Books

Are violent video games bad for kids? Here’s why one mom doesn’t think so.

By Andrew | Published August 30, 2010

Author Beth Winegarner doesn’t think violent video games are going to cause your kids to kill themselves, or others. Sure, if you’re reading this site, there’s a good chance you agree, but what about the people who don’t? If you got here by searching for something like “Are violent video games dangerous?”, click through after [...]

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Emily’s Otaku Summer Reading (and Watching) List

By emily | Published August 16, 2010

I haven’t been watching nearly as much anime as I’d like these days. I’ve been getting many, many recommendations for the series Angel Beats, which I’m bound and determined to begin soon (and which I’ve heard is a mix between K-On! and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). However, I’ve also been given a heads up on [...]

Also posted in Anime, Comics, Opinion | | Tagged durarara, harry potter, haruhi suzumiya, k-on!, mobile suit gundam 00, mobile suit gundam 00f, mobile suit gundam unicorn, neon genesis evangelion, spice and wolf, the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya, tokyo magnitude 8.0, vampire knight | Comments Off

Book Review: Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food

By kristina | Published August 5, 2010

Jeff Potter tackles cooking for the geeky crowd in his new book Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food. Recipes, interviews, snappy illustrations, and science are in no short supply. Read after the jump for more details and a thorough review.

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The coolest Harry Potter shopping experience you’ll ever have.

By emily | Published August 4, 2010

This past Saturday, I was made aware of Whimsic Alley, a clothing and accessory shop catering primarily to Harry Potter, Twilight, and various other fantasy-type fans. My curiousity aroused, I headed up to Los Angeles this past weekend just to check things out and also to participate in J.K. Rowling’s Birthday Bash. I can safely [...]

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Alice in Zombieland?!?

By Jeannie | Published July 8, 2010

Threadless is an awesome site that has all kinds of kick-ass gear, including t-shirts and hoodies. If you don’t know about threadless, you should check them out cus they are a whole bag of awesome. Their latest awesome is this little ditty called “Zombies in Wonderland”. I want this shirt turned into a comic. STAT!

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Game Review: Dresden Files RPG

By Andrew | Published June 23, 2010

If you’ve followed the site for any time, you probably know that we’re all big Dresden Files nerds. And you know we’re also RPG nerds, so when Evil Hat Productions announced that they’d be putting out a Dresden Files RPG, you know we exploded. They were kind enough to send us a review copy, and [...]

Also posted in Games, Role-Playing Games | | Tagged dresden files, dresdenverse, drive thru rpgs, evil hat productions, harry dresden, jim butcher, review, rpg, the dresden files | 7 Comments

Fanime 2010: Dark Horse Manga with Carl Horn

By Jeannie | Published June 4, 2010

One of the events we were able to catch at FanimeCon was the Dark Horse panel on their upcoming manga releases. There weren’t any large bombshell announcements or anything along those lines – pity – but we were able to hear about upcoming titles from Carl Horn, Editor of Dark Horse Manga which was awesome in [...]

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Hobbit Hole in Miniature

By Darci | Published May 12, 2010

There’s not a lot for me to say about this one other than: Wow. Be sure to check out this unbelievable link for a ton more pictures and some amazing closeups of the detail work. I wish I had half the talent and dedication of this woman. I’d also settle for just having the dollhouse…or…hobbit house…or [...]

Also posted in Art | | Tagged dollhouse, hobbit, hobbit hole, miniature | 2 Comments

The Latest in the Dresden ‘Verse

By Jeannie | Published May 3, 2010

You may have noticed that we have mentioned Jim Butcher, Harry Dresden and The Dresden Files several times in the last few months. Well, there are a couple of reasons for that. Namely, that more than one (and less than 50) of us Robots are sorta big fans of TheDres AND that there is quite [...]

Also posted in Role-Playing Games | | Tagged changes, dabel brothers, dresden files, gandalf, ghandi, harry dresden, iron man, jim butcher, partridge in a pear tree, the dresden files, the rockford files | 3 Comments

A Wrinkle in Time Being Adapted to Graphic Novel and Film

By Darci | Published April 21, 2010

I don’t know if it’s unique to my generation (I grew up in the ’80s), but there’s something about Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time that seemed to hold a special appeal for the girls I knew in grade school. Maybe it was just me and my friends, but I sort of doubt it. And [...]

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