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Tetris may help prevent PTSD

Image Source: You might have heard about some of the health benefits of video and computer games when it comes to help people exercise and even rehabilitate after having a stroke. A recent report in Association for Psychological Science finds that playing certain pattern games, like Tetris, might also be helpful for psychological well-being...

Alan Tudyk talks Firefly and Con Man

For any proud Browncoat Alan Tudyk needs no introduction. Most known for his portrayal of Hoban Washburne (“Wash”) on Firefly, Tudyk is also known for playing Steve, the Pirate in Dodgeball, as well as voice acting in Frozen, Big Hero 6, American Dad, Robot Chicken, Wreck-It Ralph, and others. His new project – a hilarious web series...

Pluto and the Quest to Mordor

Yesterday NASA released the first ever close-up images of Pluto and its moon, Charon, taken by the New Horizons space probe. On its Northern side, playfully dubbed Mordor, Charon appears to have a thin layer of material which might have come from Pluto itself. When the New Horizons did a flyby of Pluto itself, NASA received the first ever seen...

A Grimm Update From SDCC

This year’s San Diego Comic Con held yet another panel for the cast and the writers/producers of Grimm. Here is what we learned from it: Juliette is really dead. The panel even featured a brief funeral scene from the beginning of season 5. This came as a painful shock to many fans. However, the Grimm team believe that it’s for the...

A Con Man proposal at SDCC

On Thursday July 9, 2015 San Diego Comic Con held one of the most important and most influential panels in the notorious Hall H. This panel was Con Man – honoring the upcoming web series created by Alan Tudyk and starring himself and his former Firefly co-star, Nathan Fillion. The web series is about two actors whose highly popular science...

Pixar’s Superheroes – Sanjay’s Super Team

This year I was delighted to see different kinds of Superheroes at the San Diego Comic Con – culturally diverse Superheroes. Pixar’s Sanjay’s Super Team is an adorable must-see short about a small boy who would initially rather watch Superhero cartoons and play with his action figures than participate in religious rituals with...

Psychology behind Game of Thrones ‘Hardhome’

Warning: spoilers for ‘Hardhome’ ahead. In episode 8 of Season 5 of Game of Thrones, Jon Snow and a group of other members of the Night’s Watch attempt to persuade the Wildlings to join forces with them against the White Walkers. Jon attempts to persuade the Wildlings to come with them to Castle Black. Karsi, one of the Wildling leaders on...