Ernest Cline’s reportedly awesome Ready Player One released today, and geeks of a particular variety will be happy to learn that Wil Wheaton–Evil Wil Wheaton himself–is reading the audiobook version. If you haven’t heard about Ready Player One yet, here’s a brief description and the book trailer: At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible […]
Richard Dawkins wrote The Selfish Gene in 1976 to present his theory of gene-centered evolution. In the 35 years since its publication, The Selfish Gene has been widely hailed as a revolutionary text in the field, and because of Dawkins’ popularity (or infamy, if you prefer) has remained a well-sold title, rolling out well over […]
Those 8-bit reworks are so hot right now.* These posters are from fashionary, where you can purchase any of these (plus several others shown on the site) printed on heavy-weight matte paper, which is presumably quite fabulous. When I see 8-bit figures that are elongated like this, I’m reminded of Interplay’s “Out of This World.” […]
Presented without further comment, a photograph of literary and comics legends Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman. [starrie]
Apollo Surface Panoramas houses the photographic panoramas taken by the Apollo astronauts while hanging out on the Moon. The imagess are stitched together from individual 70mm Hasselblad frames, which you can also find in the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s online catalog. To explore the 32-megapixel images, just use the pan and zoom controls at the […]
This is another contribution to the SUPER iam8bit show up now through September 10 in Los Angeles. Aled Lewis cleverly recreated historically significant paintings in 8-bit game mash-ups. (Our favorite is Leisure Suit Larry plus Nighthawks.) [Aled Lewis via Flavorwire]
Comics get a bad rap. Say the words “comic book” to anyone who’s unfamiliar with the breadth of the medium and all the many forms it takes, and an image of Action Comics or Archie or X-Men comes to mind. But some of you know that comics are as varied as their non-illustrated counterparts (that is, books), […]
This almost-entirely edible Death Star was created by Rachel Linhart for a friend’s 7-year-old son, a project that took several days and about 24 hours of baking and artistry. So naturally something horrible happened to it, right? This Death Star was destroyed not by Luke and Han but a New York City taxi ride. It’s […]
Not too long in the future, on a tiny island, far far away, Star Wars fans will be able to purchase limited mint copies of silver-plated coins featuring Luke and Leia and R2D2 and C3PO. The Pacific Island known as Niue is issuing the coins as collector’s items — a collection of four silver $2 coins […]
Oh, be still my geeky heart. His Judeness–aka The Jude, El Juderino and Jude Buffum–drew Magna Arbor Vita Deku, this “sprawling exploration of the evolutionary biology of the 200 most important species from the Legend of Zelda video game series” for the SUPER iam8bit art show. The Deku Tree of Life even lists the binomial nomenclature of […]