Danish officials have refused a request by a 26-year-old toyshop owner to change his name to Super Hero. He’s a victim of a national law that restricts the legal names that can be given to babies or adopted by adults. Denmark has a “Law on Personal Names” which officials say is needed to protect children […]
Nerds on TV have always been sort of hit-or-miss. You either see a show where a nerd is properly represented, or you see a character like Urkel, who epitomizes everything pop culture has wrong about nerds. Thankfully, over the last decade (with the meek inheriting the Earth and all), the way nerds have been represented […]
Even if you are one of the people who hate the Hobbit movies and look at them as a cash-in, you have to be impressed by the films, visually.ย From the battle scenes to the rendering of the the ‘bad guys’, the special effects by WETA in these movies are nothing short of spectacular and something […]
You might think that a 6-minute video about archery will bore you to death, but trust me, you’ll want to watch what this guy can do with a bow and a few arrows. [larsandersen23]
PixelStorm Films with Joe Murayama put together this dazzling short of what it would be like for a young man to walk through the evolution of gaming over the years. From Mario to Minecraft, it’s all here, and makes me wish I was the dude walking through it. [H/T to LaughingSquid]
What? No Doritos and Mountain Dew? :) [sw yoon]
From Youtuber Asalieri2: It’s time to brush aside the oft regurgitated myth that strong female leads in videogames are and have always been nonexistent or relegated to background or joke status. So what do you geeks think? Is this guy right or do you think strong female characters should be more present in games in […]
What is amazing about nonfiction books is their ability to spark debate and spark conversation among people. They are not fables with heavy mythology, and are often the catalyst of great discussions that may not have otherwise happened had the book not breached the subject first. Flavorwire’s Elisabeth Donnelly has combed over some very powerful […]
A Pirate Party politician is writing an official review of copyright law for the European Parliament. However, reports that Julia Reda will be writing new rules aren’t quite the case. Reda was elected to the European Parliament last May under Germany’s proportional representation voting system. New rules that removed a minimum threshold meant that although […]
If you’ve always wondered why many country names from central Asia all end with “Stan,” be sure to check out this enlightening video from Youtuber rootsandroutes explaining the origins of the root word, including how it affected many words in other languages. [rootsandroutes]