filmmaking The magic of movie miniatures via the Slice of Life fan film Gareth Branwyn

video games Nathan Fillion plays Nathan Drake in this awesome Uncharted fan film Seamus Bellamy

movies The Overlook Hotel: A "sequel" to The Shining David Pescovitz

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

puppets Mr. Manos is the finger ninja action film series of the summer Andrea James

misogyny "Tingle Monsters" is an incredibly unsettling ASMR feminist horror film Thom Dunn

DIY Mad genius builds robotic arm to control synth with Nintendo Power Glove Gareth Branwyn

rona Jason Voorhees pandemic mask available Rob Beschizza

Gadgets From Star Wars to Borderlands, check out these Steam games at big savings Boing Boing's Shop

UFOs Pentagon releases UFO footage Thom Dunn

b-side Studio Ghibli backgrounds you can use at your next online meeting Carla Sinclair

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dolly Parton was actually a producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Gareth Branwyn

short film Watch this wild fan-made "Blade Runner" mash-up short film Thom Dunn

coronavirus It's official: Comi-Con is canceled this year Mark Frauenfelder

Disney The Simpsons are coming to Disney+ in its original aspect ratio Seamus Bellamy

science fiction Syfy makes all four seasons of Battlestar Galactica free to stream online Gareth Branwyn

insects Watch this housefly do amazing tricks (1910) David Pescovitz

storytelling Rian Johnson explains the art of an excellent plot twist Thom Dunn

library Getting a library card in Los Angeles is pretty easy Jason Weisberger