Liz Ohanesian

Rob Roberts paints Transformers at BotCon.; Credit: Liz Ohanesian

At BotCon, Transformers Fans Create and Sell Their Own Toys

Liz Ohanesian
Rob Roberts is sitting behind an exhibit hall table at the Pasadena Convention Center carefully painting a Transformer. At BotCon, the annual gathering of Transformers fans, people can take a class on how to customize their figures. Since the session filled, some have dropped off their toys with Roberts to do......
3 Teeth; Credit: Courtesy of 3 Teeth

3 Teeth's Industrial Music Is Also Transgressive Art (VIDEO)

Liz Ohanesian
3TEETH, L.A.'s Hot Industrial Multi-Media Band, In Studio at Burbank from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. Above you can see L.A. Weekly's original video with L.A. industrial outfit 3 Teeth. But their own work takes a different tack. For their video for "Consent," they cut up found footage and spliced......
Traci Hines inside Melrose Avenue boutique Japan LA; Credit: Liz Ohanesian

Meet Traci Hines, the Real-Life Hipster Little Mermaid

Liz Ohanesian
Traci Hines looks like a Disney Princess, all big eyes and wide smile. Even with her hair fashionably shaved on the side, cherry red waves fall over one shoulder in a way that's unmistakably Ariel. Hines' resemblance to the fictional mermaid changed the course of this 29-year-old singer's career. She's the......
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Fire Cannot Kill a Quizmaster

Liz Ohanesian
Consider this your shot at the Iron Throne. Fire Cannot Kill a Quizmaster is a winner-takes-all Game of Thrones trivia battle where the questions are tough and the competition is fierce. If you can recite Tyrion's monologues by heart, that's great. Still, there will be multiple people in that room......
Jessica Chobot hosts Nerdist News and wrote the video game Daylight.; Credit: Shannon Cottrell

Why Aren't There More Women in the Video Game Industry?

Liz Ohanesian
Belinda Van Sickle had been working in the video game industry for nine years when she headed up to San Francisco for the second Women in Games International conference back in 2006. She sat in a room with 100 people, most of whom were female, and realized that she didn't know anyone......
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J-Pop Kawaii Parade

Liz Ohanesian
At Little Tokyo's Fairytale Boutique, fans of Japanese street fashion can pick up hoodies decorated with bunny ears, pastel sweaters covered with bats and carnival print dresses. Every few months, customers get together and strut through Little Tokyo in their attention-grabbing garb. Based on similar fashion walks in Japan, the......