Eric Powell’s The Goon statue was made possible after a successful Kickstarter with Blur Studios and Dark Horse. The limited edition statue is sculpted by Sean McNally as a bonus for people backing the feature-film-length story real. Come July it’ll be possible order a full-colour version of the popular statue and you won’t have to […]
Archives for May 2015
Stormtrooper inspired leggings
Tomorrow is Star Wars Day. I wonder if we’ll see anyone modelling Poprageous’ “robotic leggings” out and about. I think they look rather Stormtrooper in style. Nothing wrong with that, Star Wars fashion will be hot for years to come thanks to the new set of movies. What do you think? Geek chic or another […]
Incredible dragon time lapse for charity
The Dragon Master Foundation battles against cancer by helping to bring data to cancer researchers. They’re putting together a real-time, open-source generic database for researcher to use and have partnered with a number of hospitals. Sound cool? It gets better. Visit this time lapse page and you can win the dragon itself. Want more? You […]
From the Inkwell: 12 Realms and Bedtime Stories
One of the success stories Geek Native has been able to chart has been Mage Company. The publisher pulls together clever board game ideas, well thought out Kickstarters and binds them together with savvy business models. In this guest post Geek Native shares the floor with Alexander Argyropoulos & Michael Andresakis the two Mage brains. […]
Decorate your gaming den with these dragon wall sconces
[I need this] Want something moody and unique to decorate the room you tend to game in? Want something that says Dungeons & Dragons, Skyrim or escapism? You might be tempted by Tascano’s Marshgate Castle Dragon Sculptural Electric Wall Sconce. The resin dragons are 15″ and hold a 6″ glass orb. There’s a switch on […]
A Beautiful Nightmare: A Review of Iron Kingdoms Unleashed
Though the current trends in tabletop roleplaying are for loose, flexible designs…games like Numenera, Fate Core, even (arguably) the latest edition of Dungeons & Dragons…there is still a very large part of the hobby devoted to the meticulously-detailed games of yore. With roots firmly tracing back to the hobby’s wargame origins, games like Pathfinder and Shadowrun continue to draw massive crowds and have […]
Competition: Win Gatchaman Crowds
You may well remember Battle of the Planets. I do. The original series came out when I was young but it enjoyed many repeats as a Saturday morning cartoon. Battle of the Planets is the American adaptation of an older anime called Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. We had five young “space ninja” employed by an […]