Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the release of David Bowie's mid-70s masterpiece, Low, the first album of his so-called Berlin Trilogy (later joined by "Heroes" and Lodger). Working with… Read the rest of the article: David Bowie's 11th studio album, "Low," is 42 today

I really enjoyed these two interviews on the D&D Beyond channel with actors Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood, Daredevil) and Joe Manganiello (True Blood, Justice League, Magic Mike), both D&D… Read the rest of the article: Deborah Ann Woll and Joe Manganiello talk about acting, roleplaying, and D&D's unique form of storytelling

I have followed the work of the brilliant indie hardware engineer, Sarah Petkus, for years. Her first projects to capture my attention were her delta robot army and NoodleFeet (see… Read the rest of the article: Sarah Petkus' She Bon project: tech augmentation for sensing and expressing female arousal

Adam Savage keeps mining deeper and deeper strata of nerdly obsessions, with recent Tested projects including collaborating with other prop makers to create a spot-on ACES NASA astronaut suit for… Read the rest of the article: Model makers Kayte Sabicer and Adam Savage build a jaw-dropping replica of the Blade Runner blimp

Political rabble-rouser and anti-Trump activist Claude Taylor wants to make sure that we don't forget the fact that the Saudi government, likely ordered by the crown prince, brutally tortured, murdered,… Read the rest of the article: Khashoggi Way sign goes up on Jared Kushner's street

When I was a teen in the 1970s, I lived for foosball. In the tiny town of Chester, VA where I grew up, the Family Circus Foosball Parlor, which had… Read the rest of the article: Comedians in a room playing foosball

"From Morlocks to warlocks, nerds are passionate about a lot of things, but there's one thing they love above all else and that is correcting people*." So begins each intro… Read the rest of the article: "Um, Actually," there is a game show of nerd pwnage

If you have an avid gamer on your holiday gift list, here are some great game gift recommendations for 2018. You can also find plenty of other candidates in the… Read the rest of the article: Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2018

Here are some recent game releases of note and some of what I've been up to in hobby gaming over the past month or so. Strontium Dog Warlord Games, $63,… Read the rest of the article: What's new in tabletop gaming (November edition)

It's been driving me crazy. I knew acting Attorney General slash Cult45 tool, Matthew Whitaker, reminded me of someone. Someone awful. My first thought was Lex Luthor. But yesterday, I… Read the rest of the article: Matt Whitaker and Daredevil's Kingpin, separated at birth?

I posted some pre-release interviews with Peter Bebergal about his latest book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural. The book examines the frequent use… Read the rest of the article: Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies

Boing Boing pal, Peter Bebergal, has a new book coming out later this month called Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural. In 2015's Season… Read the rest of the article: Author Peter Bebergal discusses his latest book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural

I woke up this morning to the sad news that maker-pal and pioneering hobby roboticist, Gordon McComb, had passed away. I wrote a brief eulogy on Make: It is with… Read the rest of the article: Father of hobby robotics, Gordon McComb, has died

I was so thrilled to discover this last night. Ahead of the forthcoming release of the remastered, expanded edition of the Ramones' iconic 1978 album, Road to Ruin, KEXP premiered… Read the rest of the article: Newly completed Ramones song, S.L.U.G., released ahead of Road to Ruin reissue

On Game Terrain Engineering, Jim Kelly posted this great tutorial on building a wall-mounted display for your lovingly-painted fantasy miniatures collection. The display, while looking quite elaborate and substantial, is… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic thematic wall displays for your gaming miniatures

I have been a tabletop/roleplaying gamer, off and on, for most of my life. Miniature modeling, painting, and terrain building have always been my favorite aspects of this wide-ranging and… Read the rest of the article: Great advice for those getting started in miniature painting

Here are some recent game releases of note and some of what I've been up to in hobby gaming over the past month or so. Earlier this year, I wrote… Read the rest of the article: What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? (Early August Edition)

Oblique Strategies (Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas), released in 1975 by Brian Eno and the late British multimedia artist Peter Schmidt, is a deck of 100+ cards with evocative statements… Read the rest of the article: Reshuffling the epigrammatic phrases of Eno/Schmidt's Oblique Strategies into Grotesque Tables

A rare 1980 clip of Stanley Kubrick talking on the phone about the ending of 2001 has surfaced by way of a Reddit thread. A piece on the Esquire website… Read the rest of the article: Kubrick explains the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey in rare video clip

Imagine my surprise to see my old friend, Pagan Kennedy, being talked about Friday night in a "New Rules" segment on Real Time with Bill Maher. Pagan's opinion piece in… Read the rest of the article: Pagan Kennedy's NY Times piece on collective vs. personal health becomes "New Rule" on Real Time