First off, it’s ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! The Otaku Journalism book is fully formatted and will be on sale sometime next week! I’m so exciting to finally share it with the world, and I wanted my readers to be the first to know.

Now, onto the links:

• From the design studio that conceptualized the XBox 360 comes Stolen Jewels, a highly pixelated accessory line.

• Beginning this April, you’ll be able to buy Gundam model kits at 400 different Barnes & Noble locations. At this rate, how long will it be until B&N turns into a toy store?

• An email exchange between Tony and myself prompted him to write about the link between autism and fandom.

• The Daily Dot explored how tabletop games became such a big part of our plugged in world. Part of the answer: Wil Wheaton.

• The ancient Greek rhetorical tradition of “I can’t even.”

• Why Obama’s Between Two Ferns appearance worked. From the article:

Obama’s presidency has overlapped with the rise of the meme, and both he and Michelle have taken advantage of this.

• How bronies are redefining what it means to be a man in America.

• Finally: Praise Helix! How Twitch Plays Pokemon invented a nuanced Pokémon mythos.

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