Author: Loryn Stone

Toys R Us will live to see another day, as its controlling lenders choose to pull out of the bankruptcy auction. The Wall Street Journal reports that Toys R Us’ controlling lenders “intend to the revive business behind the Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us brand names.” The goal is to “create new, domestic, retail operating businesses” while maintaining its licensing of certain products worldwide, according to court documents filed Monday, as reported by the Journal. The company’s lenders decided to reverse the order after speaking to controlling parties and deciding the brand was too valuable to give up. Reported by…

A report first seen on Kotaku shows that a video, leaked this morning by a Reddit user who says they captured it from a focus group, shows an apparent big-budget Harry Potter game that looks fantastic. Publisher Warner Bros. has yanked the video from YouTube, but you can watch a mirror here. The footage shows, among other things: Wizards in Hogwarts academy casting spells, alchemy experiments, magical creatures, and even a glimpse of the whimsical village of Hogsmeade. The Reddit leaker, who goes by VapeThisBro, describes the game as a third-person open-world action game in which you customize your own wizard, a fifth-year student at Hogwarts.…

Eagerly-awaited anime based on popular mobile game Rage of Bahamut finally gets a Japanese broadcast date. Japanese publisher Cygames has announced that the hotly anticipated animated series Mysteria Friends will be broadcast on Japanese TV in January 2019. The series will feature the much-loved characters Anne and Grea from the popular Mysteria Academy event featured in the Rage of Bahamut mobile game. Mysteria Friends depicts the further adventure of Anne and Grea, two much-loved characters created by Cygames for the Mysteria Academy event that took place within the Rage of Bahamut mobile game. The two characters have since starred in…

This is a “Nerd Voices” contribution from Nerdbot reader Jonathan Meisner. You can follow him on Twitter! When you think of people who read and love comic books, your mind may go to the immediate stereotype. Kids with dark rimmed or large glasses, faces full of acne and socially awkward, who grow up to be tech giants and internet bloggers. While that may be the case to an extent, some of those kids were also metalheads. Comic book readers and fans of heavy metal can be painted with the same brush or colored in with the same ink, looked…

This is a ‘Nerd Voices’ contributing piece by Nerdbot reader Dr. Chris McAuley. You can find more of his writing on his website, or be his friend on Facebook! It’s officially October, which means the spooky, scary, ghastly vibes are officially in the air here at Nerdbot HQ. And in celebration of this season, I’m going to talk about my favorite retro games that left players feeling a little…haunted. And today, what better way to kick off October than with that Super Nintendo spooktacular smash hit, ‘Super Ghouls and Ghosts’! This title was my generation’s Dark Souls; the game had…

Enjoy the ambiance of a sensual glow without any of the dissolving bodies blocking your path. This Thanos Gauntlet lamp with give your power-den all the might of feeling like a villainous murder god without any of the mess involved in collecting deadly rainbow rocks. …if nothing else, it’s cool looking… You can order the Marvel Thanos Infinity Gauntlet Mood Lamp right here for $39.99. The full list of specs are available below. • Marvel Thanos Gauntlet Mood Lamp • Officially-licensed Avengers: Infinity War merchandise • A ThinkGeek / GameStop exclusive • Infinity Gauntlet whose gems light up when turned on • 6 white…

At this point in our popular culture, the nostalgia nerd collective mind is clinging onto the idea that we might soon have an N64 Classic Mini Console popping up on the market soon. As we’ve explored in previous articles, two days after Sony announced their PlayStation Classic Mini was coming to the market, a European copyright surfaced with a controller that looked suspiciously like the Nintendo 64’s. Since then, the internet has been filled with Gamers writing down their N64 Classic “wishlists”, like kids writing to Santa Claus before Christmas. But there’s one important thing to remember when discussing games…

In a report from Deadline, Netflix has closed a deal with Warner Bros TV for international rights to the studio’s upcoming live-action drama series Titans. The show launches in the U.S. on October 12 on DC Universe, Warner Bros’ newly launched streaming platform, as the service’s first live-action original series. Netflix will stream Titans globally outside of U.S. and China (where Netflix is not available) under the Internet network’s co-licensing model for partnering with major studios on series that have U.S. distribution. One of the first shows Netflix boarded in a co-licensing deal was Star Trek: Discovery, another sci-fi/genre live-action drama series with a well-known title…

At the peak of my Anime obsession, I found myself seeking out Japanese musical acts, otherwise known as JRock. Sure, there was JPop, which was the squeaky cute stuff saved for many anime opening themes and other such acts. But these were bands who knew how to jam it out on their instruments. With the introduction of Japanese music, I learned another fun tidbit– some Japanese bands really liked to have a look. It’s called ‘visual kei’ and it’s elaborate hair, costumes, and makeup. Of course, the music has to stand on its own, but with these bands, the visual draw didn’t…

90s metal band Korn has gotten into the coffee business by partnering up with J. Gursey Coffee Roasters to release its very own line of “Korn Koffee.” While other bands go the libation route with whiskys, beers, and champagnes, Korn kept it family friendly by making sure their friends were at peak caffeine levels. The flavor is described as “distinctive blend of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, Guatemalan Huehuetenago, and Organic Peru beans mixed with J. Gursey Coffee’s popular Vintage Black Diamond blend.” The members of Korn were ultimately responsible for “selecting the perfect roast and blend”. And really, for anyone who loves…