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Tech NewsThe Internet reacts to Persona 5’s new hero with glorious fan art
Yesterday morning, Atlus unveiled a new trailer for the latest game in the supernatural JRPG series Persona, revealing the games’ main character. Within a matter of minutes after the reveal, fans celebrated a character they know barely anything about with some wonderful, wonderful art. Header Image Credit: γγ°γ@γ€γ³γε€θ¬οΌζ¬‘γΉγγΌγ― on Pixiv Not much is known about … Continued
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Artist turns Lego’s ‘Friends’ dolls into badass superheroines
Lego’s Friends line has been met with plenty of success, but it came under a lot of fire when it launched for conforming to female stereotypes. Artist Jon Lazar decided to change that with his Lego Super Friends project, taking these shopping-loving, cute-animal-crazy dolls and turning them into comic book heroes. For the month of … Continued
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A Bag End Bag for your Unexpected Journeys
This leather bag crafted by Esty user Forgiantica Leather is a delightful recreation of Bag End’s front door – complete with Wizard graffiti! Not only does the bag recreate all the textures of the door in stellar detail – front and back – it’ goes the extra mile with the sigil Gandalf carves into Bilbo’s … Continued
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We are entering an era of acceptance for ‘weird’ pop culture
With the news over the weekend that Guardians of the Galaxy has become the highest grossing movie of 2014 in the US, it feels like we’re seeing the start of something new in sci-fi and fantasy media – you don’t have to hide your properties inherent ‘weirdness’ to find mainstream success any more. https://gizmodo.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-is-now-the-highest-grossing-mov-1628832126 It’s … Continued
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This Ultimate Spider-Man cosplay is nothing short of incredible
Miles Morales is finally getting some time in the spotlight lately thanks to the news he’ll be showing up in Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon, but this amazing cosplayer’s photo shoot as the young hero has us yearning for Miles to get his own movie. https://gizmodo.com/donald-glover-is-the-perfect-miles-morales-on-ultimate-1626877097 Nikolas Draper-Ivey is an illustrator, model and cosplayer whose been … Continued
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Welcome to Toybox!
Hello there, and welcome to Toybox – io9’s new subsite for the nitty gritty when it comes to the pop culture we all know and love. First things first, I’m James, a new recruit working with the io9 team to manage and run Toybox. Hi! You might know me by my former Gawker Media persona, … Continued
James Whitbrook
James Whitbrook is the Deputy Editor at io9. Starting his career in entertainment journalism joining io9 in 2014 as an intern, and then a staff writer shortly thereafter, he's now been writing at the site for over 10 years, with areas of expertise including Doctor Who, comics, games, Star Trek, and having way too many thoughts about Star Wars. When not explaining some esoteric lore about a Star-based franchise or comic book character online, James spends his time playing too many JRPGs and MMOs, taking elaborate photos of action figures, and building Gundam model kits.
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