Scottish author Robbie MacNiven is one of the rising stars of Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library, gradually making a name for himself over the last few years as a great writer of Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar fiction. Geekzine editor Andy Jamieson cited Robbie’s excellent space marine novel, Carcharodons: Red Tithe in […]
The Best of the Black Library Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library, celebrates its twentieth year of business this year. Saturday 24th February sees the Black Library releases Magos, the latest Inquisitor Eisenhorn novel by best-selling author Dan Abnett. Games Workshops and Warhammer stores across the UK and worldwide will be hosting special events […]
Owen Williams is an author and a journalist for the Empire movie magazine. His latest book is the ALIEN Survival Manual, published by Carlton Books and is out now. We featured it in the second part of our Geekzine Review of 2017 as one of the best books of last year. It truly is a […]
In this slightly belated second part to our Geekzine Review of 2017, Geekzine editor-in-chief Andrew Jamieson pours his frivolous attitude all over a selection of the books, boardgames, videogames and toys that kept our geek chops smiling during 2017. Thanks to Will Millar, boardgame guru, and Alex Martin, videogame retail expert, for their valuable contributions. […]
The year that was 2017 delivered some cultural geekish delights. In the first of two linked features, Geekzine editor-in-chief Andrew Jamieson takes a roughshod look at some of the genre films and tv shows that kept us nerds smiling – and grimacing. It wasn’t all good, eh? FILM Split (released in January) James McAvoy gives one […]
Geekzine editor Andy Jamieson, and Edinburgh-based steampunk impresario Atticus Oldman, give an account of their favourite horror yarns, inspired by Halloween and the dark nights of the winter months…. “I never used to like horror movies and I still find some types of horror difficult to watch. Ghost stories and silly slashers I enjoy but […]