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Pop My Culture #114: Jodie Sweetin

Jodie Sweetin (Full House) goofs off with Cole and Vanessa on Kim and Kanye’s trademarked baby name, American Idol, Game of Thrones, Hollywood Squares, San Francisco, catch phrases, being Greek, The Goonies, double denim, Supermarket Sweep, Comet the Dog, Bob Saget, Urkel, Fozzie Bear, and the sad world of Kimmie Gibler. Follow Jodie at @JodieTweetin! Leave your answer to the firsts question (The first embarrassing hairstyle or bad haircut you… more

Talking ‘Tournament of Nerds,” Where We All Win

Superman versus Batman? That’s a debate for amateurs. How about Tupac’s ghost versus Skeletor, or Gandalf versus WWE’s Paul Bearer? These are the kinds of higher-level debates that have been… more

Working “2nd Watch” With Wil Wheaton

When the first season of Falling Skies ended in a pretty shocking cliffhanger, we immediately wanted to talk about it with someone. Sure, we finally caught up to actress Jessy… more

Pickstarter: Our Favorite Crowdfunded Projects 5/26

This week offers up a nice balance of a cool zombie apocalypse game with a refreshing twist, an adaptation of a classic tale with a twist and a Matthew Lillard… more
 

Pickstarter: Our Favorite Crowdfunded Projects 5/20

Whether it’s a comic book, movie, web series, album or a new piece of technology, we love combing through Kickstarter, Indie Go-Go and the myriad of other crowdfunding sites to… more

Pickstarter: Our Favorite Crowdfunded Projects 4/29

Welcome to the first edition of Nerdist’s weekly round up of cool projects looking for funding through the likes of Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Pledge Music and more. Nerdist loves to see… more

Interview: The Creator of “Caine’s Arcade” Has His Perfect Moment

The movie Be Kind, Rewind coined the concept of “Sweding” – recreating famous movies using costumes of cardboard and other found objects. But in the YouTube sensation Caine’s Arcade (as… more
 

Interview: Brea Grant Wants to Make “Best Friends Forever”

Though perhaps best-known as Daphne Milbrook on Heroes, Brea Grant is more than just a super-actress. In addition to being a comic-book writer, she’s also working on her feature directorial… more

An R2D2 Cake

An R2D2 cake? That has all the sounds and everything? Made from chocolate mud cakes? YES PLEASE: Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow points us to this gem, made for a guy’s… more

The Awesome Story Of Caine’s Arcade

If you haven’t seen this yet, watch this short film about an ingenious little boy who built himself a cardboard arcade in his dad’s East L.A. used auto parts… more