San Diego Comic-Con is starting this week, and if you’re looking for some pick up lines to use on that special someone, check out the latest video from Nacho Punch (Star Wars: The Lost 1980s Anime). Also, check out our Awkward Conversations podcast where we ask Ashley Shreve, an award-winning … Continue reading
Nerd Block July 2014 Classic Mystery Box arrived on my doorstep yesterday, and it comes with 5 nerdy items inside. So how does Nerd Block fare this month? Read below and find out. Like any good nerdy mystery box subscription, the thing I check out first is the t-shirt. With Nerd Block, … Continue reading
If your a fan of the hilarious and macabre, then you must check out the web series “Adult Wednesday Addams”, created by and starring Melissa Hunter. The series follows the misadventures of Wednesday, as she she navigates life outside the “Addams Family” home, dealing with apartment hunting, getting a job … Continue reading
I’m a fan of movie and video game scores, and if your reading Nerd Reactor, chances are, you are too. Perhaps the most iconic music in video game history comes from the Legend of Zelda series. For many of us, the “Overworld Theme” from the first game will remain forever a part … Continue reading
If you’ve been living under a rock and didn’t know, it’s been about a few days since a picture of Steven Spielberg was released of him posing next to a dead dinosaur. The photo itself has gone viral and has a lot of anti-hunting activists up-in-arms about it. They’ve gone … Continue reading
The AWE Me Channel has a spin-off of the Man at Arms series called Man at Arms: Reforged. In the premiere episode, we get to see a new team of blacksmiths working on Batman’s Wolverine claw. Check it out below. If you’re wondering what happened to Tony Swatton, the original … Continue reading
We sent two of our writers to document their experience at Labyrinth of Jareth. Anastasia and Holly had never experienced Labyrinth until now. Anastasia attended Friday’s events while Holly went to Saturday’s festivities. Check out their experiences below. Anastasia Washington: On Friday, I stepped into a magical dreamland for the … Continue reading
The Blackheart Burlesque is quite the show. It is put on by SuicideGirls, where they dance to nerdy songs and dress as our favorite superheroes, video game characters, and so much more. Luckily for us, we’re all able to go see it. Yes, even you! Trust me, it’s a nerd’s … Continue reading
Loot Crate is a mystery monthly subscription box for nerds, and it is doing something big for the month of July. It’s so big that it’s the first time it teased the public with what it’ll be getting. For one thing, it has been buying a lot of Rocket Raccoon #1 issues. 300,000 … Continue reading
Okay, so this happened in 2013, but I thought it was interesting and wanted to bring up to speed some new updates. Meet nineteen-year-old Justin Carter. He’s a Texan who went to jail for a Facebook comment he made about a League of Legends match he was in. His maximum sentence? … Continue reading
It was announced this past Tuesday that Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods will finally be adapted to the small screen for STARZ television. Gaiman released a statement regarding the project that was very… Gaimanesque: “When you create something like ‘American Gods,’ which attracts fans and obsessives and people who tattoo … Continue reading
Photo by Geoff Caddick/PA Wire Darren Prew (37) and Kerry Ford (33) won a blinkbox Movies contest that allowed them to do a Game of Thrones-themed wedding. They dressed up as their favorite characters, with Prew as Jon Snow and Ford as Daenerys Targaryen. Their friends and family also partook … Continue reading
Are you a geek? Throwing a Doctor Who premiere party? How about a Superhero themed party? Need some good and quick recipes for the event? Well, you’re in luck! Kitchen Overlord’s Chris-Rachael Oseland is releasing her illustrated recipes into a book! Together with artist Tom Gordon, Oseland has created over 120 recipes starring … Continue reading
Today we’re having a sale at the Nerd Reactor T-shirt Shop. You’ll be able to purchase any of the t-shirt designs at our store for just $14. These include mashups like Doctor Who, Futurama, Star Wars, Firefly, Frozen, Marvel and many more. Check them out at the NR T-Shirt Shop. You’re also … Continue reading
Marvel Studios will be giving fans a chance to check out 17 minutes of exclusive footage for Guardians of the Galaxy on July 7th at 7 p.m. in 150 IMAX theaters. The experience will give viewers a first look at the movie in IMAX 3D. Fans who attend will also get … Continue reading
Look to the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope, it’s a giant storm of sharks! Thanks to Fathom Events, you can see it on the big screen with commentary that will have you rolling in the aisles! Fathom Events, The Asylum and RiffTrax are ecstatic to bring the … Continue reading
We’re blessed with not one, but two new videos for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. One is an extended TV spot with new footage and the other is a featurette that gives us a little background on the characters. The extended TV spot shows a lot of Star-Lord and Rocket bickering back … Continue reading
In such a digitized world, what will the future look like? How will technology grow and how in turn will this affect us? It’s a great thing to wonder about, especially coming off of one of the year’s biggest events, E3. As we get excited for the latest in gaming, … Continue reading
Do you live in the LA or Phoenix area? Do you want to get picked up by Optimus Prime? Well if you said ‘yes’ to both of these questions then do I have news for you! This week, Uber is letting Phoenix and LA residents request a pick up from the … Continue reading
This is the Denver Comic Con’s third year, and I have to say, I could not have been prouder of my home state for hosting such a wonderful event. The major complaint/concern from most of the patrons revolved around the massive line waits from last year. This year, however, the … Continue reading
Love gaming? Why not do that and help sick and injured kids along the way? Now you can. Extra Life is a fundraising program for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals that has raised over $8 million since it started in 2008. Extra Life raises money year-round for its one-day non-stop gaming event called … Continue reading
Courtney Cruz is back! Yes, I am entertained by performance art and dancing, so you can imagine I adore movies like Black Swan and Moulin Rouge (among the popular titles). When you combine performance art with nerd culture, levels of entertainment explode into the stratosphere! Writers Rocky and John have … Continue reading
**NOTE: This is an opinion piece** Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have been very busy these past couple months getting their upcoming DC Cinematic Universe setup. They’re already underway in filming for Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and some of the released set pics already look interesting. WB has already … Continue reading
Video game accessory juggernaut Nyko was at E3 this week with a brand new line of equipment to enhance your living room and gaming experience at the same time with its new modular line of console add-ons. Modular design is a sexy way of saying that instead of clearly being … Continue reading
Bethesda Softworks, known famously for its The Elder Scrolls series of games, had a nice fat “booth” at E3 this year. While the entire box walls advertised The Evil Within, its juicy center mostly had Battlecry as the main focus. But in the dark tunnels and alcoves embedded in this … Continue reading
