Geeky stationery is absolutely a top go-to for birthday gift buying.
Do you know which voice actors did which characters? [infographic]
Fivesquid.com looks to be a river to Fivver. In other words; people will do mini projects for you for £5. Who might use such services? Busy geeks, that’s who. What might geeks be interested in? How about a family tree mapping characters to the talent behind the voices? Let’s not be too cynical; let’s enjoy […]
Short film: Metroid – The Sky Calls
Nerdist’s Jessica Chobot stars as Samus Aran, hero of Metroid, in this not-for-profit short. In the film director Sam Balcomb uses themes from the first Metroid game of isolation, exploration and the wonders of deep space to give us a Samus out on a mission. Take advantage of this teleport link if you’ve time for […]
The ReCore announcement trailer
This may well have the touch of sci-fi anime about it. ReCore will be an Xbox One exclusive and it comes from Keiji Inafune and the Metroid Prime team. It’s the story of one of the last human beings, friendships with brave robot friends and a dangerous adventure.
Poster: Mother is Watching
Mother is Watching is a poster design by Tom Wiener. The piece is part of Light Grey Art Lab’s #BOSSRUSH show. The goal? To celebrate the role baddies have in computer games. This mother, Mother Brain, is straight out of Super Metroid. If you like what you see you can pop over to Light Grey […]
Nerdgasm! Wait… she’s a girl
Buy from TeeTurtle. TeeTurtle do like their cute t-shirt designs. They do a lot of pocket animals and always manage to make them kawaii. I rather like this design though. Mega Man’s reaction to finding out that Metroid’s Samus Aran is a woman.
The cutest battle manuals for deadly games
The Happy Little Gaming books by Joey Spiotto are an imaginary line with some great covers. Right now you can pop over to G1988 and check out his work and buy some of the new prints. The designs shown here are less exclusive on on sale from his Etsy Store. I think the Happy Little […]
Samus Aran of Metroid is Tinker Bell
When mighty hero of Metroid took their armour off and was revealed to be the smoking hot Samus Aran a fandom was born. The zero suit is infamous. Imagine, then, if that helmet came off and Tinker Bell was the hero. A double surprise. A mashup of the Nevernever. This is the work of Sir […]
Fake girl geek? Er, fake girl bounty hunter?
Dorkly have channeled into the on-going debate around “fake girl geeks” with this Metroid comic strip. Those who rally against “fake geek girls” suggest there’s a fashion to pretend to be geeky, to tap into the influential and growing culture, and often for commerical gains. There are plenty of counter arguments too – and I’m […]
Metroid: Mega Awesome Samus Aran cosplay
Samus Aran is the sexy hero from Metroid – although some of us only realised how sexy she was during Super Smash Bros when she stripped off her gravity suit to continue the fight. The godlike cosplay engineers at Pixel Ninja have constructed a most remarkable Samus Aran costume for a fantastic Metroid cosplay. The […]
