From the guys over at Gritty Reboots: WHY DID WE MAKE THIS? To be blunt: Science, technology, and education are important to us. But we live in a world where the little news we hear of schools, research, and the arts is when they’re laying their heads on the chopping block. We live in a [...]
You guys all know that I’m a big fan of Poutine, right? I mean, I’ve had Poutineville’s Monster 15-pound poutine a few weeks ago, and I even wrote about how to make this French Canadian delicacy at home back in 2007, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to go and buy a bottle as soon [...]
At Calgary Comic Expo on April 27th 2013, a mother asked Wil Wheaton to give a very special message to her daughter about why it’s awesome to be a nerd, and for fortunately for us, she filmed the whole thing to share with the world. [Jennifer Black]
The Pirate Party movement has reached new political heights with the election of three members to Iceland’s parliament. It’s the first time multiple Pirate Party members have been part of a national legislature. The first electoral success for one of the numerous national Pirate Parties came in 2009 when the original Swedish group earned 7.1 [...]
Here’s how much coffee, meat, beer, McDonald’s, and more you can buy for $5 in countries around the world. For starters, you can buy a lot of beer for $5 in China. Canada isn’t mentioned a whole lot in this video, but things are insanely expensive over here when compared to the United states. For [...]
Here is a picture of a fourth-grade “science quiz” that comes from a school that teaches young earth creationism principles, and believe it or not, it’s apparently NOT a hoax. Someone wrote to snopes.com reporting that this quiz belonged to his 10-year-old daughter. I didn’t know that this was being taught to her until we [...]
Warning: Video contains strong language. (“Hodor” featuring Tribe One) With Game of Thrones back on the air (pre-order Season #3 here), the days between Sundays are painfully slow. Luckily lyricist Adam Warrock is on point to bring us some GoT inspired jams to get us through the week! His fourth track dropped this morning, following [...]
Do you like comics? Do you like singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton? Then this “Code Monkey Save World” Kickstarter is for you! ‘Comics writer Greg Pak (“Planet Hulk,” “Batman/Superman,” “Magneto Testament”), internet superstar musician Jonathan Coulton, and artist Takeshi Miyazawa (“Runaways”) have joined forces to create a graphic novel that stars the much-loved monsters and super-villains from classic Coulton [...]
A brilliant 8-bit tribute by the folks over at ADHD paying homage to the 90s. Depending on your age, I guess you could just switch a few of the references in there and it would work just as well for your era. Thanks Hillary! [ADHD]
We decided to do a medley of our favorite songs throughout history! It was definitely one of our most favorite projects to work on! We hope you enjoy the video! Please share it, and remember…watch with headphones! [PTXofficial]
Marvel released a new spot for Iron Man 3 during last night’s MTV Movie Awards. We get to see Tony Stark in all his snark glory! Who’s already purchased their tickets for opening night? Some theaters in the US are doing a 9PM showing on May 2nd, which is great for those of us with [...]
Did you know that when your purchase a game that features real weapons, you often, without even knowing about it, end up funding the weapon industry? I wasn’t even aware of this, but it seems that weapon manufacturers are getting some royalties on each game featuring their weapons that gets sold to consumers. So what [...]