The boys welcome back fan favorite guest, Darwin Smith!  They discuss the state of nerd, the future of Nerd City, and Darwin’s new project, BLACKOUT. So strap yourself in, Episode 80 with Darwin Smith is going to be an awesomely bumpy ride!
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Today we saw the release, though quite short, of the first trailer for the Wii exclusive NBA Jam. The game, from what I can see looks fun and I assume it will be since it is supposed to play just like the older games. Unfortunately we don’t get too much game footage, but that [...]

Everyone has found themselves beatboxing under their breath from time to time.  The only problem is, only a handful of us out there are actually good at it.  Thankfully, INCREDIBOX has taken the fun of beatbox and removed any of the skill necessary to make it happen.
I was taken back to such videogames as Mario [...]

Check out these prints from the new M. Collective (Matthew Ryan Sharp, Project Detonate, and Tyler “Mutt” Coey).

Get yours @ Oh No Doom!

I love the idea of portraits being painted of classic toys and action figures.  Especially if the artist doing the portraits is the awesomely talented Bwana Spoons!
From Bwana Spoons:
so i got an awesome commission to do my entire star wars figure collection and them some. I think about 120 portraits, most of which are pretty [...]

This week’s Double Door Show of the Week is popular Ann Arbor dance-pop outfit My Dear Disco, this Friday, March 12 @ 9 p.m.

Known for their out-of-sight live shows and groovy beats, M.D.D. is perfect for the Nerd who loves to cut loose (and let’s be honest, who doesn’t).
Shoeless Revolution and Alter Ego also perform.
Get [...]

Conan O’Brien, who can’t leagally be on TV till September, has decided to take his show on the road. Not much is known about the format of this show, but it’s Conan O’Brien so it’s gonna be funny regardless. Did your town make the list, find out below and for more information you [...]

At last years E3, we got the first announcement of Sonys version of motion control gaming.  Not much was shown outside of some tech demos and an odd looking wand with a glowing ball on top of it.  Well at this weeks game developers conference, Sony debuted the full working version of what they are [...]

“The Last Unicorn” art show’s website is now up here. Featuring Nerd Citizens Lana Crooks, Jenny Frisson, and Steve Seeley, as well as original creator Peter S. Beagle, this event coincides with C2E2 and is going to be badass and super unicorn-y.

Get all the deets here.

Got a pair of these sweet bad boys @ Chicago Comics.

Handerpants!

For me, the Steregon sculpt from Nerd One is one of the coolest Kaiju sculpts to come out in recent times.  He’s based upon a cool concept (speakers for eyes!), is in a great pose, and has pretty decent articulation for a vinyl Kaiju piece.  This particular colorway is for Mark Nagata’s Kaiju Comrades 2 [...]

Details about this years Tiger Woods game have come out of this weeks game develops conference being held in San Fransisco. First EA has announced the biggest feature to this years game is the introduction of the Ryder Cup, a tournament where you will play along with a team of other golfers from your country [...]

Having spent much time  on this here internet, I have admittedly developed a fondness for food blogs. I just think they are cool. Basically, I like food, and I like reading and looking @ pictures about it.

Now, lo and behold, it turns out one of Nerd City’s friends, Shea Hess, runs an awesome food blog [...]

Alright.  So, the idea is that we intend to have a bunch of cool stuff going on at Nerd City’s booth throughout the entire C2E2 weekend (April 16-18).  First and foremost of which will be an amazing lineup of artists doing live art, signings, and selling limited edition merch!  Keep checking back here as we [...]

Capcom has officially announced the long rumored, and pretty damn near confirmed, inclusion of Hakan in Super Street Fighter IV. Hakan is a brand new character created for this game and based off of the below videos, he seems to be a cross between Zangief and Abel. I’m not too sure why they [...]