Techland Roundup: The Daily Dose

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

Sundance: Second Life, Better Than The First?

No, I didn’t make the 2,100-mile trek to the Sundance Film Festival this year (I was too busy surveying the most underrated sci-fi epics of all-time). No slush and chaos for me.

Caprica Is New Again: Creator Talks Battlestar, A.I., Cheating Death

Update: What did you think of the new episode of Caprica? Read our analysis, and weigh in on the debate, right here.

Panel of the Week – 1/27/10

Hoo boy, what a haul this week! I dropped more coin on Wednesday than I have in a long, long time. And for my considerable dollars I got some great shots for Panel of the Week. Kick-Ass finally lived up to his name. Marvel wrapped up the longest labor in history with Cap Reborn. Green [...]

The Curious Case of DC Universe Online

Some day you’ll be able to play DC Universe Online on the PC and PlayStation 3. This, along with a few other scraps of random screenshots and information, is all anyone knows about the massively multiplayer online game. Video footage of actual gameplay is scarcer than gold Kryptonite. The trickle of information reached new levels [...]

A Simple Way to Scan Your Photos

Scanning things isn’t exactly rocket science but if you’ve ever owned a scanner, I bet you’ve had friends and family members drop off stacks of old photos for you to “just scan real quick!”

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo Drops On Xbox 360 – Go Get It

This morning EA’s DICE studio released a Xbox 260 demo of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which is sure to make first-person shooter connoisseurs very, very happy. It doesn’t offer much–you’ll only get to play the online multiplayer map called Port Valdez–but it’s enough to give you a sense of just how much havoc you’ll be [...]

2K Sports Will Give $1 Million To The First Perfect Game On MLB 2K10

WOW.

Wait, That’s A Comic? The Adventures You Never Needed to See

Mother Teresa? Yeah, she was a hero. Prince? He seems more suited for fiction, anyway.

19 Rejected Names For The Apple iPad

iPod OB

New episode of “Archer” airs on FX at 10 p.m.