What’s up nerds, welcome back to the internet! This is the third edition of our weekly series, the Geekly Roundup, by Geek Insider. I am your guide, your faithful skipper, your seeing-eye-dog, taking you through all the news fit to print (or write about in a WordPress document) in the world of geek, this past…
In a recent discussion for Trollhunters season 2, Del Toro was asked if he was interested in directing a Star Wars film, now that Rogue One had been made and was living proof that you could have a Star Wars film set in the wider universe, apart from the main timeline. To the audience’s collective surprise,…
The breakup between Konami and Hideo Kojima back in late 2015 wasn’t exactly a pleasant one. Konami was, by no means, subtle as they severed ties from their employee of 30 years. The news was a crushing blow for Silent Hill fans, especially the ones who got to try out PT before Konami stripped it away….
Guillermo del Toro’s smaller screen projects have a depressing reputation of being dead on arrival, but with the success of the director’s latest television pilot, it looks like del Toro’s luck is turning around. This week, Amazon Studios picked up Carnival Row, a fantasy thriller series set in a retro-future London where a serial killer stalks the streets. Last year,…
This summer, FX brings Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain to TV for some creepily delicious vampire horror. We’re here to bring you our weekly take on just how well the adaptation holds up. Last episode, the series actually reached an unexpected height, ditching its more convoluting elements in lieu of telling a complete story, bringing the CDC team…
This summer, FX brings Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain to TV for some creepily delicious vampire horror. We’re here to bring you our weekly take on just how well the adaptation holds up. Time to Choose With the first two episodes of The Strain, I was patiently waiting for the hook to sink in much like Game of…
This summer, FX brings Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain to TV for some creepily delicious vampire horror. We’re here to bring you our weekly take on just how well the adaptation holds up. Breach in Containment This week’s episode, entitled “The Box,” starts off just where we left off last week: a plane…
The Strain, by acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, is a trilogy of novels following the sudden invasion of vampires and the human resistance that results. Basing much of its lore and monsters in science fiction, the series sets itself apart from the traditionally supernatural elements they were originally created out of. Because…
Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming giant monsters vs. giant robots movie Pacific Rim is nothing short of a geek’s dream come true. But when the first trailer was released last month, the focus of many gamers’ attention was not on the interdimensional monster invasion, but instead on the familiar voice of the film’s A.I. Fans of…