In December 2014 Geek Native held a competition to give away a number of copies of To Go Viking from Safecracker Pictures. To Go Viking is a documentary that follows a group of Viking reenactors as they travelled the world and battled. To enter the competition readers had to answer a poll. They had to […]
Archives for January 2015
Short film: CARL
CARL is a sci-fi animation in which gladiators are forced to fight to a bloody death in front of their new robot overlords. The tension comes to a head when CARL, the ultimate fighting champion, is pitched against a human slave who doesn’t fight back and then there’s a rescue attempt. I didn’t twig to […]
Family Guy meets Game of Thrones
Created by Redditor Eric LaSorda is this set of Game of Thrones meets Family Guy mashups. I think he’s got the character’s perfectly pegged. No surprise to see Meg get the cruel twist. If you had to pick just one of the two shows to watch – Game of Thrones or Family Guy – which […]
Roleplaying famous last words immortalised on geeky mugs
Geek Native has been collecting famous last words from roleplaying games from back when the site was known as GameWyrd. You can browse through ten illustrated examples, starting here, to check out some of the highlights. Today we’re showing off another incarnation of these popular quotes. They’ve been truncated, abridged, tidied up and transposed onto […]
Eat or be eaten! The Star Wars wampa cake!
Food blogger Kathleen Siegle says she has a sweet tooth and is a super geek. Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and Harry Potter get a special mention on her About Me page. Oh; and she made this! What do you think? This Wampa looks like it might resist your attempts to cut a slice! You can […]
Sleek superhero Bombshells robes available in January PREVIEWs
PREVIEWS is part magazine and part catalog from Diamond Comic Distributors. The idea is you use it to go to your local comic store and tell them what you want while your local store also uses it to work out what to stock. There are reasons to get engaged; you can book exclusive goodies with […]
Humble kickstarter: Sleeper RPG shows promise
Death Spiral Games are asking for only £2,000 in their Kickstarter for sci-fi action RPG Sleeper: Orphans of the Cold War. They’ve a full 27 days on the clock, at the time of writing, over £500 in bank already and more than 20 backers. It’s looking good. You can check the latest details on their […]
2000 AD rolls out Android app!
Great news for fellow Android users. 2000 AD is now on Android. You can download it from Google Play. The app has been available since 2012 on iOS and has become on the best performing iPad newstand properties in the UK. The AppStore run by Apple reveals that the top three sellers are subscriptions, with […]
Watch as Vue Cinemas prank customers with Kingsman upgrades
Geek Native’s review of Kingsman is already live. How did that happen given the film isn’t out yet? Are we pals with the movie company? Nope. This reviewer got access to a special screening at his local Vue cinema. The queue was long, very long, but perhaps it was better waiting in line for an […]
Short film: Home Sweet Home
Did you ever think a short animation about a house that gets fed up of suburbia and decide to escape would make you feel sad? I think Home Sweet Home stands a pretty good chance of making that happen. Some top quality animation with simple but effective storytelling from Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet, […]
