Join Archaeological Ironworker Hector Cole MBE as he forges a spearhead from the 1066 era using century-old techniques used back the blacksmiths in the first millennium of the common era. [English Heritage]
I know there is a real split reaction in society and social media about “reaction” videos. Some love them and some hate them (and yes, two people just tried to copyright and monopolize the word REACT, but the less we speak of that, the better). And as far as my contributions to this site, I […]
Kristen Bell is truly a beautiful person inside and out, and I love how she explains that no one should ever feel ashamed about suffering from anxiety and depression. [theoffcamerashow]
After looking at the evolution of Iron Man, Superman, and Batman, Burger Fiction now tackles the evolution of Captain America (1944-2016) in their latest video. [Burger Fiction]
After more than two decades of work, an ancient song repertory was reconstructed thanks to the persistence of Cambridge University’s Dr Sam Barrett and is now performed for the first time in 1,000 years. After piecing together an estimated 80-90 per cent of what can be known about the melodies for The Consolation of Philosophy, […]
The reboot of Ghostbusters has led to a relaunch of one of the more infamous soft drinks of the 1980s and 90s: Hi-C Ecto Cooler. The drink launched in 1987 to tie in with The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, but proved such as success that it outlasted the series by a decade, ceasing production in 2001. […]
The good fellows over at Kotaku have come up with a rather interesting article in the wake of this week’s Game of Thrones season premier. As many of you know, this season of the stellar HBO fantasy series based on the best selling books by George R. R. Martin will be deterring from the books […]
Star Wars fans have paid for a billboard ad pleading for a continuation of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Summarizing such a situation is likely tempting fate, but the quick and dirty version is that the Expanded Universe refers to most of the licensed content created before 2014 other than the first six movies and […]
It seems you can stick “smart” in front of any household object these days and that’s what’s supposedly happened with a $1,750 mattress that catches out cheating partners. For the sake of humanity, one hopes it’s a prank, but if so it’s an elaborate one, to the point of filming what’s purported to be a […]
Sure, 30 to 40 years ago Dungeons and Dragons was accused of turning docile children into demons, but the game that once caused widespread panic in the media could now be a solution to problems plaguing modern parenting. [RETRO REPORT]