Otakon, the annual anime and manga fandom convention is taking place this weekend at the Baltimore Convention Center. It will be Otakon’s final year in Baltimore. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC will begin hosting Otakon starting in 2017. Why the move? Because the Baltimore Convention Center hasn’t aged gracefully. From the official Otakon website: The primary …
There’s no denying our Commander in Chief has a weird fascination with gold. That’s why this Darth Vader helmet would be perfect for him. It’s made from 24-karat gold and weighs a whopping 33 pounds. If he wants it, he’ll need to go to Ginza Tanaka in Tokyo on May 4 and fork over $1.4 …
Comic book and Star Trek novel writer Peter David is in trouble. He has a massive tax bill due and he doesn’t have the money to pay for it. As of now, he owes $88,000 in back taxes, interest, and penalties. All this is from money he earned making a Canadian kid’s TV show called …
I found this schedule on Reddit for the fourth season of “geek icon” Wil Wheaton’s TableTop. It’s interesting in that each episode has two release dates. Most episodes will premiere on the paid subscription streaming service Alpha. Then, two or three months later, they will publish the episodes on YouTube. The first two episodes of TableTop season …
From CNN: Four suspects have been charged in connection with the attack on a special-needs teen that was streamed on Facebook Live. Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper; 18; Brittany Covington, 18; and Tanishia Covington, 24, have each been charged with a hate crime, felony aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly …
From the Los Angeles Times: Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, who rose to global fame as the trail-blazing intergalactic heroine Princess Leia in the “Star Wars†franchise and later went on to establish herself as an author and screenwriter with an acerbic comic flair, has died. Fisher suffered a cardiac incident on Friday during a …
Long-time Cuban dictator Fidel Castro died Friday, November 25, 2016. He was 90 years old. Fidel Castro was a terrible human being. Not only was he a Communist, but he was also a chronic human rights abuser, responsible for the death of thousands of his people. He also tried to convince the Soviet Union to …
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. It’s the official kickoff of the Christmas shopping season. Retailers lusting after customer’s dollars have large sales on big ticket items. They do this to lure customers into their store and not a competitor’s store. Retailers also open earlier and earlier every year. It’s gotten to …
Lexus created a custom version of the 2017 Lexus IS sports sedan for the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Lexus Sriracha IS. Sriracha is the delicious-tasting hot sauce made by Huy Fong Foods. The trunk even comes stocked with 43 bottles of Sriracha. The trouble with owning a car like this is that you’re expected to …
I’d love to live somewhere where the temperature didn’t get higher than 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Does such a place even exist?