Recently, we at NERDSociety.com have been contacted by representatives of Hess about helping with getting the Hess Toy Truck into the National Toy Hall of Fame; this was an issue that could not be ignored, for the Hess Toy Truck is an icon and it must be a part of this kind of history.  As many of us writers are fans and collectors of toys, the Hess Truck was a no brainer, it has to be a part of the National toy Hall of Fame.

So please, dear reader, continue on with the interview and read why this is such an …

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Grant Gustin, better known as Sebastian from Glee, has just been cast as Barry Allen aka The Flash in the upcoming season of CW’s Arrow. The plan is for Barry Allen’s character to appear in three episodes of Arrow before The Flash series spins off on its own.  Here is the character description from a press release: “Barry Allen (Gustin) is a Central City assistant police forensic investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may have a connection to a tragedy in his past. A comic book fan boy, Barry is obsessed …

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Sanrio, DC Entertainment and Warner Brothers entered into a licensing agreement recently to produce a line of Hello Kitty products depicting the cartoon feline dressed up as different DC superhero characters. The line will feature the usual Hello Kitty fare: stationery, clothing and accessories, but will also include food items, stuff like brushes and shampoo, and publishing which possibly means the next installment in the Dark Knight franchise (just kidding).  Viz Media has a new Hello Kitty graphic novel coming out this fall so it should only be a matter of time before the Bat Kitty hits the shelves.

The promotional …

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 A perfect representation of what EA will do to Star Wars games, rejoice!

The end is nigh, as EA, the most hated gaming publisher currently in existence has (regrettably) made a deal with Disney in which they have the exclusive rights to develop and publish Star Wars games in the next few years. EA promises to create tittles that will span all interactive platforms and every genre in gaming. They have already tasked DICE, the developers of Battlefield and Visceral Games, the creators of Dead Space, have already begun development on their own Star Wars games. Nothing is currently known about …

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Two men were captured by surveillance camera on March 2nd at 4:50 am robbing the Atomic City Comic Book store on South St. in Philadelphia. The police report that the two men smashed the front window of the store before entering and making off with a red bag full of money and “other items.” This is a concern with the rising prices in comic books these days.  A first printing of a Walking Dead #1 can garner upwards of $1,000.00. Check out this one being auctioned off on ebay as we speak:  Walking Dead #1 First Printing.   Same thing goes for …

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Rejoice fans of old school RPGs for one of the greatest games of that particular genre, Planescape Torment is getting a sequel titled Torment: Tides of Numenera and through the crowd funded wonders of Kickstarter it has surpassed over 2 million dollars with over 38 000 backers helping to make the project come to fruition. Did I mention the original goal was 900 000? In addition, did I mention the game managed to get that much money in only 8 hours after its Kickstarter launched? It is well on its way too becoming the most successful project ever funded by Kickstarter …

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I finally got the chance to play the PC version of Assassins Creed 3 and I was fairly excited for a number of reasons: Ubisoft claimed that it would actually make an effort when porting it to the platform, several of my friends told me how superior it is the console and being the snobby/elitist PC gamer that I am I was positively thrilled to try it out. Despite the ending being yet another catastrophe on the level of ME3.

Upon starting the game up I was treated to a lovely recreation of 18 century, Great Britain. The graphics looked vastly …

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Artist Ale Garza has worked on titles like Marvel Knights Spiderman, Batgirl, Teen Titans, Supergirl, Witchblade, Vampirella and more recently the death of Deadpool series for Marvel.  His professional career started at the young age of 18 and he’s managed to build quite an extensive resume as an artist working for DC, Top Cow, Zenescope, as well as the aforementioned Marvel.

You can pick up Ale’s incredible artwork at Velvet Underground Comics in Las Vegas on Saturday Feb. 9 from 1-5pm. Steven Riddle, aka the Riddler, owner of Velvet Underground Comics, will also be on hand to share his extensive knowledge …

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The end of the world is nigh! For J.J. Abrams the man who is famous for rebooting Star Trek is now doing Star Wars as well if what the report that came from The Wrap is to be believed, Abrams was a fan favorite pick ever since the film itself was announced but back in November he explicitly stated that he would NOT direct the next Star Wars film, fearing that it could cause major issues with his current partnership with Paramount.

I’ve never been much of a ST fan myself but I will admit the reboot in 2009 was very …

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There’s been a lot of rumors swirling lately about JGL possibly being cast in Guardians of the Galaxy but now it’s been confirmed that he will in fact be taking the role of Johnny in this latest Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez project instead, a part which was originally offered to Johnny Depp. Levitt had this to say: ”I love how the first movie uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality.  Plus, nobody makes a badass like Mr. Rodriguez.” This new character of Johnny not …

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