Mar 31, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Daisy Ridley charmed us in Star Wars: The Force Awakens with her feisty determination and empathy. But before she could work her magic onscreen, she had to use the force (of her talent) on the casting directors. Thanks to Star Wars UK’s YouTube channel—which is...
Mar 29, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Star Wars’ greatest ability isn’t the ability to print money. The movie series has an uncanny ability to plunge us into a galaxy far, far away (perhaps because it draws upon the “collective unconscious” as Carl Jung would say). Because of this, it inspires us in...
Mar 29, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
J.K. Rowling is one of the world’s most successful writers, with several hundred million pounds in the bank and more awards you can shake a seven-book series at. But you wouldn’t know it from her rejection letters. Rowling’s first novel, Harry Potter and the...
Mar 28, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Playing a video game isn’t quite like taking an LSD trip: You’re not infused with a sense of well being, and you don’t acquire insight into the workings of the universe. But as with some hallucinogens, video games can alter your consciousness. Researchers have known...
Mar 25, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
The Australian trio The Axis of Awesome are as comfortable performing in music venues as they are comedy festivals, with viral hits like “Four Chords” and “Rage of Thrones.” Musicians Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo, and Benny Davis have been performing hilariously...
Mar 25, 2016 | Geek & Sundry
Want to create your own board game? You need more than big ideas. You need advice from an award-winning, patent-holding game designer. Andy Looney, creative director of Looney Labs, has been making his own games since he modified the board game Battle Cry into a...
