When was the last time you saw a nicely designed t-shirt that you really wanted? With all the people designing and selling t-shirts these days, the last time probably is not that long ago. Just look up there, and you’ll see one that I wouldn’t mind having! It’s called the Robots t-shirt, and it is designed by Dov Torbin of Comic Strip Tees. The site is Dov’s baby, where he posts a new t-shirt featuring a design by a cartoonist every week. The t-shirts are sold for 7 days and are limited edition. That means your chances of running into someone wearing the same shirt are slim! More than selling Read more »
Alduin the World Eater Dragon Cake Is the Best Cake in the World
This woman has got to be the most awesome mom in the world! She manages the blog Baking Obsession, and from the little I have seen, she really is obsessed. Lucky for her son, who asked to have Alduin the Dragon from Skyrim as his birthday cake. Now if I were the mom, I would have gone looking for someone who could do the job for a reasonable amount. This mom, however, went ahead and put her all into her son’s birthday cake. Just that one picture, and even those who may not be into dragons (and cakes, for that matter) will be impressed. Here’s a close look at Alduin Read more »
DIY Wedding Ring Made of Meteorite
Guys, if you want to avoid any sense of dissatisfaction when the time comes for you to pick out a wedding ring, I suggest not showing this post to your partner. Whether it’s because of characters such as Superman or because of some other reason, we do have a fascination for meteorites. Now and then, we even have real-life encounters with them. Well, maybe not firsthand encounters for most of us, but vicarious experiences can be almost as fun. Some time ago, I found myself drooling over a meteorite sword. Not just anyone’s sword, mind you. It’s Terry Prachett‘s sword. As they say, though, make love, not war; and what Read more »
7 Avengers Infographics
This morning I sat down to work and thought to myself, “What do I want to write about today?” Only one thing is on my mind, and it’s drowning out all other thoughts: The Avengers! Just can’t get that brilliant movie out of my head. If you’re craving more Avengers goodness like me, here are seven infographics to feed the need. Read more »
8 Instakills in 1 Live Action Video
The dynamically geeky duo known as Corridor Digital have unleashed their latest video upon the world, and it is the definition of awesome. It’s called “Art of the Instakill,” and it features eight lethal showdowns, quick-cut style, between many of your favorite video game protagonists. Read more »
Suckfest II: Tomb Raider’s Delayed, Too
No sooner do we find out that the most anticipated game of the year — BioShock Infinite — has been delayed to 2013, than we get hit with another blow. Go ahead and scratch Tomb Raider off the 2012 release list, too. Read more »
LEGO LotR Game IS Happening!
I knew it! Traveler’s Tales, Warner Bros., and LEGO are teaming up once again to produce another LEGO video game based on a major Hollywood property. They’ve done Star Wars, they’ve done Harry Potter, they’ve done Indiana Jones, and even Pirates of the Caribbean. There’s just no way they weren’t going to do LEGO Lord of the Rings. Read more »
The Avengers Video Game is Not What You Expect
So that video game for The Avengers we’ve been waiting to hear about? It’s not a movie tie-in (which is probably a good thing), and it’s only for Kinect and Wii U. Meh-heh? Read more »
Hyper-DNA
Well, Free Comic Book Day has been and gone again, but it’s taken me a while to read through my stash from the day. As ever, the greatest treat I had left buried at the bottom of the pile. Of course, I have always come to expect good things from Boom!, and as regular readers of this column know that it seems the team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, commonly known (among geeks) as DnA, rarely if ever fail to deliver excellent product. So it goes with the teaser issue of The Hypernaturals. Establishing the framework of this new world, we are introduced to a super-team that has lasted Read more »
Things Anime has Made Cute – Spring 2012 Edition
Most people know that anime has an uncanny ability to make just about anything cute. This is most apparent with female characters, where just about any girl can turned into a beauty once she’s animefied or mangafied. There are some other things that anime can make cute though, and the series airing this season make that more than obvious. Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos Nyarlathotep is a deity from H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional universe, Cthulhu Mythos. It has thousands of different forms, but commonly appears as a tall man who resembles an Egyptian Pharaoh. Its other forms are supposedly terrifying. As Nyarlathotep’s nickname suggests, it likes to cause chaos and relishes in Read more »
The Fourth World Of Earth Two
Any regular readers of this column will know that I am passionate about the DC Multiverse, and it was with great joy that I opened the pages of last weeks Earth 2#1. It was not what I expected. I had hoped that we would be seeing the Justice League Infinity, as seen in in the JSA’s Kingdom storyline of a few years back; a world that continued the lives of the pre-Crisis Earth-2 cast; but it was not to be. Strangely enough, I was not disappointed. Of course, being written by James Robinson, one expects a carefully woven classic, drawing upon traditional themes and obscure references from seven decades of comics’ Read more »
Combining Anime and Rap
Anime fans show their love an appreciation for anime in different ways, ranging from creating AMVs to cosplay and fandubbing. Something you don’t see very often (if ever), is anime rap, because honestly, who watches anime and can rap? Richie Branson, that’s who. A rising internet sensation that writes, mixes, and produces is own music, Richie raps about an anime every Tuesday in a segment called #OtakuTuesdays. He has already rapped about Gundam Wing, Cowboy Bebop, Initial D, and Gurren Lagann. Admittedly, when I first heard about anime rap, I thought it was a cool idea, but that it probably wouldn’t sound very good. After listening to Richie’s work, I’ve Read more »
The Next Big Thing from J.J. Abrams
When J.J. Abrams launches a new TV show, we are there. Because we’re geeks, and Abrams is a major player in the geek pantheon. This Fall, he’s bringing Revolution to NBC, and this four-minute trailer is your first look at it. Read more »
No Need to Be a Walker to Eat This (Chocolate) Brain
Remember that funny photo that went around some months ago? The one with the line “That awkward moment when zombies go past you”? Well, if you had this special brain, no one would pass you up. Maybe not even walkers. This guy, Andy Mills, made a pretty cool brain using, of all things, chocolate! Then again, if you think about it, chocolate has been molded into practically all sorts of stuff, so a chocolate brain isn’t all that novel. What makes this chocolate brain a tad cooler is that it is actually modeled from an MRI scan. So yes, it is an accurate representation of what controls the human body. Read more »
Suckfest! ‘BioShock Infinite’ Delayed
Sad-with-a-silver-lining news for fans of the most-anticipated game of the Fall: BioShock Infinite has been pushed back to March 2013. What’s the silver lining? Read on. Read more »
Art Spiegelman Takes On Maurice Sendak
It is a sad day for those of us who grew up fascinated with “Where the Wild Things Are“. A children’s classic, the picture book won numerous accolades including the 1964 Caldecott Medal. Perhaps more important than the awards is the fact that countless adults today have fond memories of their childhood, partly thanks to nights with Max and the Wild Things. And how about the children of today who are recipients of their parents’ passing on tradition? Certainly, there is a reason more than 19 million copies of the book have been sold. Today, it is but apt to pay tribute to the creator of the picture book that Read more »
