Author: Loryn Stone

Fiction: It helps us imagine a better world. And when your real life is mundane, all you want to do is escape into a magical, fantastical world where anything is possible, robots feed you cereal, a moon man gives you hamburgers, and friends want to hang out with you. And nothing provided this feeling of excitement more than television commercials in the 1980s. Today on Nerdbot, we’re counting down the Top 7 Commercials from the 80s that we wanted to live inside! 7) Rice Krispies Showed Us the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwfBtmp1DTE This commercial was escapism at its finest. Just me, my…

Deadline reports that Margaret Dean, former general manager of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and current president of Women in Animation, has been named head of studio for the new division. She’s charged with developing originals for both brands, including overseeing production for High Guardian Spice, the first Crunchyroll Original Series, slated to premiere in 2019. “Animation is a beautiful art form,” Dean said. “We think there are endless stories that can be told through animation.” Crunchyroll has co-produced over 50 series, including Kiznaiver, Classroom of the Elite, Space Patrol Luluco and Laid-Back Camp. Developing anime-inspired original content is the next step in its evolution, and it will operate production facilities in Burbank…

All because of a Kotaku writer and their effortless snark, the internet is going crazy for a PS4 controller with a color scheme that reminds them of Dragon Ball’s Super Saiyan hero Goku. The brightly colored controller is one of four new designs from Sony. Other color designs you can choose are ‘YouTubers Shop at Hobby Lobby and Target’ turquoise, ‘Samus Copper’ and ‘Wow, my friend has been rocking those camo shorts since 2002’ blue. https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1031515449886949376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1031515449886949376&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fajax%2Finset%2Fiframe%3Fid%3Dtwitter-1031515449886949376%26autosize%3D1 The Sunset Orange DualShock 4 will be out this September. Everyone will call it the Goku controller. But why stop there? As long as we’re on the…

This is a “Nerd Voices” contribution by Nerdbot reader Rachael Brennan. Follower her on Twitter! I’m here to tell you the story of an orphaned baby boy, taken to live with people who don’t really want him by a wise old wizard. Don’t worry though, after years of being treated like a second-class citizen the wizard comes to get him again when he turns 11, offering him a magical education to prepare him for his destiny. Which story is this? If you said Harry Potter, you’re right! If you said the story of King Arthur, you’re also right! The…

As reported by The Verge.com, Amazon is discontinuing its two-year-old video game preorder discount program for Prime members on August 28th, the company announced today. In its place, Amazon will offer members a $10 credit with a preorder, but only for select titles. The credit will take up to 35 days to arrive. Once activated, customers will have 60 days to put the money toward a separate purchase on Amazon. Back in July, CNET noted a change to the Prime platform’s Terms of Service that suggested Amazon would change its game discount policy to exclude certain titles. Now, it seems like the company is simply…

I am literally not okay right now. I’ve never written anything about a celebrity death through a veil of tears from my own blurry eyes. Typing these words will be my undoing. Lazy Town actor Stefan Karl Stefansson died today after a two year battle with pancreatic bile-duct cancer. He was 43 years old. He leaves behind his wife and their four beautiful children. A spokesperson for his family confirmed the sad news to TMZ, explaining he died surrounded by friends and family after succumbing to the disease. He had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer two years ago. Following his…

In a Deadline exclusive, Mark Millar unveiled the first cover and details of Kevin Smith’s Hit Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood. Popularized by Chloë Grace Moretz’s portrayal of the uber-violent, ass-kicking heroine in Matthew Vaughn’s movie adaptations of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass comic books, 12-year old Hit Girl is a bloodthirsty hero who knows how to use a blade and isn’t afraid to drop an F-bomb or two. In The Golden Rage of Hollywood, Smith writes a new adventure with art from Pernille Orum that takes place in modern-day Tinsel Town. The cover, which can be seen below, was drawn by artist Francesco Francavilla. The story finds the justice-seeking adolescent super-assassin storm movie sets and…

Entertainment Weekly reports the amusing anecdote that 2013’s Thor: The Dark World isn’t so awesome. In a profile interview for GQ, Hemsworth takes a dig at the 2013 less-than-loved Dark Elf-stuffed Marvel sequel. “The first one [Thor] is good, the second one is meh,” Hemsworth says. “What masculinity was, the classic archetype — it just all starts to feel very familiar. I was so aware that we were right on the edge.” And some, of course, would say “meh” is still pretty generous — like EW critic Darren Franich, who put The Dark World at the very bottom of his ranking of all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, calling…

This is a “Nerd Voices” contributor pieces from Rachael Brennan. Follow her on Twitter! In the world of social commentary centered around poverty and income inequality, nobody has been quite so vocal as actress and comedienne Roseanne Barr. Her show Roseanne was a nine-season tribute to the plight of the working class, showing what it is like to work on an assembly line, wait tables, lose your business, and face a host of other problems that come along with being a part of the working poor in America. While the original show was remarkable in its honesty and frankness…

According to Comicbook.com, a new move found in Pokemon Go’s newest update hints that Beldum will be the focus of an upcoming Community Day event. Last week, Pokemon Go began rollout of its newest update, which adds several quality of life improvements and readies the game for a new Special Research quest involving the Mythical Pokemon Celebi. Game developers also added several visual assets tied to the move “Meteor Mash,” which currently isn’t available in the game. Meteor Mash is the signature move of Metagross, a powerful Steel/Psychic-Type Pokemon. Metagross evolves from Beldum, one of the rarer “Gen 3” Pokemon in the game. Adding the…