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You Made It Weird #161: Live from JFL Chicago 2013

Live from TBS Just for Laughs Chicago 2013: Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Gordon, Jermaine Fowler, Renee Gauthier, Michelle Buteau and Sean Flannery! Follow @peteholmes on Twitter and Like the show on Facebook. Buy YMIW shirts! Order his new special “Nice Try, The Devil”!… more

Your Next Dream Car: A Real-Life Halo 4 Warthog

Not sure why we didn’t see this when the L.A. Times slipped it out there on Christmas eve — holiday haze, I’d say — but Microsoft commissioned a real-life,… more

ILM’s “Avengers” Visual FX Reel

Because who doesn’t love watching special effects how-they-did-it videos, here’s Industrial Light and Magic’s reel showcasing the Academy Award-nominated visual FX from The Avengers. That’s all it is — a… more

Course of the Force Episode 2: The Wrath of Han

The search for the lightsaber continues, as Kyle Kinane joins the cause in Episode II of the Course of the Force webseries. As we saw in Episode I, Matt Mira… more
 

White House Refusal to Build Death Star Shows Weakness, Says Empire

In what may be the greatest PR scenario for both the White House and Lucasfilm, a petition for the U.S. government to build a Death Star forced the White… more

Pickstarter: E-Ink Watch, “Video Game High School,” & Urban Legend Toys

Welcome back to Pickstarter, where we pick our favorite crowdfunded projects of the week. This week we’re taking a look at an E-Ink watch so that lets you notice the… more

Adventures at CES: In Which Nerdist Channel Wins an Award and Things Get Replicated

How was Official Opening Day of the 2013 International CES? Oh, nothing much, just AWARD-WINNING. Yes, at the International Academy of Web Television Awards — that’s the IAWTV Awards to… more
 

First Look at Brea Grant’s “Best Friends Forever”

Last year, Brea Grant went off and made a movie called Best Friends Forever, we talked to her about it, and you guys helped her finish it through Kickstarter. In… more

Gossiping With “The Kids in the Hall”

This week’s classic clip from The Kids in the Hall on the Nerdist Channel finds Weston and Virgil discuss who in Hollywood they think is gay. Mr. Clean? Benji? Pluto?… more

Thank You (The New Year’s Edition)

Really, there’s not much more to say to you about 2012 here at Nerdist Industries other than… Thank you. Thank you for sticking with us, reading our site and newsletter,… more