A 2013 report from BookStats released this year has shown what we’ve been waiting to happen for years: online book sales have surpassed the brick and mortar variety. “Online book sales” includes both ebooks and physical copies ordered over the internet, so technophobes can rest easy knowing that being able to hold hundreds of titles in…
Watch your back, Robert Morris University. Recently, Geek Insider reported that RMU will be offering scholarships for accomplished eGamers and is forming League of Legends team. Well, Korea has one up the playing field with Chung-Ang University now opening up for eGamer applicants in their Department of Arts and Sports Sciences. That’s right, gamers. No…
New Information on the Film Some new information has been released about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the upcoming Harry Potter universe film. The three films are going to be shot at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, in Southeastern England, the same studio where all the Harry Potter movies were filmed. This is a good…
Release Date Revealed and a New Trailer Telltale Games has announced that on July 8th, the final episode in the Wolf Among Us comes out on PSN, PC and Mac (July 9th on Xbox One and PSN Europe, July 10th for iOs). With the huge cliffhanger that episode four ended on, there are plots to…
This week, VH1 made the questionable decision to let Twitter ask Robin Thicke questions via the #AskThicke hashtag. They had not noticed, apparently, that the Internet was abuzz with renewed contempt for Thicke over his new single, ‘Get Her Back’, a pushy attempt at winning back the affection of his estranged wife, actress Paula Patton….
For those who live off-grid, especially in Second and Third World countries, finding ways to bring affordable (and, ideally, clean) energy to their homes is a unique challenge. We’ve developed technology that can convert sun rays and wind into energy, but at a price. One that the world’s poor or struggling populations can’t afford. How…
There was once a time when comedies were defined by the comedy actors that led them. Once you saw the trailer showcasing the lead in the film with his or her bumbling sidekick you knew that movie somewhere down the road was going to be fun and exciting. These days a great comedy is a…
So you want to rewatch an episode of your favorite show, but you don’t know which episode best fits your mood. Whether you’re happy, angry, sad, or wistful, here’s the episode guide for you. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, is one of the most beloved cult television shows of all time, and…
The summer of 2014 has been a barren monetary landscape until now. No film, despite critical and audience appraisal, has been able to cross the $100 million opening that truly defines a summer blockbuster. The closest contender was Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier back in mid-April and that wasn’t even a summer release. Then…
Arrow. True Blood. Penny Dreadful. Doctor Who. Game of Thrones. Agents of SHIELD. What do all these shows have in common? They’re all popular and are all “genre” shows—loosely defined as shows with a focus on the supernatural, fantasy, sci-fi, or super-heroes. Although there have been genre shows almost as long as television has existed,…
Moment Smartwatch The Moment Smartwatch is designed to be sleek and fashionable- yet it has a full QWERTY keyboard to quickly respond to texts, capability for games, camera control, music control, and call display. By turning the wrist with the watch side up, the watch face appears on the top of the Moment. Turning the…
Retro games. Sometimes playing them is more about the nostalgia than actually having fun. Doom. Pac Man. Tetris. Sometimes, though, a game can be five, ten, or even fifteen years old and still be fun. Escape Velocity: Nova is one of those games. It was released all the way back in ’02, but the gameplay…
What is Penny Dreadful? Simply put, it’s a supernatural/horror show using well-known literary characters (Dr. Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, Dorian Gray) from various horror novels, as well as some new ones, and having them meet in the narrative of the show. The show could also be described as Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (in…
Adventure Time is a show on Cartoon Network starring Finn and Jake, two brothers living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland inhabited by a wide variety of creatures. Finn and Jake spend most of their days doing heroic deeds, helping those around them, and having a blast together. The thing that initially made me love Adventure Time…
Plenty of people talk about the Bechdel test and what movies pass it, but not as many know what it is. Contrary to popular belief, it does not say whether a movie is feminist or not but has since been taken into to mean that. When it was first developed in 1985 it simply stated…