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The K Ohle #4: The Boat Show with Matt Braunger

Kurt is joined this week by comedian and boatswain Matt Braunger. We try to get to the bottom of what rivers are, how to “Braunger” a boat, and why knowing the difference between port and starboard is not as important as it once was. Follow @Braunger on Twitter and listen to his podcast Ding Donger with Matt Braunger! Thanks to Nick Thorburn from Islands for creating the theme song! Follow @… more

Pickstarter: A “Twisted Robot Love Story”

Meet Robert Kouba, a 20-year-old director from Switzerland. He’s trying to make a movie. Yes, it’s another Kickstarter, but this one’s not looking for millions and there are no celebrities… more

Design Your Own “Pacific Rim” Jaeger

Have you ever wanted to design your own giant robot that would join in the fight against enormous kaiju monsters from another dimension? Of course you have; you’re a rational… more

Weird Old Sci-Fi: “The Black Hole”

Continuing along the post-Star Wars path as last week’s Battle Beyond the Stars, this week’s Weird Old Sci-Fi movie is something that has to be seen to be believed. Everybody… more
 

New Pacific Rim Posters Have Jaegers Aplenty

As if we already weren’t stoked beyond measure for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacifc Rim after the Con trailer came out earlier this week, we now get a new poster and… more

Pacific Rim WonderCon Footage

We thought this footage would never see the light of anywhere that wasn’t the WonderCon arena in March, but due to popular demand, Warner Bros has released the exclusive trailer/… more

Interview with Optimus Prime Himself, Peter Cullen

In 1984, a little cartoon premiered that sent kids (and toy stores) into a frenzy. That show was called Transformers, and its colorful cast of robots that turn into other… more
 

Comic Book Day: Transformers Prime’s Mairghread Scott and Mike Johnson

Writers Mairghread Scott and Mike Johnson have robots on the brain – robots in disguise, to be precise. They’ve worked on scripts for The Hub’s excellent Transformers Prime and spinoff… more

The Art Of “Chris Hardwick: Mandroid”

The DVD and CD release of Chris Hardwick: Mandroid, the expanded, unexpurgated version of Chris’ Comedy Central special, is coming up on Tuesday (January 22nd), and while we wait (although… more

Paging Ripley: Here’s A Real-Life Power Loader In Development

Here’s something they aren’t showing at CES, at least to the best of my knowledge (I’ll be looking for it): a Power Loader exoskeleton robot a lot like the one… more