It’s a collection of Ponds. Get it? Narf. This week, BBC released a series of mini season prequels called Pond Life in anticipation of TOMORROW’s (Sept. 1, 2012) return of Doctor Who. I’ve gathered them for you below because I’m a nice person. Plus, it gave me the opportunity to watch all of them again. Squee! They’re light-hearted for the [...]

Micheal Keaton will replace Hugh Laurie as the villain in the very promising Robocop remake. Being a child of the 80s, I have to say that my two favorite Keaton roles are Batman and Beetlejuice. But, those two are a far cry from the performances that launched his career. In honor of Keaton’s robo-cast, I bring you the five best [...]

Borderlands combined two types of games that I love: First-person shooters and crazy Diablo-style killing and looting.  I loved everything about it: The art style, the setting, the millions of guns, and the humor. Not bad for a game basically made on a whim. As much as I loved it, though, there were some things missing from the game, like [...]

  Whether you like him or not, just know that I don’t care what you think about him. I like Keanu Reeves. And in my honest opinion, he’s a fine actor and has done some amazing work. Yes, he has had his fair share of flops, but every actor has (I’m talking to you, Cage). So think what you want, [...]

Like many other boys on the verge of adolescence, I watched Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Although, at the time, I had no idea where it originated. While it showcased America’s first of many Ranger teams, the show actually started back in Japan in 1975 with a show called Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers was based on the Kyoryu [...]

Ahhh, summer. The sun is hot, the movies are all blockbusters with more explosions than you can possibly imagine, and the game industry pretty much shuts down. For years, nothing of note has come out during the summer. Which, quite honestly, annoys the hell out of me. Yeah, I know, people don’t want to sit inside and play games when [...]

If you’re a child of the 70s and 80s, and The Jetsons was one of your favorite cartoons, and you thought Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was the best Star Trek ever (probably because that was the only one you had seen at the time), you might be like me. I really believed that we would have invented some [...]

When it was announced that Superman and Wonder Woman were getting it on, I got really excited. I’m not a huge fan of the Superman/Lois Lane dynamic, so I thought it was a good idea for the two powerhouse heroes to be dating. Yesterday on io9, however, Charlie Jane Anders had a different idea. While I don’t totally disagree with [...]

I was a massive nerd growing up. I looked forward to the school year with a maniacal glee usually not seen outside of a mad scientist’s laboratory. I adored my Catholic school jumper and Peter Pan-collared shirts. New knee socks and gym shoes, and I get to go back to school?! Don’t spoil me! But above all of these things, I [...]

Don’t let the title of my article fool you, I don’t think that Seven Psychopaths is going to be horrible or anything. I actually think it’s going to be quite amazing. I mean, it couldn’t have a more incredible cast. I stumbled upon this gem as I was searching through the Coming Soon trailers on my IMDB app. The only thing [...]

Ok, so this is really “Last Week in Geek.” It’s late mostly because I’ve been in the process of moving Kiphart World Headquarters across the state. I’m sorry I left you without conversation topics all weekend, but I’m here to make sure you’re twice as interesting this week! The world mourned astronaut Neil Armstrong. He voyaged further than any of [...]

I walked away from GenCon with the newest edition of A Song Of Ice And Fire RPG. Since then, I’ve been trying to wrap my head around running the game for friends. How do you put a series so detailed and beautiful into a sandbox for players? It’s not as if I’m lacking for materials, but the flavor and voice [...]

No doubt, you’ve heard all about the hubbub surrounding the “girlfriend mode” comment made by Borderlands 2 Lead Designer John Hemingway. The controversy stems from the design of a character referred to as the Mechromancer. Scheduled to launch about 60 days after Borderlands 2 is released, the Mechromancer isn’t totally finished, yet. However, she does have one of her three skill tree’s [...]

Kickstarter is a pretty awesome way for great ideas to become reality. This week, I wanted to share a few Kickstarter projects that I think are worthy of your support. 1. Monte Cook’s Numenara One of the designers of the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and having recently left Wizards of the Coast, Monte Cook is working on a [...]

Whovians everywhere have even more reason to rejoice! Not only is the beloved Doctor coming back into our lives on Sept. 1, but a new web series, Pond Life, will begin airing on MONDAY (August 27)! Pond Life has five parts and will feature Amelia Pond (Karen Gillan), Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill), and the Doctor (Matt Smith). “Pond Life provides us [...]

  For a little over a month I have avoided writing anything too in depth about the wild and crazy world of partisan politics.  I see no need to assist either of the presidential candidates with the slinging of their mud. I don’t want to react to the newest soundbites or quotes from speeches designed to influence my opinion. I find the [...]

Presidential politics. It’s about as close as you can get to A Game Of Thrones in America. Tricks. Political feints. Lies. These elections bring out all of it. While the stuff that gets play on the television is already enough to make us long for an emperor, the truly wicked remains largely unknown. Yes, now and then there are twitter scandals, [...]

I love Gen Con so much. And I think a lot of readers of this site might enjoy it too, so I thought I’d give you a few tips for maximizing your convention experience. If you are bad at planning, or just have no idea where to start, I’m here to help. 1. Register Early Gen Con’s badge registration generally [...]

A while back, I googled “fan fiction,” wrote about it, and met with a smidgeon of backlash for my lack of research (Lack of research/effort being my trademark. I can’t believe that gimmick wasn’t taken faster than Liam Neeson’s daughter in Europe.) Now, I say to you, once more unto the breach! This time I googled “fan films.”I was anxious [...]

I have a small list of certain directors that, when there’s news of them releasing a new film, I get a bit excited. And by “a bit,” I mean I get giddy like a little schoolgirl. Christopher Nolan, Zach Snyder, Rob Zombie, Guillermo del Toro, Joss Whedon…but none get my film-nerd fires burnin’ quite like Mr. Quentin Tarantino. [Seriously, you [...]