Rurouni Kenshin’s Reverse Blade Katana Forged in Real Life [Video]

From Man at Arms: Our team of blacksmiths and craftsman build some of your favorite weapons and some weapons that you’ve never seen before. Today our blacksmiths recreate the The Sakabatō “reverse blade” katana sword from the Rurouni Kenshin series. [Awe Me]



7 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Blade!

From Cinefix: Blade is 20 years old this week! And to celebrate we’ve got Things from all three of the Blade films. Yep, even that one! So let’s hear it for Marvel’s first R-Rated hero with these 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know! [CineFix]

When Tim Burton Meets Superheroes [Gallery]

We all know Tim Burton for his special dark and gothic style, but apart from his Batman movies (1989, 1992,) I’ve never seen the man create art that focuses on superheroes. But now, thanks to artist Andrew Tarusov, we now know what superheroes would look like when drawn using the style of “The Nightmare Before […]



The “Spanish Flea” Song Performed by a Hardware Orchestra [Video]

Okay, so there’s the original version, Homer Simpsons’ version and then this one!!!  I think it’s my favorite version!  Not only beause I’m a sucker for Floppitron covers , but because it’s the kitchiest version yet! Thank you to all the 64 floppy drives, 8 hard drives and 2 scanners for making my Monday a […]

The True Story Behind Toto’s Africa

Twitter user David Hines reveals the true story behind Toto’s Africa… [Source: David Hines on Twitter | Via GG]

NASA’s gorgeous music video for Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”

Few people know this, but I am a pianist, and one of my favorite pieces to play is Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune…it has this hold on me, a haunting rift that takes me away from all my problems. In 1905, Debussy wrote this amazing piece as an ode to the moon, of what he […]

How Music Was Made On Super Nintendo [Video]

A closer look at the sound system of the SNES and how composers had to “cheat” the system to create gorgeous music. [Nerdwriter1]

Homer Simpson and Other Cartoon Characters in Real Life [Pic]

I usually don’t have trouble imagining a talking mouse wearing shorts or a bunny dressed as an Opera Singing Viking Lady, but  a yellow four-fingered Springfieldian?  That one has always escaped my mind as to how he would look like in real life. Miguel Vasquez, a 3D artist, created a “real life” Homer Simpson. Check […]