Actor Ben Gazzara Dead at 81

Nerdist

• The Art Of Lego
  PBS’ Off Book web series has an episode posted now about Lego art. This is pretty amazing: These artists make portraits and sculptures out of Lego that in some cases look like pixelated versions of photos, and in other cases just look like cool Lego designs. And there’s even stop action animation going on, including […]
  Perry Michael Simon
• The Legacy Music Hour #81: Secret of Mana
  Secret of Mana is the focus of Episode 81.  Brent and Rob have focused on genres, composers, and franchises, but never before have they focused on a single game.  Composed by Hiroki Kikuta, this is one of the best video game soundtracks of all time, at least, that’s what Brent thinks.  Rob likes it a […]
  Katie Levine
• Downtown L.A. Gets a Hero Complex this Weekend
  UPDATE: Stan Lee has canceled his Monday appearance. Ticket-holders will apparently be contacted directly for refund information. If you’ve watched Hero Complex on the Nerdist Channel (and if not, why haven’t you?), you’ve probably found yourself wishing you could hang out with all the iconic genre celebrities that L.A. Times reporter Geoff Boucher gets to [ […]
  Luke Y. Thompson