High-End Ninja Turtles Figures Based on Kevin Eastman’s First Napkin Sketch

Though the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may be a mainstream success now, there was a time when they were just a vision in two young creator’s minds. They first drew the idea for the characters on a napkin one day while they were out eating, and the rest is teenage mutant ninja turtle history. Now, […]



Finally You Can Have Your Own Flux Capacitor!

I’m sorry, I can’t really talk right now. I am too busy ordering my Flux Capacitor replica from ThinkGeek.  Seriously, that is all I have to say about this awesomeness. You’ll have to pump in your own 1.21 gigawatts (pronounced and written in the script as “jigowatts,” which was the accepted pronunciation at the time) to […]

The Wars that Inspired Game of Thrones [Video]

Beginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families, which spanned generations and involved a massive cast of characters, complex motives and shifting loyalties. Sound familiar? Alex Gendler illustrates how the historical conflict known as the Wars of the Roses served as the basis for much of the drama […]

The NSA Actually Named a Program Skynet

Skynet actually exists. The Terminator movies weren’t lying to us. Run for your lives, protect your loved ones, and pray your last name isn’t Connor. Well, you really don’t need to worry about it unless you are a super shady type, at which point, Skynet is coming for you. From Gizmodo: Malevolent undertones of aspirations […]