Welcome to FBOTU‘s second annual 12 Days of Geekmas and the 12th and final selection in our special gift guide! What is Geekmas, you ask? What is Geekmas? Why, it’s only the most magical time of the year, when geeky children of all ages get what’s coming to them! So, for 12 delirious days, Fanboys of the Universe will help you find the perfect gift for the…
David Fincher proves that darkness and brutality transcend language barriers—as does excellent filmmaking—in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, a new adaptation of the best-selling novel. WARNING: MAY CONTAIN MILD SPOILERS! (NOTE: This is a review solely of the 2011 adaptation of the novel. As I have not seen the original Swedish film or read the book, I will be judging…
It was an epic battle of the badasses on the season finale of Terra Nova. First of all, let me just say that I’m glad I stuck with this show. About three or four episodes in, it was starting to feel a little too precious. I kept watching, though, because something about the show felt comforting and familiar. For the most part, family programming has been replaced…
The original brilliant, antisocial, probably insane detective returns to save the world, outwit the bad guys and make smoldering glances at his best friend in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. WARNING: YOU MAY DEDUCE THAT THIS CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS! Brilliant London detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has finally met his match in the equally genius but morally…
If you like superheroes and shiny silver balls, then you must pick up Marvel Pinball on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. The basic game costs $10 and comes with four tables: Wolverine, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Blade. There are also add-on tables with the Fantastic Four, Captain America, X-Men, Ghost Rider and Moon Knight. Each table is unique, beautiful and…
First of all, Saints Row: The Third lets you choose the size of your c*ck—and pretty much every other part of you—but your c*ck, your bulge, your manhood, you choose the size of it all. Oh, and if you choose to be female, then you can (yawn) orchestrate your cleavage. Saints Row: The Third is Volition’s latest sandbox gangsta extravaganza. Think Grand Theft Auto…
If you’ve been in as many fights as I have while wearing nothing but a towel, you know that by the time your opponent throws you across the room into a bookshelf, the towel is probably going to slip. Not so for Dylan McDermott in this week’s episode of American Horror Story, who made it through a three-round skirmish with the rubber-clad ghost boyfriend of…
The holidays are coming, but you wouldn’t know it in this week’s comics, which are completely devoid of any sort of holiday cheer. Instead, we have vivisection, prostitution, murder and a disemboweled partridge in a pear tree. Luckily, I also downloaded a collection of holiday-themed Archie comics. So, you go ahead and read about the horror and despair below,…
One of the things I love about going to conventions is the feeling of belonging I experience strolling through the exhibit hall. Or, as Long-Suffering Boyfriend likes to say whenever we pass Jedis dueling or Wonder Twins activating, “These are your people.” Imagine, then, cranking that feeling of camaraderie and acceptance up to about 100, and you’ll have some notion…
Gambit’s A Closed World is an eloquent and beautiful flash game that deserves our attention for doing something no other game has. First, it’s a game that uses gay issues as its premise. Second, its Pokemon-ish battle system promotes using reason, instead of just obliterating an opponent with bullets or blades. However, it still manages to maintain an intensity…
The Muppets make a triumphant return to big-screen form in a film that’s funny, touching, exhilarating and refreshingly retro. WARNING: MAY CONTAIN MILD SPOILERS AND/OR MAHNA MAHNA! Walter (Peter Linz) and Gary (Jason Segel) are brothers living in Smalltown, USA. They’re as close as people can be, even though Gary is a tall, goofy human and Walter is a…
We’ve reached the end of our FBOTU Spotlight on Jon Macy and his latest series, Fearful Hunter. Fearful Hunter tells the magical story of two star-crossed lovers, a young Druid on the verge of independence and a loving, but troubled werewolf. It’s an emotional, spiritual and sexy fantasy adventure, brought to vivid, haunting life by Jon’s beautiful black…
Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is filled with stories. There are those that are plotted out, and those that just happen when game systems interact with each other—like my fight against two dragons, two giants and a few massive mammoths. Or my lovely wedding with a Nordic werewolf with a heart of gold and a two-handed sword. Enough people have told you about…
“Pretty Much Dead Already,” this week’s episode of The Walking Dead definitely makes up for the last few. I feared the title might be a bad omen for the show. Were they giving up? No, the show has already been picked up for a third season. But “pretty much dead already” was how I was feeling about the show, and then I saw this episode. It’s…
Bent-Con is ONE WEEK AWAY, and Fanboys of the Universe has an exclusive preview of what you can expect to see and do at the show! Sean-Z, creator of MYTH, former Fanboy of the Month and founder of Bent-Con, joins me for a special podcast interview to discuss the show! Sean-Z gives us the inside scoop on the vendors, guests and programming opportunities at the con, as well…
You may wonder what a gay, atheist, vegetarian would be thankful for on Thanksgiving, and how he might express those thanks. Let me just say this: After three bottles of wine, all things are possible. It’s been a rather amazing year for us here at Fanboys of the Universe. Between the site re-design, con appearances and increased traffic, we find ourselves the 509,172nd…
