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chirart: bayonetta 2 trailer I just this franchise is...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:54:54 -0400

bayonetta 2 trailer I just

this franchise is singlehandedly making me gayer than anime

You know, Bayonetta is a game I feel like I should like it way less than I do. But I seriously had great fun playing it. Makes it all the more annoying that it’s a Wii U exclusive because no.

bookshelfporn: ‘tsundoku’ - the Japanese word for buying books...

Tue, 28 May 2013 22:15:11 -0400

bookshelfporn:

‘tsundoku’ - the Japanese word for buying books & not reading them, leaving them to pile up.

My favourite add-on, practically essential when browsing tumblr....

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:06 -0400

My favourite add-on, practically essential when browsing tumblr. -.-

Star Trek Into Darkness writer apologises for 'gratuitous' underwear scene - Telegraph

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:36:35 -0400

Star Trek Into Darkness writer apologises for 'gratuitous' underwear scene - Telegraph:

Damon Lindelof promises to be “more mindful in the future” after complaints from fans.

I read the comments on this article (always an error) and had this almost irresistible urge to start drowning morons.

inothernews: You guys go and do this awesomely nerdy thing...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:17:45 -0400

inothernews:

You guys go and do this awesomely nerdy thing that Slate did.

wilwheaton: jenniferdeguzman: He said Star Trek is too...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:34:37 -0400

wilwheaton:

jenniferdeguzman:

He said Star Trek is too “philosophical”? Screw that noise.

mechcanuck:

I don’t know when this interview happened but I AM SAD AND ANGRY NOW

The philosophies in Star Trek are kinda part of the actual setting. If you don’t get that, why are you allowed to make Star Trek movies.

Sigh. The whole point of Star Trek is that it’s philosophical. If you don’t want philosophical Science Fiction, there’s plenty of that for you to enjoy, but Star Trek is philosophical. Philosophy is part of Star Trek’s DNA, and if you’re given the captain’s chair, you’d better damn well respect that.

Totally getting my nerd on. I know that the new Star Trek is supposed to appeal to Average Cinema...

Sun, 12 May 2013 08:17:52 -0400

Totally getting my nerd on. I know that the new Star Trek is supposed to appeal to Average Cinema Goer Who Dun’t Like The Trek Wars but I’m a Trek fan and dammit, if I want to flail about the lack of dilithium crystals in the new Enterprise, I will.

Mostly, I’m just looking at sizes, and going, “Wait, the new Enterprise is HOW MUCH larger than the Enterprise-E??”

I’m a nerd and I don’t care.

squareenix: Join us in celebrating one of the most popular...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:52:03 -0400

squareenix:

Join us in celebrating one of the most popular FINAL FANTASY stories of all time! FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster takes you into the adventures of Tidus and Yuna in beautifully remastered HD!

One thing I have always loved about that very last shot is that in those wides, in the original cutscene, the crowd was animated so that it was moving in complete unison. Hilarious. XD

Pierce, why, exactly, have you decided to take a walk without a...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:47:19 -0400

Pierce, why, exactly, have you decided to take a walk without a space suit?

Photo

Fri, 03 May 2013 05:16:00 -0400

I’m gonna take a moment out to give massive massive props to my nerdlet girl Hannah for doing...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:34:44 -0400

I’m gonna take a moment out to give massive massive props to my nerdlet girl Hannah for doing the FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE by reviewing 31 books in 31 days in an exercise every one of us here at nerdlet central (adjacent to nerdlet west) thought was crazy awesome. But mostly crazy.

Now we need to get her a trophy or something. I vote for gold-painted egg cup.

31 books in 31 days. Go. Read. Admire. Envy.

This is unbearably hilarious for reasons only about four people...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:14:53 -0400

This is unbearably hilarious for reasons only about four people will ever know. I can no longer listen to this song without burying my face into my hands and trying vainly to suppress my giggles.

But this is a pretty goddamn sweet version regardless.

I like how in the ending, everyone ignores Sebastian as...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:48:41 -0400

I like how in the ending, everyone ignores Sebastian as he’s ranting and raving, because of the way it was written that he might not be present. Mostly, I wish I hadn’t installed The Exiled Prince, because his screaming impotently at everyone keeps interrupting the drama of the moment. I played it through without the DLC back when the game first came out, and it was way better, imo.

jadelyntate: castaliath: I can finally post this, since it was...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:00:31 -0400

jadelyntate:

castaliath:

I can finally post this, since it was a present that has since been presented. :3

The hardest bit was getting it into the damned frame (hence wonkiness).

As one cross-stitcher to another, I accidentally found an easy way to get the clothe to go back to being straight. Wash it with dish-soap and then microwave it in ten second increments. It straightens and stiffens back up and won’t be as wonky looking when you put it back in the frame. :)

Awesome. I’m gonna have to try that. Thanks for the tip! :D

I can finally post this, since it was a present that has since...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:20:29 -0400

I can finally post this, since it was a present that has since been presented. :3

The hardest bit was getting it into the damned frame (hence wonkiness).

I’ve found my new favourite blog. Not a lot of people know, but I’m a bit of a closet...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:55:53 -0400

I’ve found my new favourite blog. Not a lot of people know, but I’m a bit of a closet (ahahaha, I see what I did there) costuming geek. If I had any ability to draw or design, I think I might have liked to become a costuming designer, but instead I try to soothe that part of me by loving costume design.

I blame the Star Wars prequels, and their goddamn obsessive way of cataloguing costume designs as it relates to characters that got me interested in the subject. Those films had flaws, but the costuming was not one of them.

I want the big reveal of the Dragon’s Maze story to turn out to have Niv Mizzet at its heart,...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:09:06 -0400

I want the big reveal of the Dragon’s Maze story to turn out to have Niv Mizzet at its heart, standing outside a perspex polygon, crying “START THE FANS” and having planeswalkers jumping up and down in tracksuits trying to catch bits of tin foil.

Ok, so. Jolinar. I know you had to die for the plot, and to make...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:08:19 -0400

Ok, so. Jolinar. I know you had to die for the plot, and to make your whole ‘stoic moment of defiance before death’ speech, but, seriously, if you’d have thrown a punch, struggled or made ANY ATTEMPT to avoid your oncoming death, you probably would have survived long enough for the guards who burst in a few minutes later to save you.

This has always bothered me.

Forever sad they cancelled the expansion. ;.;

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:04:36 -0400

Forever sad they cancelled the expansion. ;.;

10 on a 9-mile road: tinsnip: bmouse replied to your post: Jeepers H. Christmas, you guys -...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:04:13 -0400

10 on a 9-mile road: tinsnip: bmouse replied to your post: Jeepers H. Christmas, you guys -...:

tinsnip:

bmouse replied to your post: Jeepers H. Christmas, you guys - Julian Bashir…

Most awkward get-to-know-your-future-in-laws scenario y/y. I am also amazed no one has written fic except that one person back in the 90’s. ::feeds your plot bunnies::

God damn that person…

That moment when you realise why your site traffic spiked unexpectedly in the month of March. :D