Tony Pacitti is a diehard Star Wars fan. Though it may make him a social outcast in the eyes of the mainstream (and a geek God in the nerddom), he’s managed to take his awkward experiences growing up and turn them into a memoir that everyone can relate to.
In My Best Friend is a Wookiee: A Memoir, One Boy’s Journey To Find His Place, …
Visual references to Back To The Future, dialogue references to Total Recall and Bill and Ted and plot reference to Star Trek? Truly, the only thing this week’s Warehouse 13 missed was Huey Lewis and the News popping up to play “Back In Time.” Here’re 13 thoughts about this week’s time-bending “Where And When”:
1. Hello, Strange And …
If you haven’t seen Tommy Wiseau’s masterpiece The Room, you are truly missing out on the best of independent cinema. A hilarious drama with “the passion of Tenneessee Williams” (yes, the name was misspelled in the quote), there’s a reason why Entertainment Weekly calls it “The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies.”
While waiting for Wiseau to …
Here’s a sign that the movie version of Red might be pretty good: director Robert Schwentke has already been snatched up to direct RIPD, one of Ryan Reynolds’ many upcoming geek-friendly projects. Adapted from the Dark Horse comic of the same name, RIPD features Reynolds as a cop killed in the line of duty before being given the chance …
I spent last week in the greatest, weirdest, geekiest city in the world. Burning Man is the annual, weeklong art and culture festival that’s been going on in one form or another since the mid-’80s. It happens on a very hot, very dusty prehistoric lakebed in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the week leading up to Labor Day; upwards of 50,000 …
Google revealed “Google Instant” today—you can try it out here if you like, though it may already be activated within your browser at Google.com.
It’s pretty much just how it sounds. You begin typing your query into Google’s search box and your search results change in real-time with each additional letter you add, displayed …
We’re about to get started, folks. Please keep all hands, feet and other bodily parts inside the vehicle.
If you’re not sure what’s going on, then just check here and here.
Or watch this video:
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Gabriel Stricker from Google comms is now on stage making sure folks can connect …
When you make your way to your Local Comic Shop this Thursday you should really bring a list. Experts agree that you shouldn’t buy comics when you’re hungry for nostalgic war stories or the exploits of a boozed up astronaut. With that in mind here are some titles to keep an eye on and as always look out for the Comic Book Club and Panel …
In college football, your mascot is key. You want a strong symbol to represent your school, like a bruin (a ferocious, yet lovable giant brown bear). Who wants to rally under a banana slug (sorry UC Santa Cruz) or a condom (not so sorry USC)?
The poor students at the University of Mississippi, better known as Ole Miss haven’t had a …
While this doesn’t quite appear to be the same “Peel” case that surfaced in late July, the idea appears to be somewhat similar. A company called GoSolarUSA is planning to bring a $60 protective case to market this year that features a SIM card slot and special software that allows Apple’s new iPod Touch to make and receive voice calls …
SEPTEMBER 28
SGU: Stargate Universe (Syfy)
Yes, it may feel like Lost crossed with Battlestar Galactica, but if that doesn’t seem like a great idea to you, then I heartily suggest you re-read that sentence and try again. Okay, I’m joking, but only slightly: For my money, SGU ended up a happy surprise in its first season, fulfilling …
As any parent can tell you, kids are actually NOT free. Unless you have at least eight of them, at which point you can get your own TV show or a cool comic book name like Octomom.
For everyone else, kids are expensive to raise. T-Mobile is hoping to appeal to that inevitability with its new Kids Are Free promotion, which allows new …
