite clear to me that should you find yourself owning one of the world’s largest Gummy Bears and incredibly silly thing to do would be to shoot it twice, freeze it with liquid nitrogen and then blow it apart […]
Kickstarter Watch: Tales of the Weird Wild West
I enjoy R.S. Belcher’s weird west series. When his name along with Tonia Brown, Diana Pharaoh Francis, John Hartness, Jonathan Maberry, Gail Martin, Misty Massey, and James Tuck popped up in this Kickstarter campaign for Tales of the Weird Wild West I took notice. [Back this Campaign] At the time of posting there is well […]
How not to freak out when someone asks you who they should cosplay as
It is great. The cosplay hobby is growing in popularity. There are new cosplayers entering the pastime with each convention and meet up. Cosplayers have popular Facebook pages and there are thriving online communities. Sometimes someone dares ask; “Who should I cosplay as?” Does that sound terrible? It shouldn’t. The only catch is the question […]
