The Motherboard is probably one of the most important choices you will make when buying PC parts. You plug all the parts into your motherboard, and the motherboard controls them all. Back in the day these things were super complicated. While they are more complex today as far as capabilities go, they have been made a lot simpler to use and assemble. Continue reading
Review: The Great Calamity (from the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter blu-ray)
So I had a bit of a time getting to NYCC on Friday morning and missed one of the panels I was really looking forward to. It was a preview of the upcoming blu-ray release of the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. More specifically, the animated short “The Great Calamity” which will be included on the disc. Thankfully, their publicist is awesome and set up a quick phone interview with the creators of the project. Continue reading
NYCC: Robot Chicken
Many moons ago I came across a funny little stop-motion series called “Sweet J Presents”. A funny little spot of stop-motion animated toys involved in skits that rode the edges of pop-culture, random acts of violence, and kindergarten level fart jokes. Well, Sweet J grew up (sort of) and built a robot. Then that robot was attached to a chicken. Then it went back to business as usual, albeit with a bigger budget with which to buy more toys. Robot Chicken is now a phenomena unto itself with massive DVD sales of their Star Wars specials, the upcoming release of the new DC Comics special they did, and the newly announced resurrection of the show for a seventh season!! Continue reading
Dave’s Time at NY Comic Con 2012
Where to begin? As soon as you step into the NY Comic Con, you are assaulted by the experiential overstimulation. Fortunately, I had a loose plan from the start. Continue reading
Gaming Unplugged – Hive
“A flute without holes is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish” – Ty Webb
So, then what do you call a board game with no board?
We’ll call it – Hive. Continue reading
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