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Andrew Plein

Tech Review – MoblNRG Lithium Ion Battery

While we certainly enjoyed covering SDCC this year, we’re always battling one thing: our battery life on our smartphones and electronics. This year was no different. Between doing social networking, recording videos and taking pictures it was a chore to keep the smartphones charged. What’s worse is when you discover you have less then 50%

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Xbox One Announces Unlimited Gaming For $5 A Month

Following the model set byNetflix and PlayStation Now (debuting for PS4 users tomorrow, July 31), EA and Microsoft are teaming up to offer Xbox players a new subscription service. It’s called the EA Pass. For $5 a month, or $30 a year, the subscription gives players unlimited access to the “Vault,” an enormous selection of

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[SDCC 2014] Comic-Con photos: all the fun without the badge

Roving photographer Alex Dejecacion set out last week to answer the question: how much of Comic-Con can you see from outside the Convention Center?The result is a beautiful Hipstamatic gallery of cosplayers and attractions, all taken without ever setting foot inside the building.

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Comic Issues #181 – The Best Of Comic-Con

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! We survived Comic-Con! We’re tired, we’re broke, and we’re getting over the Con Crud, but we’d do it all over in a heartbeat. (Or in one year from now, we oughta be recovered by then.) Join Anthony, Elizabeth, and Sara from the

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[SDCC 2014] Day 2 – Cosplay

We are all having the SDCC withdrawals, especially anyone that had to return to work… Well to help you remember the fun times, we will be releasing our SDCC daily cosplay galleries. Be sure to also check out our Day 1: SDCC Cosplay. Otherwise presenting for your viewing pleasure Day 2 – please enjoy :) A very

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Books
Kathryn Adams

Review: The Scar

Imagine a world that’s run on magic and steam. Fill it with a collection of races so different from each other that they might as well be alien species. Then picture a pirate fleet that takes every ship it captures and adds it to the collection of ships already bolted together into a miles-wide floating island. What

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Reviews
Andrew Plein

Tech Review – Kinivo BTC450 – Bluetooth Car Kit

There are plenty of downsides to owning an older car, usually involving the outdated car stereo. There have been plenty of solutions, my favorite being the Cassette adapter. I feel quite lucky that I have at least an Aux port, but I’ve been in too many cars that have those lovely bluetooth stereos. I’ve contemplated replacing the

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Lucy

Lucy is the new film by director Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element) staring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. Lucy is a woman living in Taipei, Taiwan, who is forced to be a drug mule for the mob. A drug implanted in her body inadvertently leaks into her system, which allows her to

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[SDCC 2014] Day 1 – Cosplay

Let’s just admit it, one of the many reasons we love conventions is Cosplay. For me personally, some of the best I’ve seen has come from one event: SDCC (San Diego Comic Con). With day one officially behind us and many a sun burn to prove it. It’s time to see those dedicated few who braved

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