Roddenberry'd Treasures: The New Star Trek Podcast

Fri 10 Aug '12 Roddenberry'd Treasures: The New Star Trek Podcast Weekly "Mission Log" analyzes every episode, one by one. Right now at Star Trek Las Vegas, great throngs of the franchise's fans (Trekkies? Trekkers? We refuse to take a stand on such controversial issues) have gathered to share their love of every single detail in the Gene-Roddenberry-created universe. Most will have seen every episode, perhaps more than once; some will think they already know every minute detail. Not so fast. Tonight at the convention, Roddenberry Entertainment will celebrate the launch of a brand new podcast on the Nerdist Network entitled Mission Log, which will offer in-depth analysis based on exclusive access to the Roddenberry family archives, including Gene's handwritten notes on his original scripts. Created by Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry (Gene's son), and hosted by veteran podcasters and Star Trek aficionados John Champion (DVD Geeks) and Ken Ray (Mac OS Ken), Mission Log will offer a balanced yet critical analysis of the underlying themes, metaphors and subtexts intertwined in each Star Trek episode, from "The Cage" through to the final episode of Enterprise, and every animated episode and movie in between. It will be available free every week at Nerdist.com and MissionLogPodcast.com, so unlike many of the attractions available to fans visiting Vegas, it's no gamble. Interact with the show on Twitter and Facebook for a chance to have your comments included on an episode; we know there are some of you out there who still have issues more burning than Pon Farr about specific minutiae. So pack up your Tribbles and prick up your pointy ears - for the true fan, Mission Log is the only logical choice in weekly audio entertainment.

Bad Timing The One Who Clocks Enter for a chance to win a Breaking Bad watch and art. They're pretty fly.   Castle Crasher In a Magic Mood Justin Willman casts a spell over a live audience at LA's famous Magic Castle.

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Weekly Round-up: Moe Monsters, Konoha Casual and Olympic Ambitions

Thu 9 Aug '12 Weekly Round-up: Moe Monsters, Konoha Casual and Olympic Ambitions Plus a surprising product featuring Hatsune Miku herself! Olympic Ambitions - What's a 3-time Olympic medalist to do when she's ready to hang up her swimming cap and climb out of the pool? Well, if you're 21-year-old swimmer Satomi Suzuki, then you're going to become a voice actress. Apparently, she's not only a world-class athelete, but she's also an Olympic-caliber otaku with plans to take the voice acting world by storm upon her return to Japan. Considering she's friends with prolific seiyuu Ryuuzou Ishino, we may soon see her dominate in yet another field of her choice. Shinobi Swag - The fine folks at Japanese retailer BEAMS must have used "business casual no justu" on their menswear offerings because their line of Naruto-inspired MANGART polo shirts are fandom-tested, workplace-approved. Now you can rock Sasuke's sliced leaf crest on the front, the Mangekyou Sharingan symbol on the sleeve and the Uchiha clan logo on the back. Betraying your entire village has never looked this good. Momo's Moe-mon - The Pokemon Company used "Moe" on their extensive line of character goods. It's super effective! That's right - Pokemon just got cuter thanks to their stylized "Pokemomo" line of Pokemon-inspired goods designed by Japanese illustrator Momo Okada. Only 5 Pokemon - Pikachu, Plusle, Minun, Gengar and Snorlax - got the makeover treatment, but they'd even melt Gary Oak's icy heart, so fans can rest easy. Miku Makeover - The announcement that Sony would release a limited edition Hatsune Miku version of its Walkman portable music player is simultaneously the most and least surprising news we've heard in a while. We expect to see Miku's digital smiling face on anything and everything, but who knew that Sony was still making the Walkman? Limited to 3939 units, the digital MP3 player comes pre-installed with a Hatsune Miku wallpaper, a special Vocaloid song and a laser etching of Miku on the back. Truthfully, we're holding out for a Megurine Luka Talkboy.

8-Bit Bling Pac-Man's Promise Show that special someone they gobble up all your heart-pellets with these Pac-Man rings!    J-Pop N' Lock It Perfume Perfection  "Spending All My Time" with Perfume's new music video has been a total blast.

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