Metal Hurlant began life way back in France in 1974. It’s older than me. I believe the literal translation is Howling Metal but when geeks I know in the UK talk about the series they often call it Heavy Metal. Skip forward a few decades and a live action TV series is announced. Metal Hurlant […]
Archives for October 2015
The Girl Genius connection for Munchkin Steampunk
Steve Jackson Games have announced the 168 card Munchkin Steampunk. It’ll come with an unique dice and cost around $25.00. This core set is illustrated by Phil Foglio. Foglio is the co-creator and illustrator of Girl Genius. This is good news for me; I found Girl Genius through the books and really enjoy it. I’ve […]
Fohtooh ma Solo kaychahlah: The Languages of Star Wars [infographic]
Tickets for Star Wars: The Force Awakens go on pre-sale in less than two months (probably). Just as people are already doing Christmas shopping – we actually getting quite close to the film release date. Is it time for a little Star Wars lore refresher? This infographic from the Matinee translation company digs into some […]
Witches and Assassins: A review of Assassin’s Creed 1
The new Assassin’s Creed comic is a new Assassin’s Creed line. We feature Charlotte de la Cruz who is a well-educated, geeky, counter-culture, black American woman with a shit job. The comic gets straight to the point; she’s not a middle class white dude. I won’t have a go at writers Anthony Del Col and […]
Man builds real life Mjolnir and trolls with Thor’s hammer
YouTube engineer Sufficiently Advanced created a real life Thor’s hammer. It’s a great little demonstration of some agile engineering. Also; it’s a great way to troll people and make a popular YouTube video. What puzzles me is why so many people gave picking up the hammer a go.
Props and art from the House of the Necromancer
Looking for some wicked handouts to worry your players with? Geek Native’s featured Necronomicon fragments from Zarono before, some years back, but the House of the Necromancer is still alive and still wonderfully scary. You can check out the House of the Necromancer store at Etsy. Cthulhu LARP Nyarylathotep ritual scrolls I fancy this Cthulhu […]
Short film: Noon
You may see Noon at the cinema as Chernin Entertainment, the company behind RIse of the Planet of the Apes, is considering it. How so? Noon is a sci-fi by Kasra Farahani. Farahani is a concept artist and art director who’s worked on movies like Thor and Star Trek Into Darkness. In Noon we picked […]
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies trailer
You’ve read the book, read the comic and seen all the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies goodies by now. Or, at least, you’ve had the chance too. The movie is nearly here. That is Doctor Who’s Matt Smith you spot in the action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWr3mLI8Xl8 Also in the movie are Lena Headey of Game of Thrones, […]
Communist angel punk? A review of Wolfhound Century
Peter Higgins’ Wolfhound Century is one of those books that feels like it should start a genre. The geeky thing to do would be add “punk” to the end. What we have a huge world, a huge country and a huge capital city wrapped up in a State knows best communist style empire. Our hero […]
Jessica Jones: An evening stroll in Hell’s Kitchen
After her time as a superhero was cut short, Jessica Jones is left to rebuild her personal life and try and make it as a private detective. The question is; can she go for a midnight stroll in Hell’s Kitchen?
