Zombie Prom, A Sing-A-Long Love Story

Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, [...]

Comics on Our Pull List 4/21/10

Again with all the #1 issues. I guess it’s a byproduct of the written-for-trade world we live in but my pull lists are always dripping with #1′s. Check back on Thursday to see if any of this first issue action made the cut for the Panel of the Week.

Dear Readers, Kindly Explain Yourselves

Don’t ask me what we use Chartbeat for because I sit and stare at it all day trying to figure it out. What I can tell you is that it shows us where our traffic is coming from and one particular search term jumped out at Allie earlier today. It’s funny and disturbing. I Googled [...]

Why Roger Ebert Gets a Thumbs Down on Video Games

Here’s the deal with Roger Ebert. He’s a critic I respect who’s paid his dues and earned the right to hold forth on cinema, writing and any number of artistic disciplines.

Eric Schmidt: Chrome OS Devices To Be Disposable, Cost Under $400

Google’s Chrome OS will be here this year and in a recent interview, Google CEO Eric Schmidt explained that Chrome devices will be “completely disposable,” meaning that if you lose one you won’t lose any of your data, and should be priced similarly to netbooks—between $300 and $400.

Captivate 2010: Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Pits Resident Evil’s Chris against the Hulk

For the last few years, Captivate has been Capcom’s annual showcase of its upcoming titles. It’s been their way to generate some buzz and show off games that are near release or in development before the craziness of E3 hits. This year, Capcom displayed its latest wares in Honolulu. Over the next few days, I’ll [...]

Sci-Fi Sexy Time: All-Time Hottest Robots

This past weekend’s FIRST Robotics competition (congrats to all of the talented kids) got us into a machine kind of mood, and one mention of BSG‘s Number Six was all it took for the birth of this list: The All-Time Hottest Robots.

Captivate 2010: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 and Sengoku Basara Bring Sword and Swinging Action in 2010

For the last few years, Captivate has been Capcom’s annual showcase of its upcoming titles. It’s been their way to generate some buzz and show off games that are near release or in development before the craziness of E3 hits. This year, Capcom displayed its latest wares in Honolulu. Over the next few days, I’ll [...]

Kick-Ass Report Card: A+ From Younger Audiences (Oh, and Wins Box Office Too)

There’s been a lot of public debate about the box office performance of Kick-Ass last weekend. In the end, the movie barely squeaked out a weekend victory over How to Train Your Dragon, when all the receipts were finally tallied Monday. But still, the buzz around the entertainment world has been that the film underperformed. [...]

The Story and Aftermath of the Lost iPhone

By now you’ve read or heard about a missing iPhone that was lost and/or stolen from a Redwood City bar. Both Engadget and Gizmodo have posted images of the purported next generation iPhone (4/4G/HD) with the latter having purchased said device for $5,000. We know this to be fact because Gawker honcho Nick Denton believes [...]

They Should Make It: Google AdWords For Digital Billboards

Digital billboards exist, yes, but why not make some of them connected billboards that anybody could use to run custom advertising campaigns similar to how Google’s AdWords platform works?