We’re back with another excitement-filled Monthly Magic Box! As usual, it is filled with lots of Magic: The Gathering items from cards to sleeves and a few things inbetween. Let’s dig in and see what the month of August had in store for us: Magic: The Gathering Ultra Pro Deck Protector Sleeves – Est. Value:…
The largest and most complete sci fi ship chart to date is finally finished, and it is awesome. My friends and I spent over an hour simply pouring over the huge variety of ships that the chart has, geeking out about each of the universes, and comparing the size of the various capital ships. While…
A few weeks ago, I compiled a list of favorite cartoons from my 90’s childhood that Michael “The Boom” Bay could successfully reboot in today’s era of CG. On my list were favorites like Street Sharks, Biker Mice From Mars, Beast Wars, and Gargoyles (though I made it clear that Gargoyles on the contrary should…
Although Peking Duck is a frequent mainstay on Chinese restaurant menus, DuckDuckGo is not. Reports have been arising that DuckDuckGo is no longer accessible to use in China, but no reasons explaining why have been forthcoming. DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg confirmed suspicions that the search engine is indeed blocked. However, Weinberg, according to Engadget, has…
Confession time: no matter how many times the story of Peter Pan is retold, I am excited. I have never been let down by any version I’ve seen/read/listened to of this story; so even though the newest production is a follow-up to last year’s awkwardly successful Sound of Music Live on NBC, I’m going in optimistic. Add to…
The announcement of two-time Resident Evil protagonist Claire Redfield returning in the starring role of Resident Evil: Revelations 2 has created quite a buzz in the video game series’s fan community. “Claire Redfield is back, yes!” and “My queen has returned!” are two popular comments that you’ll find when searching Resident Evil-related tags on Tumblr,…
The folks at Loot Crate took a hard left away from their recent Heroes/Villains themes and pleasantly surprised us with September’s Galactic theme. Let’s get started with this Loot Crate Review and see what out-of-this-world loot we were treated to this month. (See what I did there?) September Loot Crate Review: Galactic Mini Goodies –…
The current definitive social media site, Facebook, has grown so vast in popularity that nearly everyone has an account on it. Whole families—including parents and grandparents—can stay in touch via the site, whose simplistic design allows easy navigation of photos, status updates, user information. Given the immense popularity of the site among so many different…
Back at CES 2014, Intel released a series of concept designs for future technology ranging from wearables to appliances. One of their designs, the Smart Wireless Charging Bowl, is now coming to life. A Modern Key Bowl According to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, the charging bowl will be hitting store shelves sometime during this holiday…
Yes, yes, yes. After years of wishful thinking that maybe some exec over at Twentieth Century Fox will remove their head from their pasty candy ass and greenlight Deadpool’s well-deserved solo film, finally the Merc with a Mouth will come back to a theatre near you on February 12, 2016 with a redeemable Ryan Reynolds…
Prior to this month, fans of the hit franchise The Hunger Games (which consists of a young adult novel trilogy and a film series based thereon) had tasted only a smidgen of its newest entry, the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, prior to the its latest trailer, which was released a few weeks…
If users didn’t have enough reason to hate the fact that Facebook is forcing them to use their new horrid Messenger App, now it seems that it’s watching everything we do. The app itself has been downloaded over 500 million times on Android-based devices. According to a security researcher named Jonathan Zdziarski, the Facebook Messenger…
Paid video-streaming website, Netflix, will reportedly halt service for residents outside North America and Europe. Though officially, Netflix only services to those two continents, sneaky tv and movie enthusiasts abroad have found a loophole into binging on their favorite shows and movies through Virtual Private Network or VPN. The best VPN systems allow a secure…
The sexism seen in the video game industry and comic industry is nothing new, there are mountains of evidence as to the reality of this issue and yet, people still get up in arms about it. So let’s look at the top ten arguments against the idea there is sexism in comics and why every…
On Friday, a cabal of Marvel superheroes arrived in London. Their mission? To deliver the latest addition to the Disney Infinity universe: themselves. The heroes moved under cover of night so as to avoid attention. Even so, however, our heroes managed to accomplish some amazing feats. The Hulk cleared the way, raising a bridge that was…