Netflix Find of the Week: Room 237
You can always rely on Netflix to never have most of the new releases you want streaming, but damn, do they ever have documentaries on lockdown. I’d heard of Room 237 ahead of stumbling across…
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I Approve of Future Elf Ear Jewelry
I’m all about driving society to be more futuristic, but sadly we seem to be stuck firmly in the present despite ever changing fashion trends. We’re never going to really get anywhere if the closest…
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Pixar Characters as Video Game Heroes
Beloved video game characters meet beloved Pixar characters in this mashup series from artist Renegade21. I’d seen his Commander Lightyear Mass Effect/Toy Story variant before, but the rest of these are new to me. I…
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Pokemon Get (More) Realistic
In celebration of the release of Pokemon X and Y, digital artist Charlie Romeo set to work updating the graphics of the game to levels we probably will never actually see. What? The Wii U…
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A Soldier’s Pokemon – With a Twist Ending
Lord knows I love my Pokemon, but I’m not the only one. Artist Aiwa-sensei has drawn this rather touching series of a young army medic and his beloved Growlithe, who eventually evolves to become his…
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Why Does Everyone Like…Arrow?
Welcome to my second installment of “Why Does Everyone Like…X?” where I try to uncover why a certain show, movie or game has a massive fanbase. This week, I’m heading back to a show I…
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Five Characters Who Are Confused About Their Genre
The thing about most stories is that the characters don’t realize they’re in a story. Yes, breaking or leaning on the fourth wall is a time-honored tradition in theater, television, and film (less so in…
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The End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine): Five Apocalypse Scenarios I Kind of Want to See Happen
You know what they say about all good things. Children grow old and die, empires rise and fall, stars are born and extinguished all across the infinite galaxy, and Sara Clemens doesn’t write for Unreality…
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Blockbuster Fully Dead At Last
It’s the end of an era. After years of getting absolutely demolished by Netflix, Blockbuster is finally closing down its 300 remaining stores and mail-in DVD business. In short, it’s dead. All the way dead….