Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse your nexus feed for all things fandom.

I am Benlinburg, senior editor for the Ringer, Button Mash Maven, and guy who has the happy task

of putting together Ringerverse recommends.

At the end of each month I make the call.

Ringerverse Avengers, assemble!

And after several subsequent texts, slacks and emails, most of them do.

We started this series in April, which makes this August

edition our fifth entry, and hey, fifth times the charm. This month's mini

episode is also available on YouTube, where you can see the obiwan beard I'm rocking right now.

Not for much longer because it's starting to itch and I just don't have it in me to become a

beard guy with the beard oils and the beard trimmers and the ostentatious stroking of the chin. It's a whole lifestyle.

But you're not here to hear about my hair. You're here to hear about the recent releases in

nerd culture that the Ringerverse and Hasavar overlooked and thus that you may have missed in August.

This is where we collect testimonials from Ringerverse hosts and regular guests

about the brand new books and comics and movies and video games and TV and other media that they've

enjoyed but that we haven't yet given the full podcast treatment.

This month has been kind of quiet compared to the two that preceded it.

And you know what, we needed that time to recharge.

But maybe you've had to look a little harder for entertainment,

and maybe you have some extra hours to fill.

And now you're wearing your white dress and hair buns

bending over your droid or your iPhone

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