Nerd culture may be the current zeitgeist, but there is still one major pastime of nerds everywhere that’s gotten short shrift – tabletop gaming. Just the phrase conjures images of geeks with huge glasses sitting in a dark basement playing Dungeons & Dragons. This is, of course, inaccurate and unfair. Even less known than tabletop
I’ve heard it said that the problem with writing science-fiction mysteries is that you have aliens or devices that don’t conform to all the rules of our world, but there still has to be a strong internal logic to the story. Otherwise the mystery doesn’t make sense; there isn’t a puzzle that can be revealed
Animation has always been a part of modern culture. It pushes the limits of film and story telling with thousands of hand drawn images falling in perfect secession in front of a camera and capturing the imagination of both young and old. The world wouldn’t be the same without animation, and animation wouldn’t be the same without
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Anthony’s getting a new car! To celebrate, the podcast crew talks about their favorite geek cars: which prop car would you want to drive off the set, and which fantasy car would you have if it was a real thing? Along the
The Wall Street Journal has released an English subtitled clip of the Japanese trailer for Hayao Miyazaki’s 11th and final film, The Wind Rises. In his final film, Miyazaki tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japan’s fighter planes during World War II.
We’ve finally got a release date for Game of Thrones Season 4. Its grand return is due on April 6th. And HBO decided to kick off the countdown with a pretty amazing trailer. It seems like there are far too many shows out there. The only good part is that when a show goes on a
Spidey-fans everywhere are rejoicing as news of the return of the one rightful web-slinger spreads across the internet. Thirteen months ago, writer Dan Slott effectively killed one of Marvel’s most beloved heroes, and in turn making himself Spider-man’s greatest villain. In the following months, Slott, joined by his go-to artist Humberto Ramos and a crew
News of Razer’s ambitious Project Christine, a high-concept modular PC described as “a PC for everyone,” has been sweeping the web for the past few days. It’s certainly a distinctive-looking chassis, less a tower than a rack with slots for components. The potential user doesn’t need to know anything about putting together a conventional system
Spike Jonze’s new drama, Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, is the story about a lonely writer who, after a devastating break-up, develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that is designed to meet his every need. This soon ponders the nature of love in the impending virtual world. It dares to