The Daily Dose

Friday, Feb. 26, 2010

The Techland Show: The iPhone Porn Episode

I was going to title this post The Techland Show: The Sell-out Traffic Whore episode. But wait — isn’t that every episode?

A Glimpse Into Jim Woodring’s Sketchbook

Seattle-based comic book artist Jim Woodring, best known for his characters Jim and Frank, released this look into his personal sketchbook on his blog Thursday:

The Dark Knight Strikes Back (Part 2)! More With the Minds Behind Arkham Asylum

The post-mortem on the Dark Knight’s hit game continues, as members from the Rocksteady development studio and writer Paul Dini talk about crafting Batman: Arkham Asylum. Read on to find out how they approached storytelling, dealt with fan expectations and writing for the Joker.

2010: Living In The Future (According to 1972)

Predicting the future is murky business.

Exhibit B: Jay Electronica’s Beaterator track

You may only know him from “Exhibit A,” his featured song on Fight Night Round 4, but Jay Electronica’s been burning up the internets for at least the last two years. The N’Awlins native has been winning hearts and ears with a flurry of mixtapes and tracks that  showcase his clever flow and spiritually ambitious [...]

Admiral Ackbar Lobbies For Ole Miss Mascot Job

To be young and naive. If only Lucas would allow this to happen. Good luck, guys. Everyone at TECHLAND is rooting for you!

Does Nokia’s Symbian^4 OS Matter? Not According to these Videos

Wow. That’s some riveting stuff, but I feel like I’ve seen this before. If everyone would stop with the iPhone-like UI that’d be great. Here’s another one to bore you this fine morning.

A Preview of DC’s First Wave #1

A few months back DC reintroduced pulp icon Doc Savage to the world in Batman/Doc Savage. Today, via The Source, DC gives us a sneak peak of the first few pages of First Wave #1 along with full-color prints of previously shown black and white pages. The six-issue run is being penned by Brian Azzarello [...]

Emanata: Batman & Robin Pour Down Like Silver

There’s a touch of silver in the solicitations for the next few months’ superhero comics–a hint that both DC and Marvel are trying to recapture the tone of the so-called Silver Age, the era from the late ’50s to the early ’70s when both franchises laid the groundwork for what they’ve been doing ever since. [...]

Palm’s Rubinstein Addresses the Troops

Things aren’t looking too good for Palm after reports revealed sales for the lauded webOS devices have been less than spectacular. CEO Jon Rubenstein sent the following e-mail to the company to explain what went wrong.