Video Games Improve Children’s Intellectual and Social Skills

Mar 18, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Want to introduce children to video games but afraid the only skill they’ll develop is a quick trigger finger? Fear not. Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, along with colleagues at Paris Descartes University, have found that children...

We Can Die Happy Knowing Japan Has a Bakery Based on Kiki’s Delivery Service

Mar 16, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Of all the seven deadly sins, the one we think of when we think of Japan is envy. That’s because they have more awesome per square mile than we have in entire states. Cat cafes. Bunny Island. Anime. Kaiju. Anime kaiju. But now when we think of Japan, we’re about to...

Many Voices Cry Out In Terror And Are Silenced In This Darth Maul Fan Film

Mar 14, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Darth Maul appeared in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as a whirling dervish of destruction before he was cut down by Obi-Wan Kenobi. But other than the fact that he knows his wushu and that he managed to survive Obi Wan’s lightsaber justice, we don’t know much about...

This Half-Life vs Portal Short Has Exactly As Much Dialogue As You Think It Does

Mar 11, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Take two silent protagonists from two different Valve game series. Add cake. Mix in two very interesting weapons of choice. Voilà. You get one of the more amusing fan films, one where Gordon from Half-Life meets Chell from Portal. In this fan film from...

Grandma, What Hip Threads You Have: A Fairy Tale Fashion Exhibition in NYC

Mar 11, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Fairytales can come true… if you’re dream is to gaze at a fairytale-inspired fashion collection. The Fashion Institute of Technology is displaying several dozen fantastical fashion pieces designed by some of the world’s most recognizable designers in its current show...

The Matrix is real. At least the part where you upload data into your brain

Mar 9, 2016 | Geek & Sundry

Remember that part in The Matrix when Neo got his brain uploaded with martial arts, and whoa, he knows kung fu? Image Credit: Warner Bros. Studios What seemed like science fiction may become eventually science fact, thanks to research done at Boeing- and GM-owned HPL...