+News | 729 days ago

The Daily Dose

By Allie Townsend

Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:

+Apple | 849 days ago

Techland Roundup: The Daily Dose

By Allie Townsend

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

+Gaming & Culture | 879 days ago

What Is Even the Deal with People Liking Sherlock Holmes?

By Lev Grossman

Seriously, I wasn’t even gonna say anything. I mean, I want to be diplomatic. Robert Downey Jr. is practically my best friend and all. In my mind.

+Gaming & Culture | 886 days ago

Geek Chic: Why Ogling Sherlock Holmes’s Abs is Just Plain Wrong

By Steven James Snyder

As a movie, Sherlock Holmes is really only halfway there: A boneheaded action film smartly dressed up as an intellectual game of cat-and-mouse. A sophisticated chess match that is repeatedly interrupted by TNT detonations.

+Gaming & Culture | 991 days ago

True Tales of Conversational Vengeance

By Matt Selman

A few years ago, after a long day spent thinking of new nouns for Homer to say after “Mmm…”, my wife dragged me to the screening of a film directed by a friend. The film was fine. The rough part was the reception. A room full of strangers is not my favorite social scenario. I [...]

+News | 1036 days ago

San Diego Comic-Con: Join Us, It’s Bliss

By Lev Grossman

Spent two hours in the Warner brothers indoctrination chamber this morning: Where the Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli, Nightmare on Elm Street, The Box, Jonah Hex, and (the reason I came, as they intuited, since they put it last) Sherlock Holmes. Comic-Con doesn’t make it easy for you to like things. There’s so [...]