Keith's AWESOME BATMAN TOY COLLECTION Photos

Here are some very neat photos of a great collection of BATMAN TOYS sent to us by a friend over at facebook. His name is Keith & the cool thing is that he lives in Ireland. It looks like he is pretty serious about collecting all the Batman Movies on DVD. He really likes Action Figures, & if you look closely, you can see a lot of those Eaglemoss Pewter Figures. He has some great books & a few misc toys. Oh yeah, there is also an Autographed BATMAN Movie Script, very cool! ( I can make out the signatures of Danny DeVito & Michael Keaton, not sure who the 3rd one is ). I also like how everything is displayed. Thanks Keith, for sharing this. I always enjoy seeing other people's collections so if there are any other Bat-Collectors out there then please share some pics with us.

‘The Art Of Dead Space’ Offers An In-Depth Look At The Franchise

The Art of Dead Space covers the entirety of the franchise in great detail. More than an art book, it’s really an extended look into the franchise and how its graphical and gameplay elements came to be.

The first thing that pops out about The Art of Dead Space is the sheer amount of art. Broken down into categories, this book gets into everything from the Necromorphs to the various settings to weapons design, right down to how iconic levels like the Nursery were designed. You see Unitologist propaganda, advertisements for products that are never actually featured in the game without being buried under blood splats, and more.

If there’s a criticism, it’s that the book tries to cram a little too much in at times. Titan is always good about reproducing art to high quality, but there are moments where you’d wish certain paintings would get a full page. Similarly, Martin Robinson’s writing sometimes reads a little too much like ad copy for the game instead of a look at the art. That said, Robinson is willing to get in-depth and knows when to let the art speak for itself. He also makes a point of offering explicit references to influences throughout the text. Ernst Haeckel is one name that comes up quite a bit, for example.

Fair warning: You’ll want to beat Dead Space 3 before you delve into this book. But after you finish the game, you really should. For fans of the franchise, it’s a feast and likely the most in-depth look at the series we’ll get.

We’ve included a few preview images, so take a look and see what you’ll be able to appreciate.

Just a note: This scan doesn’t do this cover justice. It’s a gorgeous mix of matte and glossy printing.

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The Best Of Fake Science And A Review Of The Indispensable Textbook ‘Fake Science 101′

Fake Science 101 is a fake textbook filled with humorous pseudoscience written by Phil Edwards. I’ve been holding a copy for over a month but couldn’t review it until now because I’m the Slowest Reader Ever . Also, we wanted to include a gallery of funny pictures from the Fake Science website, which we’ve finally pulled together and included below.

The 272-page textbook is similar to other fake textbooks like Jon Stewart’s America, and it will help you get an A+ in biology if you went to the evangelical Christian high school I graduated from. If you want to use this as a reference for anything expected to be accurate, however, you’ll be seeing the teacher after class to explain why you thought J. Robert Oppenheimer had two extra arms from radiation-related mutation.

The book is slow in spots, but it quickly captured my heart with one thing I never tire of, Uranus jokes:

“It’s key we encourage interest in Uranus for all future scientists out there. Uranus is a great entry point for inquiring minds, and without it there would be a gaping hole in scientific study. As Sir William Herschel, who discovered Uranus, once said, “One thing in our universe deserves intensive study and endless probing, and that is Uranus.”

Yes, I am 12 years old and that is hilarious.

My only gripe with Fake Science 101 is that it is very text-heavy (being a textbook and all), and much of it seemed like hurriedly-penned filler material to bridge the jokes. I often found myself skimming the text to find the next punchline and looking forward to the photo captions, sidebars, and footnotes, where the humor usually lies. The amusing infographics of the Fake Science website are what attracted me to this book, a book which doesn’t include as many of these funny graphics as I had hoped it would.

Speaking of those funny pictures, our 30 favorite infographics from the Fake Science website are compiled below to give you a sense of Phil Edwards’ humor, and Fake Science 101 is available at Amazon.

Juggalos, take note.

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