tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132 2010-03-19T14:33:35Z Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.304314 2010-03-19 10:33:28 2010-03-19T14:33:35Z

Rob Bricken Dammit, this opening cinematic to Lego's Harry Potter Years 1-4 game isn't very clever nor particularly funny. And yet, such is my good will to all the Lego franchise games that I can't help but post it, and furthermore, be kind of excited about despite the fact that I don't really give a shit about Harry Potter. I mean, if it's even half as fun as Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman, that's a hell of a lot of fun, and well worth $40. Speaking of my obvious withdrawal for some kind of videogaming fun, expect my Final Fantasy XIII review on Monday. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.304292 2010-03-19 09:51:06 2010-03-19T14:11:05Z

Rob Bricken I kid, I kid. It's not like the Tenth Doctor didn't have his share of TARDIS mishaps, and this doesn't seem nearly so unreasonable as getting hit by a Space Titanic. At any rate, here's the first actual clip from the first episode of Doctor Who starring Matt Smith as the Doctor, trying to fix his TARDIS and chatting with a young future companion Amy Pond. Overall, the short clip isn't blowing my mind with awesomeness, but neither does it make me worried. Of course, it is very short.I tell you what does make me excited, though -- Steven Moffat. As those who follow me on Twitter know, I finally caught Moffat's Jekyll series earlier this week and was just blown away. It was like a mini-Lost, full of suspense and mysteries and awesome moments and a great dual performance by James Nesbitt. It went off the rails a bit at the end, but that's certainly something I'm used to with Doctor Who, so now I'm really looking forward to this new season. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.304275 2010-03-19 09:04:20 2010-03-19T13:09:32Z

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Adam Pawlus http://www.toplessrobot.com Continue reading "The 10 Best Stories in the Star Wars Expanded Universe" > tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.304072 2010-03-18 17:00:37 2010-03-18T20:26:47Z

Rob Bricken Pokémon Cosplayers sent out DIGNITY!DIGNITY is confused!Enemy Non-Nerd Bystanders used DISDAINFUL GLARE! DIGNITY fainted!Thanks to Mega Friday for the tip. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.304064 2010-03-18 15:57:14 2010-03-18T20:00:04Z

Rob Bricken ​No -- really. As a series of keyboard computers, even. Let me let Engadget give you the details.As President and CEO of the newly minted Commodore USA, [Barry Altman]'s spent the better part of a year crawling through the arcane red tape necessary to get the rights to the Commodore name. And now? With any luck, later this year the company's monumental advertising campaign will have had its effect ("something like you've never seen in your life," as Altman described it to us on the phone this afternoon) and you'll be able to have your very own keyboard computer with the Commodore logo slapped on for good measure. Presumably based on the Cybernet ZPC-GX31, the exact configurations and pricing will all be spelled out soon enough.The most advanced computer in my home until the day I left for college was an Atari 7800, so I'm not one of the nerds losing their shit over this. However, I know many, many people who still speak of the Commodore 64 with reverence, plus, I had two friends in grade school specifically on the basis of them owning Commodore 64s. So, to you who are shrieking with delight, pop the champagne, crack open a beer, whatever -- this is worth celebrating. And thanks to Kelly S. for the tip. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.304025 2010-03-18 14:59:45 2010-03-18T19:10:21Z

Rob Bricken ​Note: The real news is that Sir Ian McKellen has announced on his website (really, mentioned, but every nerd site everywhere is reporting it so it might has well have been a press release) that The Hobbit will start filming in New Zealand in July, and will take a year to film the two planned movies. However, since director Guillermo del Toro and producer Peter Jackson have yet to select/announce a young Bilbo, I wonder if this production date is wishful thinking on someone's part. Really, it doesn't matter. I just wanted to be able to use the horrible headline "Ian McKellen Can't Kick The Hobbit," so that everyone who uses it after -- AND THEY WILL -- will have to bow down before me and hideous pun mastery. And so I have. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.303992 2010-03-18 14:00:21 2010-03-18T18:17:53Z

Rob Bricken ​I have to admit that this shirt made me laugh out loud when I saw it. I think this is probably because I hate E.T., and the idea of Eliot doing a wicked flip on his Huffy and E.T. falling out to his death (or at least extreme discomfort) makes me really, really happy. Writing Topless Robot has a lot of perks, and learning that other people had my childhood fear of E.T. and subsequent hatred of the movie is certainly one of them. So guys? This shirt's for you. It's $14 over at Teextile. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.303891 2010-03-18 12:00:35 2010-03-18T16:01:27Z

Rob Bricken From Trek Today:In what certainly has to be the smallest scale ever for a science-fiction ship model, two scientists have constructed the USS Enterprise in a one-billionth scale. The scale model of the Enterprise is so tiny, that it can only be seen by an electron microscope. ​Scientists Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology, located in Japan, used a focused ion beam to cut out the model, using a process called chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The CVD process used phenanthrene gas to etch the tiny 8.8 micrometer USS EnterpriseFun fact: If you thought anything even slightly like "Sure it's a 1:1,000,000,000-scale, but it's kind of a shitty 1:1,000,000,000-scale Enterprise" upon seeing this, you are a huge, huge nerd. Thanks to everyone who sent me the tip. tag:www.toplessrobot.com,2010://132.303855 2010-03-18 11:19:09 2010-03-18T15:26:09Z

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