Author: Loryn Stone

Loryn Stone has dedicated her life to the written Word of the Nerd. Her writing has also been published on other pop culture websites such as Cracked, LoadScreen, PopLurker, and Temple of Geek. Her debut young-adult novel "My Starlight" (a contemporary love letter to fandom, friendship, anime, cosplaying, love, and loss) is out now by Affinity Rainbow Publications. When she's not writing, Loryn's other interests include collecting robots (Megazords, specifically), playing bass, and blasting metal.

A report from Comicbook.com shows that we’re going to get enhanced- apocalyptic style. Fallout fans can prepare for the radioactive world of Fallout 76 with the new Nuka Dark Rum that’s now available to pre-order ahead of its November release date. Created from a partnership between Bethesda Softworks and Silver Screen Bottling Company, the Nuka Dark Rum that can be bought here if you’re in the U.S. was revealed back in August as an alcoholic version of the Nuka-Cola drink found throughout the Fallout games. The Silver Screen Bottling Company shared news of the Fallout rum again on Wednesday with a link to the Nuka Dark Rum site where you can…

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In an article from The Hollywood Reporter, an unusual contract dispute that teased the possibility of immigration fraud in Hollywood, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been ordered by an arbitrator to pay about $1.75 million plus nearly $225,000 in interest to his former manager, Jill Littman. The Danish actor known for playing Jaime Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones is resisting. For about a decade, Littman and Impression Entertainment managed Coster-Waldau’s career. In a Sept. 18, 2015 email, Coster-Waldau terminated the relationship. “I am nothing but grateful for our many years working together and the success we shared,” the actor wrote Littman. “And the reason I…

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It only makes sense that Marvel would debut the long-awaited return of Daredevil in NYC just blocks from the Man Without Fear’s stomping ground of Hell’s Kitchen and that’s exactly what’s going down next month at New York Comic Con. While Deadline reports that we don’t have a launch date yet for the third season of the Charlie Cox-led Netflix series, Daredevil will be part of Marvel’s near takeover of the Big Apple confab with an appearance at Madison Square Garden that first weekend of October. Season 3 of what was Marvel’s first series on the streaming service takes place after The Defenders miniseries and is somewhat based…

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Committed to its celebration of some of the greatest creative talents in comics, television, and film, Long Beach Comic Con’s cast of special guests includes the minds involved in Black Panther, Game of Thrones, X-Men, and Power Rangers, just to name a few. This year, LBCC is packed with industry-leading special guests such as Eisner Award-nominated comic book writer and novelist Christopher Priest, Emmy Award Winner and Director of Fox-TV’s X-Men animated series, Larry Houston, Battlestar Galactica’s Herbert Jefferson Jr, WWE Superstar Rikishi, comic legend Marv Wolfman, Twin Peaks’ Ray Wise, and many more. You can find a link to…

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Photos of Bill Skarsgard reprising his breakout role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown have surfaced online from set as the upcoming horror sequel continues principal photography in Canada. In addition to providing the first look at the titular monster’s return, the photo teases a scene straight out of the original Stephen King novel. https://twitter.com/north_news/status/1035612308179959813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1035612308179959813%7Ctwgr%5E373939313b73706563696669635f73706f7274735f616374696f6e&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fpennywise-photo-it-chapter-2-confirms-scene%2F In the 1986 novel, Richie Tozier visits a statue of mythical lumberjack Paul Bunyan just outside his hometown of Derry, Maine. Richie is then confronted by Pennywise who temporarily assumes the form of the statue to terrorize him. Per CBR.com, the statue seen in the set…

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Breaking news from CBR.com reports that Lando Calrissian is officially returning to the Star Wars universe as Episode IX continues filming in London and actor Billy Dee Williams is busy getting in shape to reprise the iconic role. Williams tweeted a video of himself exercising with a personal trainer to get back into fighting form as the longtime associate of Han Solo and original owner of the Millennium Falcon. https://twitter.com/realbdw/status/1036726309253046272 After months of speculation, the actor was confirmed to reprise his role as Lando in July weeks ahead of the announcement of the rest of the cast for the upcoming Star Wars sequel. It is unclear how large a part the…

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TrekMovie.com reports that filmmaker Quentin Tarantino intends to make his planned Star Trek film with the cast of the rebooted film series that began in 2009 and the acclaimed director won’t be holding back on the more mature content. While appearing at the Star Trek fan convention Trekonderoga in New York over the weekend, Urban provided some interesting details about Tarantino’s proposed take on the iconic sci-fi franchise while confirming the film is still being written. “You shouldn’t worry that it is going to be full of obscenity and stuff. He wants an R-rating to really make those beats of consequence land. If it’s not…

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CBR reports that thirteen years after the iconic ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum, with only a red sequin left behind, they’ve been recovered by the FBI. One of four known pairs worn by Garland in the 1939 film, the slippers vanished on Aug. 28, 2005, from the museum, located in the actress’ hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota,. But, as CNN recounts, rumors have circulated among fans and collectors since then about the whereabouts of the highly desirable shoes, valued at between $2 million and $3 million. A $1 million reward was eventually offered, generating dozens…

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Technology is constantly evolving. Just as our personal media collection is brimming with one form, another is ready to be released and take over. While some forms of media die shortly out the gate (8-Track tapes and HD DVDs, anyone?) many forms hang out much longer than we realize. Today, we’re counting down 6 pieces of technology that hung around long after we stopped using them! VCRs (Video Cassette Recorders) While VHS tapes were officially laid to rest in 2006, the last VCR was produced in 2016! JVC’s VHS configuration debuted in 1977, sparking the VHS/Betamax configuration war. VHS…

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This is a “Nerd Voices” contributor article by Nerdbot reader Jonathan Meisner. You can follow him on Twitter! Ever have something you loved get re-imagined by someone else? Of course, you have, we’ve all experienced situations like that. They try to put their own spin on it and the result is just lackluster or is missing the vital components of what made you love it in the first place. This can come in several different forms. Some cases it could be beloved cartoons that you held dear as a young child or a badass video game that was adapted…

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