Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman is TIME's book critic and its lead technology writer. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Magicians and The Magician King. He is chaotic good.

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The Penny Arcade Interview: Subconscious Lashings in a Dark Dream

Penny Arcade is/are doing a dee-luxe hardcover book called The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade in honor of their 10th anniversary. If you don’t know what Penny Arcade is, it’s one of the greatest comics on the Web. Or off it. Go there and don’t come back for at least two hours.

A Practical Guide to … Traveling Between Worlds

About a year ago I took a shot at a list of the top 10 portals between worlds, and the post got a lot of good comments. Ah, those were the days.

Another Ridiculously Viral Video from OK Go

It may have cost them years of their lives, but I feel pretty confident that OK Go will once again ride the giant viral sandworm with this video. I think my personal favorite moment is the smashed TV at 3:39.

Plants Vs. Zombies: These Are Which Plants Are and Are Not Lame

Given that Plants vs. Zombies is now, apparently, the top-selling iPhone game launch of all time, and now that there exists actual Plants Vs. Zombies porn (NSFW, don’t say I didn’t warn you, because I just did, and I’m doing it again right now), and now that I have finished adventure mode, I feel it [...]

The Techland Show: The iPhone Porn Episode

I was going to title this post The Techland Show: The Sell-out Traffic Whore episode. But wait — isn’t that every episode?

What Was the Most Expensive Video Game Budget EVAR?

I don’t know. And having read this, I still don’t know if I know. But a website called Digital Battle lists the top 10 budgets ever. I’m not sure what their sources are, but if everybody’s reposting it, it must be true!

Terminus: The District 9 Writer’s CGI Nightmare

The other day I read an interview with Terri Tatchell, the co-writer of District 9, in which she mentioned that she was thinking of adapting a short film for her next project. The film is called Terminus. It’s on YouTube.

App Club: Why Is Plants Vs. Zombies Number One?

Seriously, I know Allie already posted about this game, but WTF? I cannot understand why this game is all ruling on iTunes.

The 2009 Nebula Award Nominees: Here They Are

The official announcement is here. With apologies for the lazy formatting. My italicizing finger is tired.

The Techland Show: Bull Durham Edition

In which we talk about the next Batman movie, and Peter loses his thing over Windows Phone 7, and Lev looks like an idiot playing Project Natal. They need to release a non-code name for that thing. A No-Prize to the commenter who can think of a better name for it.

The Hunger Games: What Happens Next

A few days ago Scholastic released the cover of the new Hunger Games novel on its blog. It looks like this: