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“…another absolute knockout by Rian Johnson…”
Hugh gives : A Knives Out Mystery an A+, check out the full review!
Directed by Rian Johnson, Glass Onion is a new Knives Out mystery that follows tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) who invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is put on the case to peel back the layers o...
On this week's Binary System Podcast episode it’s a super quick recap of because Hades and Persephone are very sweet but can we PLEASE find out what Apollo’s up to?!
Then they go over the season one finale because three years late is how they roll.
Okay we're gonna rocket through the recap of episodes 221 and 222 of Lore Olympus in record time, just over ten minutes, because there's STILL NOTHING HAPPENING. I kid, I kid. EXCEPT NOT REALLY. We love this webcomic to bits, the artwork is top notch, and the relationship between Hades and Persephon...
Last weekend Leland got his holiday spooky fix at , check out all the photos he brought back, featuring cosplay, merch, decorations, and more!
It's that time of year again where Christmas meets horror at the Season's Screamings 2022 convention, held in Pasadena this past weekend. An event featuring haunted attractions, spooky shopping, and more for fans of haunts, horror and Halloween… but with a winter holiday twist!! The sister con to ...
“A dark comedy action film produced by David Leitch about a pissed-off Santa Claus played by David Harbour beating the s**t out of bad guys? That is a combination I never knew I needed until now.”
Hugh gives an A, check out the full review!
Directed by Tommy Wirkola, Violent Night follows Santa Claus (David Harbour) who is called to action when an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone hostage inside including a young girl who still believes in him and the true meaning of Chris...
Looking for gifts for the fan in your life? (Or something special for yourself?) Leland is a big fan of Breaking Games, check out a few of his favorites!
Looking for that last minute stocking stuffer for the child or the child at heart in your life? Well Breaking Games has got you covered with their strategic, family, adult, educational and hilarious tabletop and card games! Been a fan of Breaking Games for some time now and they never seem to disapp...
How do you report a hazardous workplace on the Death Star? Who does performance reviews at Stark Enterprises? These questions and more at the "HR-Hero Resources" panel, 5:30 today at , run by friends of pixelatedgeek Natasha and Rob Bowman!
On this week’s Binary System Podcast recap the twins discuss how the children’s books Cecil’s reading would make adorable and REALLY DISTURBING fan art. Then they laugh about terrible puns in , speculate about , and lose their minds over the trilogy.
This week's Night Vale recap has a lot of fan art requests and T-shirt moments, but it's also us just being flat out amazed that Cecil can get interrupted by his kid every five minutes and it's always stress free. It's not saccharine, it's not annoying, it's not even a little frustrating; Cecil Bald...
Whether you’re a beginner cosplayer or an advanced one, First Stop Cosplay has the tools, tips, tutorials and more to make your build a success. We got to chat with them this week about their new website and their plans for the future!
I think a lot of us have seen those fly-by-night cosplay companies, the ones with janky websites full of mass-produced costumes and props that disintegrate before you can walk inside the convention center. That is not what First Stop Cosplay is about. First Stop Cosplay wants to support the cosplay....
“…absolutely worth watching as it is an important chapter in the ongoing story of the Guardians as well as a very heartwarming parting gift from Phase 4 that ends things on a high note.”
Hugh gives The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special an A+, check out the review!
Directed by James Gunn, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special follows the rag-tag team of space-traveling heroes after the events of Thor: Love and Thunder, who are now back on the world of Knowhere. It’s almost Christmas time on Earth but Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) has been feeling very down...
Happy Thanksgiving! You’ll want to listen to today’s episode BEFORE you have dinner, because Binary System Podcast is talking all about their favorite foods in their favorite books (The Hobbit, Swiss Family Robinson, Little House on the Prairie, or Dragonlance to name a few) and it’s not going to sound nearly as delicious if you’re already full.
Happy Thanksgiving! (Or, if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, Happy Thursday!) Somehow after last week's recording we got on the subject of cookbooks, specifically the "Little House on the Prairie" cookbook that we checked out from the library a dozen times before we got smart and bought our own cop...
“How much of what's been happening…has been the universe making sure Cordelia pays a hell of a price for using that spell? Does it even work that way?
A review of volume 3 issue #5.
"...because this is what happens when you mess with my family, di****ed..." Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #5. Minor spoilers below. We still have three storylines on pause this issue: Sammy Liu's questionable use of his powers, Leonard and Salome's hunt for "The Puzzle" that....
“…Star Wars storytelling at its best…the writing is the sharpest the franchise has ever had…”
Hugh gives Season 1 an A+, check out the review!
Created by Tony Gilroy, Andor takes place five years before the events of Rogue One and follows an ensemble cast of characters when a Rebel Alliance is forming in opposition to the Galactic Empire. One of these characters that connects them all is Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), a thief who becomes a re...
It was great to get back to ! Check out our giant photo gallery from Saturday, full of gorgeous, surreal, dark, hilarious and weird art!
It was great to get back to DesignerCon this year (I didn't get to go last year, and of course nobody went in 2020) and soak in all the gorgeous, surreal, mind-bogglingly weird art. Here's what caught my eye on Saturday! (I've put an instagram address on every photo, but if I mislabeled something pl...
So happy to be back at DesignerCon! Keep an eye out at http://pixelatedgeek.com for tons of photos from !
First up on this week's Binary System Podcast it’s a recap of an especially clever (“PLEASE CLEAN THE STUPID BASEMENT, CECIL”) followed by random tangents into Sandman, The School For Good and Evil, Christopher Walken, coroners, drawing challenges, fish recipes, and Reply All Apocalypses.
This week was one of those Night Vale recaps where we took way too many notes and got dangerously close to just repeating the episode word for word because it was so, freaking, CLEVER. (Station Management's memo to Cecil about the stupid basement is the best.) We managed to stick to the highlights,....
“… mean, the images themselves are really upsetting, but the colors are gorgeous!”
Gertrude is back! Check out the review of #1!
(Heads up: spoilers below for the previous series!) Four years ago Gertrude, the psychopathic 30-something stuck in the body of a cute little six-year-old, finally escaped Fairyland. Decades of some truly horrific (and most of the time completely unnecessary) bloodshed were over, and Gert finally go...
“…a deeply layered story with high emotional stakes as well as a superhero thriller full of spectacular action sequences…out of all of Coogler’s past works this may just be the best film he’s ever done…”
Hugh gives an A+!
Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever follows Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba) as they fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of Ki...
Want more stories from the universe? Of course you do! Here’s the official word from DC Comics on Nightmare Country, Dead Boy Detectives, and more!
More Sandman comics are on their way! Here's the official PR article from DC about Nightmare Country and more! DC’s ‘The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country’ Comic Book Series Returns in 2023 with ‘Nightmare Country – The Glass House’ ‘The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country’ Vol. 1 ...
On this week’s episode the Binary System Podcast crew is happy to learn a little more about those missing ten years on but they’d still like to know WHAT APOLLO IS UP TO NOW. Then they bag on for a bit and drool over some beautiful cosplay.
Episodes 217 and 218 of Lore Olympus didn't answer a ton of questions, and by that I mean we STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT APOLLO IS UP TO. Okay, yes, we got some good information about how Kronos was able to take over the Underworld. And we find out what happened to get Thanatos AND Thetis
This week’s gallery is for ’s series, featuring some gorgeous work by 12 different artists, all with links back to their original posts!
We've been promising to do this for a while, check out some of the amazing fan art we've found for Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth.)
It's official, we're getting more episodes of !!
It's official, we're getting more Sandman! Here's the official press release: THE SANDMAN CONTINUES! NEIL GAIMAN AND NETFLIX CONFIRM MORE SANDMAN IS ON THE WAY Please click here for additional quotes only on Netflix.com/Tudum.The Sandman world will continue to expand.The iconic series will return wi...
“haha so much Bruce Butt”
“Brad Pitt’s most spastic role”
“errrrr GET OUT OF MY CHAIR”
“We’re seeing everyone’s butt in this film!”
“Terry Gilliam: Making nice things ominous since 1968”
“I love how they screwed with the voice”
“SO CREEPY”
“And that would be the point where the whole world will be doomed because I COULD NOT PULL MY OWN TEETH OUT”
This week’s is !
It's the return of the Watch Party! Chiming in on instant messenger from North Carolina, Florida, and California, this week we're watching 12 Monkeys! The Players: Elizabeth, Hannah, Kathryn, and Nathan. Hannah I HAVE TOO MANY SUGAR OPTIONS ElizabethI have some Wasabi and soy sauce almonds so I'm ha...
“…a tasty piece of gothic horror, perfect to read on a blustery Halloween night…”
Kathryn reviews T. Kingfisher's “What Moves the Dead.”
The dead don't walk. Except, sometimes, when they do. It's a day early for my usual weekly book review, but Halloween is the perfect day to review a new(ish) novella by T. Kingfisher that was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher". It's not one of my favorite Poe short stories
Looking for something fun to do for Halloween (or Halloween Eve?) Stephanie checked out the Bressi Ranch Neighborhood Halloween display and has a ton of photos, plus directions and parking tips!
Looking for something fun to do for Halloween Weekend?This is Bessi Ranch's 15th YEAR IN A ROW… of Spooky themed House decorations. Feel free to park and walk around the neighborhood, but keep in mind there's houses decorated throughout the surrounding streets which might require driving. 7PM - 10...
“…I won't say what happens, but it's certainly, uh, upsetting….”
A review of volume 3, issue #4
"...I'm just not feeling myself at the moment and I've done something really bad again..." Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #4. Minor spoilers below. Two storylines are put on the back burner this issue: Sammy Liu's questionable use of his powers, and Leonard and Salome's hunt f...
It’s another collection of random randomness this week as Binary System Podcast jumps from the latest (and Hecate and Hades’...Broadway musical? We think?) to the Scholomance series, Haunting of Hill House, and a weird tangent into gas prices.
We joke about how Lore Olympus moves at a glacial pace, but we sometimes forget that the story jumped forward TEN ENTIRE YEARS and now the pieces need to be filled in. So, minor spoiler warnings for episodes 215 and 216, because we got a lot of backstory for Kronos and Thanatos, but we still
"..another beautifully crafted and masterfully written animated series.."
Hugh gives an A+, check out the full review!
Created by Dave Filoni, Tales of the Jedi is an animated anthology series featuring Jedi in the prequel era of Star Wars. The six episodes are split into two "paths": the first following Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) across various points in her life, and the other depicting a young Count Dooku (Cor...
“So much testosterone.”
“James Cameron's approximation of locker room talk”
“Based on a movie he saw once”
“hahaha based on the toughest of his Lego people”
“I HATE THE SKITTERING ON THE FLOOR”
“AAAAAAAAA”
“Yipe yipe yipe aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAA”
“SO MUCH SCREAMING CAN'T YOU ALL JUST CALM DOWN”
It’s the return of the Binary System ! This week it’s 1986’s !
It's the return of the Watch Party! Chiming in on instant messenger from North Carolina, Florida, and California, this week we're watching 1986's Aliens. The Players: Elizabeth, Hannah, Kathryn, Nathan, and the parents (Parents represented here by Marian, because Dad would chisel a message in a ston...
“The deadly school for magical children has been thrown into the void along with half of the world’s devouring malia, and El is now free from the Scholomance forever.
So of course the very first thing she does is try to get back IN.”
Kathryn reviews The Golden Enclaves, the final book of Naomi Novik’s Scholomance trilogy!
She will bring death and destruction to all the enclaves in the world. The final book of Namoi Novik's Scholomance trilogy picks up where Book 2 left off. Galadriel "El" Higgins, destined to be a force of destruction, has instead helped to save her fellow students, from the most terrified freshman t...
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ returns January 24, 2023!
The bestselling, award winning Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples will kick off a highly anticipated new story arc in January 2023 from Image Comics. “We’re back! No spoilers, but Fiona and I are extremely excited about some of the familiar faces returning in this shocking new ‘season'...
“Black Adam was a heart-racing blast that didn’t hold back and lived up to what Dwayne Johnson promised.”
Hugh gives an A, check out the review!
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, Black Adam takes place in the country of Kahndaq and follows the story of Teth Adam (Dwayne Johnson) who was bestowed with the almighty powers of the gods. But after using these powers for vengeance, he was imprisoned, becoming Black Adam. Nearly 5,000 years have pass...
On today’s recap the twins are rooting so hard for Steve Carlsberg it’s crazy. (Best. Coach. EVER.)
Then they discuss “The Sound of Her Wings” and freak out because so many of the things they love are over thirty freaking years old WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
Ten years ago we loved it every time Cecil on Welcome to Night Vale ranted about how much he hated his stupid brother-in-law STEVE CARLSBERG. If you'd told us back then that, come 2022, we'd be 100% on Steve's side, we'd have told you that's about as likely as Hollywood greenlighting a Sandman serie...
“…I felt no satisfaction or anger for this conclusion, just pure disappointing emptiness of what could and should have been..”
Ouch, Hugh wasn’t impressed with , check out the full review!
Directed by David Gordon Green, Halloween Ends takes place four years after the events of Halloween Kills and follows Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), who is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) hasn't been se...
“...I seriously couldn’t believe what I was witnessing as it goes full-on She-Hulk comic territory and delivers the most insane finale of all the Marvel shows…”
Hugh gives a B+, check out the review!
Helmed by Jessica Gao, Kat Coiro, and Anu Valia, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law follows Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) who after getting in a car accident with her cousin, Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), is contaminated by his blood, causing her to transform into a Hulk. Now known as She-Hulk, Jennifer....
After recapping a couple episodes of (hang on….do we LIKE Minthe now??) the Binary System Podcast crew goes over the 5th episode of (24/7, or “The Diner Episode.") Yeesh. Content warning for violence, abuse, possibly non-consensual s*x…we loved the episode but it’s brutal.
So what's Apollo up to? How is Demeter going to mess things up for Hades and Persephone? Did Aphrodite get married to Hephaestus when she threw over Ares, or someone else? And where's Psyche been this entire time that the mortal realm was cut off from Olympus? You'd think we'd be happy with the stor...
“…a gothic fever dream, and a post-apocalypse adventure…I absolutely adore this series, in spite of (or maybe because) I spend so much of it entirely in over my head.”
Kathryn reviews Tamsyn Muir’s Nona the Ninth.
Our rule was, nobody knowingly left behind... The third book is out in Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb trilogy...which is, surprise, no longer a trilogy! Midway through writing the final book in the series the author realized that she now had a character who needed an entire book devoted to her story. Boo...
“…very stylish and good-looking…While this new film corrects many missteps the series has taken, it still feels weirdly safe and polished for the subject matter.”
has a look at David Bruckner and Hulu’s (2022.)
Reviewer David Leninhawk returns with a look at the latest chapter in the Hellraiser universe. My biggest takeaway from this new Hellraiser film is that it is simply not fu**ed up enough. Sure, there's good gore, and the Cenobite designs are cool and gnarly, but something that's been missing from th...
“..this surprise Halloween special comes in swinging hard with bloody horror fun that brings forth monsters and monster hunters from the pages of comics, delivering one of the most stand-out entries to the MCU by far.”
Hugh gives an A+, check out the review!
On a dark and somber night, following the death of their leader, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple. In a strange and macabre memorial to the leader's life, the attendees are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a p...
On this week’s recap the Binary System Podcast crew gets bummed out about a rock. (Seriously, a rock. How they heck did Night Vale make us care about A STONE?) Then they spoil some more stuff about Sandman (both the comic and the show) and speculate about and Persephone’s green hands.
"There's so much pathos here about a ROCK." The only thing we've got to say about this week's Night Vale episode is Doctor Lubelle MUST BE STOPPED. (Also watch out for the murals. They're probably fine. But let's just evacuate the area anyway.) After we finish spoiling the heck out of that episode,....
“...and then he tells Rosie he’s going to take her under his wing to a special secret place and make her his personal apprentice and NOPE. I do not trust any of that.”
A review of volume 3 issue #3.
"...this little girl is far from normal, and there's a darkness in there I really don't like..." Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #3. Spoilers below. Somehow I missed reviewing issue 2, so here’s a quick recap: we met Salome, the wife of the former head of the Order, Leonard.
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Well since Buffer didn't want to post both videos, here's that Megatron video we mentioned in the last post 😆
Megatron trying to find pictures of himself in Artists' Alley, and a quick video of the Transformers meet up outside the convention center. Just brilliant work by the cosplayers. We've currently got five cosplay photo galleries up at http://pixelatedgeek.com, check them out and let us know if you spot yourself so we can tag you! #WonderCon #wondercon2022 #cosplay #Transformers #optimusprime #megatron #grimlock
