Why Dungeons & Dragons is Good for You (In Real Life) [Video]

The quintessential nerdy pastime of Dungeons & Dragons (also called D&D) can actually be the secret to life success. How? Ethan Gilsdorf shows us how this groundbreaking game involving communal storytelling, dice-rolling, and imaginary adventures in lands filled with dragons, quests, elves and evil wizards actually gives us powerful tools to combat the perils and challenges of reality.

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These Bento Boxes Are Too Cute to Eat (Almost) [Video]

In Japan, children bring bento boxes to school with them for lunch, and Tomomi Maruo has a knack for making these lunches way more fun. As a food artist, she can take up to an hour each day creating entirely edible characters for these special bento boxes called charaben. Her talent for crafting these intricate charaben has prompted her to teach small classes to others eager to master the skill.

Other creations by Tomomi Maruo:

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10 Most Infuriatingly Difficult Levels In Crash Bandicoot: The N. Sane Trilogy

This has been cracking me up. All these badass gamers who think they are the cat’s pajamas (yup, just said that in honor of my grandma) because they memorize the Dark Soul’s boss patterns suddenly think the Crash remake is too hard. Here’s the thing:

All old games are pretty much that hard.

Let them reboot Ghosts and Goblins or the second Jack and Daxter game and let’s see some real heads roll. Take this as a “humbling” moment all you hardcore gamers. You are not as hardcore as you think.

That “turtle bridge” level is the stuff of nightmares, though. 200 tries before I beat that mother bleeper.

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BEHOLD: The New Doctor is a Woman for the First Time!

Ladies and gentlegeeks, meet the new Doctor!

Jodie Whittaker, best known for her roles in Broadchurch Venus and Attack the Block, will be taking over as the Doctor over Peter Capaldi in December this year!

In an interview with the BBC, the actor said:

It’s more than an honour, it means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can’t wait.”

When asked about what she thinkgs about being the first female doctor, she said:

“It feels completely overwhelming; as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human, as someone who wants to continually push themselves and challenge themselves, and not be boxed in by what you’re told you can and can’t be. It feels incredible.”

“I want to tell the fans not to be scared by my gender. Because this is a really exciting time, and Doctor Who represents everything that’s exciting about change. The fans have lived through so many changes, and this is only a new, different one, not a fearful one.”

[Via Buzzfeed]