Benshi and Macross 7
Silent films were an international language. Taking advantage of the fact they had no natural soundtrack, they were designed and produced to be understood through purely visual...
Movie Review: Detroit 9000
Detroit 9000 should have been called “70’s Detroit Action Flick- The Movie” or perhaps “Detroit Cops of the 70’s- The Movie”, either way it’s an odd and...
Classic 12-Chapter Murder Mystery Formula
(Note: This has been floating around the internet for years, and I don’t know who first wrote it (if anyone does, let me know!) but it’s worth...
Weekend Listening- The Piano Guys
Musical geeks are the most entertaining geeks, because they find ways to combine their musical talents with their geeky hobbies in fun ways. Case in point- The...
Wengu- Chinese Classics and Translations
Today, while searching for a collection of the poems of the Chinese master poet Li Bai (aka Li Po) I stumbled across a marvelous website called Wengu...
Everybody was Star Wars Fighting! Moves for Jedi Combat.
Comic artist Pere Pérez took it upon himself to design actual combat moves for jedi, and the results are awesome. Below is two of the eight very logical...
The Vengeance Factor
If you asked me what my favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was while it was on the air, the answer was simple: Tin Man....
The Stories of Ken Liu
One of the hottest names in Science Fiction today is Ken Liu, a Chinese-American programmer, lawyer and writer who seems to jump into everything he does with...
Helping Writers Become Authors
There are a few writers out there for whom the act of structuring and planning a novel is as much joy and fun as the writing of...
Epic Rap Battles- Sir Isaac Newton (Weird Al) vs Bill Nye
Probably the best one they’ve done in a while! They might be getting their stride back!