Has there been a single console generation where Nintendo hasn’t held the “distant third place” title when it comes to horsepower? It’s starting to sound like the Wii U will be no different. Read more »
Wii U Only as Powerful as Xbox 360?
Monthly Archives: December 2011
LEGO-ize Your Christmas Tree
There’s something so simple and genius about these LEGO ornaments, which are sold exclusively at lego.com. They come in three festive holiday colors — green, gold, and red — and you can hang them as they are, or you can open ‘em up and build something Christmas-y. Read more »
X-Men Minimalist Posters
The X-Men may not be the main thing on your mind this Monday morning, but I am pretty sure that these X-Men minimalist posters will keep you busy for a while. We got a tip from the creator of the posters, and while we don’t post everything that is brought to our attention, I think that these X-Men minimalist posters are definitely worth taking a look at. Harshness, the guy who created the X-Men minimalist posters, is based in Portland, Oregon and describes these poster prints: This print was created using archival pigment inks, and is printed on archival, heavyweight, matte paper. Print is signed and ready for framing. COLORS: Read more »
AKB48 Gets New Anime, OJS48 Left in the Dust
One of the hottest names in Jpop right now is an all-female group known as AKB48. As their name suggests, they should have 48 members, though this can change as old members “graduate” and younger members are added. The success of AKB48 in both the music and modeling industries, has spurred on its creator, Akimoto Yasushi, to create SKE48, SDN48, NMB48, JKT48, and HKT48. Each is essentially a copy of AKB48, but based in different locations. All of these “48” groups have theatres in which they perform regularly. AKB48 gets its name from Akihabara, where it is based. Akihabara is also the Mecca of the anime and IT industries in Read more »
Car of the future is a huge smartphone
For the past several years we’ve seen concept cars rolled out by the Americans, Europeans and Japanese. From designs inspired by the Batmobile and Tron, these cars embodied the “sleek” design of the future making me wonder how every civilian will be driving a car that looks like something straight out from a movie. Now Toyota did a bit of the reverse and was inspired by the philisophy of our everyday, people-friendly touch screen smartphones to dictate the future of the automobile. The movement towards cars being platforms has been taken an almost literal step further with the Toyota Vii Concept Car. The “Vii” sounds like it could have been Read more »
Weekly Poll: DC’s New 52
DC’s New 52 is burning up the sales charts, dominating most of the monthly top 20 titles. Are you a true believer (sorry Marvel)? Or are you still mourning the old continuity? Sound off! Read more »
A Tale of Two Snow Whites
It’s happened before in Hollywood history. Two movies about the same (or incredibly similar) subject matter, filming simultaneously. Deep Impact and Armageddon. Volcano and Dante’s Peak. The Prestige and The Illusionist. Antz and A Bug’s Life. It happens as a quirk of the convoluted nature of studio productions, but at the box office, there can only be one winner. Read more »
Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit
Here’s a cool find for all of you LEGO fans out there. Whether you are a still a kid (for real) or you are an AFOL, this LEGO kit just might be on your wish list for Christmas. Now, if you can’t get enough of all things LEGO, and you are also into animals – taxidermy, at least – then you definitely will want to get your hands on this kit. Introducing the Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit. Isn’t that a cute little mounted deer? Okay, I am probably earning the ire of the politically correct brigade right now, but each to his own, right? If you don’t like hunting and Read more »
