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Comic Book Day: Pull List for May 22nd, 2013

Man alive! What a week it’s been already. With so many terrible things happening in the world, we need a little bit of levity in our lives, so thank goodness that it’s Comic Book Day! We’ve got a heapin’ helpin’ of brand new titles fresh off the presses for your reading pleasure, so let’s just cut to the chase and make with this week’s seriously rad pull list! Top Picks… more

The Indoor Kids #83: The Gaming Influence with Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Today, the guest is the Indoor Kids’ dear friend and director extraordinaire Jordan Vogt-Roberts. He is a lifelong gamer and talks about how growing up in gaming has influenced his… more

The Nominees for Best Animated Short Film of 2013 Are…

We’ve already seen the Oscar-nominated animated short Paperman, but what about the other Academy Awards nominees for that category? Here, please find the entirety of nominee Adam and Dog, a… more

Catching Up With Catherine Mary Stewart

For a period of time in the late ’80s, Catherine Mary Stewart was the go to “girl next door with backbone.” A run of great casting landed her the lead… more
 

Designer of Yoda and Chewbacca Passes Away

A true legend in the field of special makeup effects has passed away. Stuart Freeborn, the British makeup pioneer, has died at the age of 98. Freeborn’s career as a… more

Avatar: The Last Airbender Goes Digital and Legend of Korra Gets Artsy at Dark Horse

Okay, Avatar fans, your ship (whether it be steam powered or sail) has come in. Dark Horse announced two new projects that you’ll want to get your bendy little hands… more

DICE 2013 – Gabe Newell and J.J. Abrams: Storytelling Across Platforms

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Nerdist News' Brian Walton and Dan Casey are at the DICE 2013 conference in Las Vegas to report on the event. Here's Brian's coverage of the J.J.... more
 

Watch a Lot of People Get Hit By Buses (plus Other Supercuts)

There are supercuts of everything now. Patient editors who notice trends in film and television create videos of all the times X or Y happens. As much as I hate… more

Mother of Gordon! Portal/Half-Life Film In the Works From Bad Robot and Valve

If the coffee and continental breakfast here at the D.I.C.E. Summit 2013 didn’t wake me up, then this bombshell at the end of J.J. Abrams’ and… more

Report: Chris Pratt To Play Star-Lord in “Guardians of the Galaxy”

You’ve been wondering ever since Marvel announced that Guardians of the Galaxy would be made into a movie directed by James Gunn: who’ll play Star-Lord? Deadline has the answer: Chris… more