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Grimlock Smashes Again!
April 26th, 2012
Please consider the following mathematical proof: Robots = Awesome -> Dinosaurs = Awesome -> Robots + Dinosaurs = CRAZY AWESOME!!! (Q.E.D.) Matt Tieger of High Moon Studios is a man with an intimate understanding of the above principle. The brains behind the newest Transformers game Fall of Cybertron, he envisioned ushering in a new age [...]
Opinion: Reading for the Sake of Reading
January 31st, 2012
I read this Salon article because the headline – “Stories Don’t Need Morals or Messages” – incensed me. But Miller’s point is not that stories should be soulless. Rather, she argues that the oft-used justification for reading, that the reader is “learning something,” gets in the way of really enjoying reading for its own sake. And [...]
Girls Legos Under Attack
January 26th, 2012
It may sound like a school yard fight complete with hair pulling and slapping, but some individuals inside and outside the toy industry are accusing Lego Friends, Lego’s new girl-targeted construction line, of severe and inappropriate gender profiling. Richard Gottlieb of Global Toy News admits that many of the criticisms are over heated, but seems [...]
G.I. Joe Retaliation Trailer Hits
December 13th, 2011
In 2009, G.I. Joe fans, critics, and a worldwide audience were treated to Hasbro’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, a film that many believe failed to capture the essence of the ever-popular military toy brand. Since the early 1980s, G.I. Joe has been the story of a military strike force mobilized to combat the [...]
The Ultimate History of Cute Robots
December 8th, 2011
i09 just posted The Ultimate History of Cute Robots covering every robot worth its weight in “awwwws” and we here at Kunoichi pick our favorites out of that list – Anna van Slee: I picked Bubo because he’s wise AND cute. A golden owl robot?! Amazing! (And I picked first so no one else could [...]