Found this picture of this historic pistol design. The intent is clear – a gun that lets you fire bullets quickly with minimal reloading bother. The flaw in the design should be equally as clear – the weight/balance would make aiming with this pistol really tricky. This is the Jarre Double Action Harmonica Pistol and […]
Can you make a slingshot that fires machetes?
Can you make a slingshot that fires machetes? Yes. Yes you can. Joerg Sprave, who has a whole blog about slingshots, rose to the challenge. He made a slingshot that can fire the heavy and rather sharp weapon. As you can imagine the slingshot is huge. Jorg hurt himself during the video. Don’t worry. You […]
Deadly gamer cake
I have to wonder whether Geek Native is on a quest to share with other natives the very best cakes on the interwebs. Favourites so far have included the Cthulhu cake, the chestburster cake and the Superhero mashup cake. I think we to add this one to the list. I know it only as “the […]
Old style gamer helmet
I don’t have a credit for this photo. It came to light via an image surfing Russian website that’s lack on citation! I really can’t decide whether that’s a reflection of a tapestry, a computer game or not a reflection at all. What do you think? I know there’s someone out there who can name […]
Big gun
There’s not much to say about this picture. Should we do a caption competition? Leave your quotes in the comment section below. “You’re going to need more than a d20 for damage!” “No, you can’t roll to conceal” “Oh? You’ve got the weapon speciality. Do you?”
What would it be like to fight with Cloud’s Final Fantasy VII sword?
It turns out that weilding the Buster sword isn’t very easy. However, on the plus side, if you can swing it then the weight alone will do damage to anything you manage to hit with it. Which would you rather enter melee combat with? This sword of a knife? For the purposes of this question […]
Big wet jugs demonstrate the effectiveness of bullets
As a gamer I often have in character choices of the type of gun and ammo to use. This is true whether I’m playing a tabletop RPG secret agent or a CRPG like Fallout when I’m lucky to grape together the bits to make a pea shooter. As a result, even though I’m from Europe […]
Real life gun blade
Have you ever suspected that some RPG weapons are silly? In particular, we might point towards certain popular Japanese RPGs for the Playstation – games in which our hero tends to wave around a huge sword and shoot people with it. No one would actually have such a weapon in real life, right? It would […]
Camera attached to an arrow
Late last year we had a cool video from a camera attached to a sword. Where could we go from that? What about a camera attached to an arrow? That’s exactly what Jeremiah Warren has given us. It combines both technical mastery – fixing the camera so it didn’t make firing the arrow impossible – […]
Rubber Band Gatling Gun
This puppy costs $500 but I’m sure many people will be willing to hand over the cash. It’s a rubber band gatling gun built from machined parts. In case you’re wondering – it can fire up to 100 rounds (er, rubber bands) in a single use and has a mounted flashlight so you can use […]
