So you’ve made the decision to come to Dragon Con this year. Congratulations! You are about to embark on the most fun four to five days of your year! Dragon Con is that magical time during Labor Day weekend where nerds from all over the country (and the world!) descend […]
Teen Wolf: Alpha Pact Recap
I realise that this recap is so overdue and I apologise but life got in the way like it does sometimes and I could only get this produced now. Although isn’t this a good time to read it so you can remind yourself what happened before watching the finale on […]
Elysium: The Art of the Film
Title: Elysium: The Art of the Film Author: Mark Salisbury Release Date: August 6, 2013 Publisher: Titan Books Source: Titan Books ARC Genre(s): Art book, Science Fiction, Dystopian Future, Film & Cinema Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: GoodReads | Amazon Titan Books can always be counted on to produce an amazing art book. The folks they have working for […]
Indie eBook Roundup #3
This time around we’ve got lots of super powers, super brains, super technology, and the supernatural from a wide variety of authors, genres, and publishers. I, Crimsonstreak – which I am constantly misspelling as Crimsonsteak – is the take away this edition though F9 isn’t too bad for a novella. […]
"Jobs" Shows Just How Much Ashton Kutcher Looks Like Steve Jobs
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvkCS0ZGPU] Directed by Joshua Michael Stern Starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, and Dermot Mulroney Rating: C- It’s hard to do movies about people like Steve Jobs. Living a life in the spotlight, Jobs brings to light the rather rocky yet illustrious chronicles of a genius. As a slave to the company […]
Robots, Exoskeletons, Crazy Villains, and Space Make "Elysium" a Sci-Fi Must-See
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QILNSgou5BY&w=560&h=315] Elysium Directed by Neil Blomkamp Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating: B+ If you’ve seen Park Avenue (a documentary on Netflix about the rich and poor) Elysium is essentially a future built from that divide. In 2154, Earth is nothing more than an overpopulated and polluted place […]
My Epic Quest to Reclaim my XBox Live Account
I am going to admit up front that I am not a Microsoft fangirl or much of a 360 gamer at all. I bought my Xbox 360 back in January 2009 after I moved back to California from my study abroad in South Korea. At the time it was still […]
"Kick-Ass 2": Good on violence, terrible on most everything else
I want to start this review by saying that I legitimately like the first Kick-Ass film. It’s not a perfect movie by any stretch of the imagination and I definitely ended up liking The Losers and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World more by the end of 2010, but it was […]
PHXCC 2013: Reflections on Phoenix Comicon 2013
Now more than two and a half months since the event, this post is way over due. Especially since the folks at Phoenix Comicon were nice enough to confirm me for a press pass and attend the event for free. They were the first people to give Nerdophiles that recognition […]
BASC Preview: Meet Guest of Honor Anna Padilla
Bay Area Sherlock Con is this weekend and we were lucky enough to get an introduction to one more guest of honor before Amy and I pack our bags and head to Santa Clara. Anna Padilla is a 21-year-old community college student from Sacramento, CA. With her passion for art […]
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