Subscription boxes are one of our favorite ways to treat ourselves over here at Nerdophiles. A lot of our staff members subscribe to one box or another. Loot Crate and Nerd Block – or is many variants – are obvious favorites and Jane does excellent monthly unboxings for each of them. […]
Bee and Puppycat: From Shorts to Series!
You might have heard of Bee and Puppycat when it was an adorably quirky pilot, released last year to the adulation of many, many fans worldwide. The pilot has amassed over four million views and raised more than $800,000 on Kickstarter in order to allow CartoonHangover and Frederator Studios to produce a nine episode […]
Excitement for No Man’s Sky
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtmEjqzg7M] There’s a new game developer that people need to be aware of! Say hello to Hello Games! They are in the midst of creating a game called No Man’s Sky. This game is supposedly going to be massive. I’m talking an uncountable number of worlds to explore, no one ever […]
Final Fantasy X: The (Almost) Great Love Story
Love is a prevailing element in the Final Fantasy franchise, and it’s not hard to understand why. It helps make the characters more relatable and seem more human – the same way showcasing a character’s flaws would. It also tends to promise some level of player commitment to the story. […]
How “The Hunger Games” Stage Show Could Be Awesome or Awful
It often feels like the life of a Hunger Games fan since the release of the first movie has included an increase in the phrase “Did they even read the books?” With sponsorships from Subway, Doritos and Cover Girl, it seems like the marketing of it skipped from self-aware in […]
How Marvel’s Movie Success Could Cave In On Itself
I remember my friend telling me back in 2008 about his experience watching The Incredible Hulk at a drive-in theater and arriving at the film’s ending, where Tony Stark appears in a bar to confront General Thunderbolt Ross. It’s weird to think just how surprising this was at that point, now […]
The Cinematic Universes of Christopher Nolan Pt. 1: Following (1998)
Following Release Date: 1998 Cast: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell Director: Christopher Nolan Studio: Next Wave Films, Syncopy Distributor: Zeitgeist Films (US), Momentum Pictures (UK) Genre(s): Neonoir, Psychological / Crime Thriller Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Medium IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia “The following is my explanation…well, my…my account of…well, what happened.” The first spoken line of […]
Moderately Entertaining, Glitch Glitched
Glitch Author: Heather Anastasiu Release Date: August 7, 2012 Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Source: Personal find Genre(s): Science Fiction, YA, Dystopia, Fiction, Supernatural Spoilers: You were warned. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ GoodReads | Amazon When you first pick up this book, you better be ready to buckle down for a lot of information in a few short chapters. This book […]
Therese’s Top Ten Halloween Movies
There are some movies that you just need to watch every year. They are iconic and put you in the mood for the holiday season. Much like pumpkin spice is the flavor of fall, for me these movies are the ones that mean Halloween is officially here. So, with Halloween coming […]
How Would YOU Survive a Horror Movie?
When the challenge came from the folks over at Man Crates to come up with a list of things I’d want on hand to survive a horror movie I jumped at the chance to see what I could come up with. If you’ve never heard of Man Crates they are […]
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