Novelty Hoodies Continue to Perplex Me
I’m as much a fan of geek fashion as the next guy, but there’s one trend that continues to elude me, full-zip character hoodies. This is a $60 hoodie from where else, Hot Topic, that…
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A Wicked Cool Musical Fight Scene Compilation
For all its criticism of being a “Michael Bay blockbuster,” I did rather like the second half of Man of Steel where the beast was unleashed and we got a full-on Kryptonian slugfest. Perhaps I’m…
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If Pixar Did Pulp
Remember that guy who did a ridiculously thorough job of turning a bunch of superheroes into Pixar versions of themselves? Well, Phil Postma is back with a new twist on the same concept. The latest…
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My Life as a Gamer in a Third World Country
Most of the people who follow my articles online know that I was raised abroad in a third world country known as the Philippines (I really hope no one is assuming I live in a…
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The Genius of the RPG Episode
Ah, yes. The “RPG Episode.” A staple of a television comedy. The cast of characters take a break from their everyday lives to play an RPG (or MMORPG). It’s entirely meta – characters playing characters…
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Three Lesser-Known British Shows You Should Watch
British television has really been knocking it out of the park lately, especially with popular and critically acclaimed shows like Luther, Misfits, and Sherlock. We’ve mentioned them before on Unreality, so if you have not…
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The Last of Us Meets Scott Pilgrim
If you haven’t bought and played The Last of Us by now, you need to rethink your life priorities immediately. Go and buy it. I’ll wait. … … And you didn’t come back because that’s…
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
So we’ve moved on from the days when we were talking about BioShock Infinite every ten minutes, and now it’s all Man of Steel and The Last of Us. But we’re returning to the game…
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The Heat Produces a Photoshop Abomination
If movie posters could talk, this one would be saying “Kill Me.” I don’t know if the UK marketing division for The Heat is just giving up trying to sell the movie to sophisticated British…