I will be awkward about this as Kapwing’s pitch is that “TV viewers are choosing dubs over subtitles” and I’m not sure I agree.
Generic lizard monster saves people from the ice again
The lizard monster visual shows how thick ice needs to be to support various weights.
Dead or alive: On average fantasy authors earn the most from movie adaptations
Word Finder X is not like Dragon Ball Z at all. One is about super-powered fights, and the other is about Scrabble-puzzled writes. Go there to cheat at games like Words with Friends or Wordfeud.
These are the tallest buildings in geekdom
Published last month, Buildworld looked into geekdom with books, computer games, and films and, from their research, could find no taller building than the International Space Elevator.
It’s not just you: Fantasy books are getting longer
If you’ve wondered whether it’s a trick of your own increasingly wise perception or whether fantasy adventure novels are getting longer, then, well, it’s not just you.
National Video Game Day: The inexplicable top ten video game film adaptations
Thankfully, an email from hardware-bods Crucial is in my inbox calling out their research into video game film adaptations. That’ll do!
A Pokemon analysis of 75,000 fans
Which is your favourite Pokemon? This blogger hasn’t kept up with the long-running series and still has a few of the classic little monsters he rates highly.
Spoilers and infographics: Time travel in movies
Which plot holes or challenging paradoxes do you see the most often? Here are some that Geek Native suggests are common in time travel movies.
The Star Wars collectable market shot through $250m in fan purchases in recent years
The insanely rare Darth Vader signature mask and helmet from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, sold for $1,125,000.
Which of your geeky gadgets is most likely to hurt you?
I do like my tech. Okay, “early adopter” seems to have picked up a negative connotation these days, but I’m still happy to identify as such!
