Autumn’s arriving and with it comes a host of changes. The trees break out their brightly colored pajamas and prepare for the onslaught of Game of Thrones references, students trudge back toward their school buildings, and stores start preparing their special deals for Black Friday and Christmas. With all of the excitement going on, what…
Resident Evil has a bit of a mixed track record. There have been good movies, bad movies, good games, bad games, and an overall impression that’s as horrifying as it is confusing. Fighting the T-virus (which, tragically, doesn’t turn people into tyrannosaurs), fighting Umbrella, fighting zombified dogs, and so on. I think you fought an…
Arguably, phones have evolved more than most other forms of technology. We’ve gone from rotary phones to corded phones to wireless phones to those giant shoe/walkie-talkie hybrids to cell phones. And even then, we’ve seen generations of cell phones, by and large thanks to Apple. Understanding that, it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that…
The Tomb Raider series is rather well known among its fans (who, contrary to popular belief, are not primarily grave robbers. What a silly notion.). The series has been proudly platform agnostic, unafraid to bridge the void between PC gaming and console gaming. After all, Tomb Raider even dates back to 1996 and the Sega…
Most people know BuzzFeed as the Denny’s of the Internet. It’s newsier than TMZ but less so than, say, The Washington Post. It’s a mixture of informative articles and fun little quizzes and a bunch of other things I don’t actually click on because I’m not that bored yet, mostly thanks to YouTube. But, BuzzFeed…
Taking inspiration from Japan (duh), children’s action figures (aww), and even the Transformers movies (no comment), researchers at MIT and Harvard have actually created machines capable of transforming themselves from little more than a sheet of paper into a fully-fledged walking automaton. That’s right. These robots are self-assembling. Imagine how useful that technology would be…
When emergencies happen, a question most people learn the answer to from a very young age is: “Who you gonna call?” In the real world, sadly, the answer is, more often than not, not the Ghostbusters. Though somehow residents of Los Angeles, California managed to do something even sillier. What 911 Is For In real…
The video gaming industry was in a golden era of peace. Until, one day, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. And Then There Was Fire Avatar: The Last Airbender quickly became one of the most amazing shows of all time. And deservedly so – despite the few fluff episodes they had (yes, fanboys, they…
Are you excited for the return of Downton Abbey? If you answered with, “I’m never excited,” then congratulations! You got the reference! And you’re also a terrible liar. If you said, “I am not amused,” then you got a different but still epic reference, and you’re still a terrible liar. Downton Abbey Returns! Downton Abbey…
Two Indiegogo fund seekers devised ‘Ritot’ projection watch, which means they either really loved the film ‘In Time’ or else this is one of the biggest coincidences known to humankind. However, there watch isn’t a biological clock counting down your days of life; rather, it simply tells you the time. The Ritot watch, also known…
Comic-Con is coming! On the 24th of July, the convention in San Diego kicks off, and it’s promising to be a big one. Comic-Con has always been a major event in geek culture, after all – if more for cosplaying than anything else. Thursday Beginning at 10:00, Jan Schroeder and Jon Del Arroz will discuss…
Now is the perfect time to vacation to Rapture! Tourism is in its prime in this utopian city. The weather has never been better. I hear it’s lovely under the sea this time of year! Or Columbia! Columbia’s, by pure coincidence, looking equally lovely! And depending on its location in the atmosphere (come on, with…
I’m going to say the two dreaded words pertaining to movies, but don’t click away. Computer generation. There, I said it. Now with that out of the way, let’s get down to business. Motion Capture Motion capture (or performance-capture) has become standard for blockbusters nowadays. We barely even react to a fully-rendered CG character, and…
From the creators of Halo and the company that delivered Call of Duty (see fanboys? No need to flame over which game is better, even though it’s obviously Halo) comes the shared-world shooter game titled Destiny. In Destiny, you play as the last Spartan defending Earth. Wait, no. You play as a Guardian defending the…
The thing about the living dead is that they don’t really change. Okay, sure, some of their portrayals demonstrated zombies evolving, learning to use basic tools, and even speaking, but on the whole, a mass of undead trying to kill you is just a mass of undead trying to kill you. Two zombie games have…