Comic-Con 2013: Course Of The Force Closing Ceremony Kicks Off Comic-Con In Style

Comic-Con 2013: Course of the Force Closing Ceremony Kicks off Comic-Con in Style

ComicCon-logoI arrived a bit early this year for Comic-Con and managed to catch the end of the Course of the Force relay run for the Make-a-Wish foundation. For the second year now Nerdist Industries, in association with Lucasfilm, have journeyed from San Francisco to San Diego to have some fun and help out children in need.

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Rated NA 90: Keys In The Bowl With Jessica Merizan

Rated NA 90: Keys in The Bowl with Jessica Merizan

Jessica Merizan stops by to talk about community management at BioWare, Crabcat Industries, Try This At Home on Nerdist, and… tomahawks?! We also discuss the latest from the Marvel movie circuit and the announcement that JJ Abrams is directing Star Wars VII. Finally, you talk community events with us in our NAQOTW. So throw your keys in the bowl, sit back, and relax.

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Try This At Home With Crabcat Industries: Building Badassery

Try This at Home With Crabcat Industries: Building Badassery

We’ve been covering the creative folks at Crabcat Industries for ages now and are stoked to share with you the very first episode of their Nerdist series Try This at Home With Crabcat Industries. If you’re curious about Crabcat and what they do, you should check out Morgan Spurlock’s beautiful documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: a Fan’s Hope. Try this at Home aims to help viewers with a wide variety of projects from prop building to power suits. I can’t wait to see the freaking power suits!

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Comic-Con 2012: The Nerdist Channel’s New Lineup Highlights Creativity

Comic-Con 2012: The Nerdist Channel’s New Lineup Highlights Creativity

We love what both Geek and Sundry and The Nerdist are doing for pop-culture.  By highlighting creative and intelligent individuals that typically don’t get a ton of attention, Nerdist Industries lets people know that it’s okay to be an art nerd, or a science nerd.  Nerdist lets you know that it’s totally okay to be exactly who or what you want to be.

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Pod People: Five Podcasts That Will Transform Your World

Pod People: five podcasts that will transform your world

I was desperate. My music selection was depressing me, and local talk radio was starting to sound like a Ford commercial. Considering that I spend about an hour of my day on average commuting, I went on the hunt for some podcasts last year that ended up making my driving experience much more enjoyable. Did I mention that these are all FREE to download?

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