On Tuesday we brought you news that YouTube may be launching paid channels as early as this week. That rumor proved to be true, as YouTube launched the feature today, with channels starting as low as $0.99 a month.
The feature kicks off with a little over fifty channels available, …
Fan Expo has its origins back east, but with Fan Expo 2012 last year, the massive geek fest made its official debut here in Vancouver. The 2013 Vancouver Fan Expo is even bigger and badder, filling the halls of the Vancouver Convention Centre with all sorts of crazy goodness from …
One of the things that never fails to amaze me is the number of things people think to create with LEGO bricks. When I was a kid, they were basic kits you could build basic things out of, unless you bought one of the kits designed to make a specific …
When I think of projectors, I think of big bulky things used in classrooms or movie theaters, not compact devices that can fit into your pocket. And yet there’s aaxa Technologies’s P2 Jr. Pico Projector, the latest in their line of digital projectors.
The P2 Jr. accepts HDMI up to …
The things you can make with LEGO are limited only by your imagination, your talent, and the amount of money you can afford to spend on LEGO bricks and minifigs. Some of them also seem to require either an engineering degree or a pool of friends who can provide one …
House of Cards, the Netflix-exclusive political drama starring Kevin Spacey, debuts on the streaming service today, February 1st. All thirteen episodes were put up at once, which is only appropriate on a service that’s at its best when you’re marathoning television shows.
Microsoft is celebrating the debut of the new …
It’s no secret that while I have an obsession with flash drives, I also have one with pretty much all things LEGO. And goodness knows there are plenty of kits, custom-built pieces, and general gadgetry to keep me entertained for weeks and days. All of a sudden, it occurred to …
In something out of a horrible dystopian movie, the people of Southington, Connecticut are running a drive where they will collect violent video games, music, and movies and destroy them. The “Violent Video Games Return Program” is a response to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.
While I shouldn’t …
Microsoft has put a lot of an effort into pushing the Xbox 360 media device, and while it does that well, the company seems to realize that it’s still not exactly a practical solution for non-gamers. This would explain the rationale behind their newest move, designing a streamlined media device …
While a good portion of the American movie-going population is still trying to come to terms with the Hollywood 3D movement, filmmaker Peter Jackson has blown right past that and is messing with our beloved framerates. As many know, his upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit was filmed at 48 fps, …
I thought long and hard about how to write this story without letting my Star Wars geek bias show through and ultimately decided that would be dishonest of me. Here it goes: hooray! Disney is buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion in cash and stocks and is planning to release Star …
After the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson is probably one of the most trusted directors on the planet. But even still, when he announced that he would be filming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 48 fps, it was met with a lot of skepticism. I like Peter …
