Author: Heath Andrews

Heath Andrews has been a student of pop culture ever since he found himself to be the only student in 3rd grade who regularly watched "Get Smart" on Nick-At-Nite. Ever since then he's been engrossed in way too much media with a growing collection of music, books, comics, TV on DVD box sets, and a video game collection that could rival a brick and mortar store. Prior to writing for Nerdbot he's written for Review You, MyAnimeList, and various advertising companies. Since 2016 he's run his own YouTube channel under the moniker of The Critical Android where he livestreams video games and uploads podcasts about pop culture and Frasier.

Serial killers do not deserve to be celebrated or discussed with a sense of mystique; yet somehow they still manage to find themselves talked about like legends, enigmas, and parts of the social zeitgeist. One of the most infamous, due to their never having been caught and cryptic clues left behind, is the Zodiac Killer. For over 50 years, their identity has remained a mystery yet a team named the Case Breakers claims to have solved this. But that claim in itself may be pretty dubious. Also, spoiler- no, it’s not Senator Ted Cruz. A lot of news agencies have…

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In “Star Wars,” one of the most important materials on the planet of Tatooine is water. The desert planet is so barren that special machines are built just to harvest any kind of moisture out of the air and condense it into water. Owen Lars, Luke Skywalker’s uncle, was a farmer working the moisture vaporators, and having to settle for a protocol droid that was familiar with the language of binary load lifters, which were similar to binary vaporators in most respects. And now that technology of the moisture vaporator can be yours in your own back yard! The concept…

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Konami has been responsible for some of the most popular and successful franchises in video gaming history. And then in 2015 they threw that all away for the sake of making pachinko and slot machines. They destroyed their relationship with “Metal Gear” creator Hideo Kojima, canceled the most promising horror title in years in the form of “P.T.”/”Silent Hills,” and then tried to turn “Castlevania” into a pachislot machine featuring “erotic violence.” But now it’s 2021, and whether it be because of a boom in the home video game market due to COVID-19 or a desire to improve their image,…

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Can a missing person find themselves? It’s an almost Buddhist like question. And no, we don’t mind “find themselves” in an existential, self-discovery sense, we mean in an actual, physical sense. In a very odd but still very real turn of events, a man from the Bursa province of Turkey put this hypothetical situation to the test without even realizing it. On September 28th, 2021 Beyhan Mutlu had come across a search party combing through the woods for a missing man. The gentleman in questions had been reported missing after a night of drinking. According to the search party, the…

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By all accounts, Dave Grohl is a pretty wonderful human being. From his activism in the name of LGBT+ rights, to his complete intolerance of people fighting at his concerts, to being legitimately funny and warm in nearly any interview you see with him; Grohl seems like he would be the best, and most talented friend you could ever hope to have. He also isn’t afraid to speak his mind on something, as evidenced by the aforementioned video of his tolerance for fighting. So what would the former drummer for Nirvana have to say about the lawsuit being filed about…

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If popular consensus about owning a vehicle has told us anything, it’s that finding things on your car is an annoyance. Bird poop, a scratch, a parking ticket; all annoying. What do you do though when the object you find is a pair of underwear that is not yours? Well that’s the question that people in the North Oak Park area in California are asking themselves, especially now that they realize that whatever’s going on is not an isolated incident. Caity Maple found a pair of women’s underwear on her car windshield on September 4th, 2021. She wrote it off…

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You know the phrase when things go wrong, “if it’s not one thing, it’s a ninja.” Or at least that’s the phrase that could be used at the Inyokern Airport in the Mojave Desert following a random sword attack from a man dressed up as a ninja. Fortunately, no one was seriously wounded. But the details of the attack are enough to make you think that someone in this story is making things up, despite it being verified by a military spokesperson. Credit for breaking the story goes to Chad Garland of Stars and Stripes who independently verified the story…

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Its been a while since I’ve dedicated myself to biblical verse, but come the time of the apocalypse, I don’t seem to recall “fleas” being one of the issues that we mortals would have to face. However for two schools in Oakland, California, a flea problem has become so pervasive that no only has it been described as apocalyptic, but it’s shutting down two schools for two days. …Because apparently apocalyptic issues can be resolved within 48 hours. Early morning of September 30th, it was announced that Esperanza Elementary School and Korematsu Discovery Academy would be closed for Thursday and…

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If you’ve spent the last 28 years wondering when we’d ever get another “Sister Act” movie, then congratulations, you are in a very niche group of people. But you can also be in a very happy niche as reports are emerging over who will be writing and directing the project which will return Whoopi Goldberg to the role of Deloris/Sister Mary Clarence. For the uninitiated, “Sister Act” was a surprise hit of 1992, grossing over $230 million and cementing Whoopi’s commercial viability as a film actress in the early to mid 90s. While this would later be undone by films…

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