If you’ve seen The Nightmare Before Christmas then you’ll recall the This is Halloween song. If not; it’s time to watch it. This remake – This is Aperture – has zoomed over the half a million views mark and only popped online a few days ago. When I say “remake” I mean Portal 2-ification of […]
Portal Christmas tree
Are you doing Christmas this year? How about doing Christmas with a twist? A portal twist? This rather awesome picture shows exactly that – a portal Christmas tree.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Singing Christmas Hedgehogs
We’re all familiar with the Choose Your Own Adventure format made famous by Livingston and Jackson. We’re also pretty familiar with hedgehogs. The twist is to take both to YouTube and mashup the concept. So rather than turning to Page XX to select an action for your hero hedgehog you simply click on the interactive […]
Godzilla Christmas Tree
Do you remember that Doctor Who episode featuring remote controlled killer Christmas trees? They were the first monster David Tennant’s Doctor took down. Thankful those trees just span around for a bit. They weren’t anything like this monster spotted at teh Aqua City Odaiba shopping centre in Tokyo. The photo was taken in 2006 but, […]
The prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe
The good folks over at the BBC have released a short prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe. Or, put in another way, the evil people at the BBC are trying their best to create a Christmas Doctor Who riot of unconstrained anticipation. What’s the difference between a Doctor Who prequel and a […]
Planet Replicas: £2,000 for Judge Dredd cosplay outfit
Planet Replicas now has a online store and is licensed to sell official 2000 AD products. I think the press release says it better than I could; Alien editor of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Tharg the Mighty, has decreed that suitable earthlets are now allowed to purchase official 2000 AD® products through the Planet Replicas […]
The Sith who Stole Christmas
Here’s a mashup for the geeky Christmas. Take Dr Seuss‘ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Take Star Wars. Squish. Mash. Edit. Here’s the result.
Monster toys for Christmas: The Cloverfield Monster
This pinged my radar because of big discounts Entertainment Earth but on this exclusive model. They call it an “exciting warehouse find” and it is supposed to be the only collectible figure of the monster from the 2008 Cloverfield movie. This is an electronic figure that makes roaring sounds, comes with swappable heads and includes […]
Geek Christmas: Cute K9 Resin
Here’s a cute option for any Doctor Who fan. A 4 inch tall resin figure of the Doctor’s faithful robotic dog companion. K9 may be best known in classic Who but he has featured in new Who so there should be no excuse. This little model comes from Entertainment Earth but I doubt they have […]
Geek Christmas: Hex Bug has a larva
As part of Geek Native’s brave and bold effort to help you slay the evil Christmas shopping demons we’re looking at stuff you might buy for folks – or stuff that you might demand for yourself. Okay! Okay! Ignore that we gave you 10 reasons why you should buy the Doggie Doo game. That was […]
