by Erik Kain on February 24, 2012
Students at have put together a fun experiment. They’ve calculated just how much it would cost to build a Death Star from Star Wars. The steel alone, they estimate, would cost at “2012 prices, about $852,000,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the world’s GDP.” Kevin Drum says this is a bargain – for the Galactic Empire: [...]
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This is via the AMC Theatres Pinterest pinboard: Pinterest is really quite clever, by the way, though I’ve only just begun exploring it (if you’ve begun wandering about the site yourself you can follow me here though I have yet to post anything myself.) Will there be room for another social network like Pinterest? Given [...]
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Watch the best Superbowl ads of 2012 before the game. Advertisers go high-tech for the big game this year. This year the Superbowl is going high-tech. For the first time ever you can watch the game live online or on your mobile phone. You can also watch many of the big game’s big ad spots [...]
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If Star Wars had been set in feudal Japan, this is what a Storm Trooper would look like: That’s from digital artist Clinton Felker. See more amazing images at BuzzFeed. Now I kind of wish they’d extend the Star Wars universe into a more Far Eastern setting… See also: Star Wars Isn’t a Religion It’s [...]
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If Star Wars had been set in feudal Japan, this is what a Storm Trooper would look like: That’s from digital artist Clinton Felker. See more amazing images at BuzzFeed. Now I kind of wish they’d extend the Star Wars universe into a more Far Eastern setting… See also: Star Wars Isn’t a Religion It’s [...]
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Liel Leibovitz takes on the Force and the overly simplistic mythology of Star Wars: From faith stems nuance. From myth, generalities. And, sadly for us, the spirit of myth is winning: We revere Star Wars because to our minds—modern machines that equate religion with superstition and are willing to disregard imperfections in science but never in [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 11, 2011
In spite of mixed reviews from fans, Activision saw record sales for its ‘Modern Warfare 3′ launch. Activision Blizzard reported sales of more than $400 million and more than 6.5 million units sold in North America and the United Kingdom for its latest in the popular Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 3. The announcement is big news [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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