MacGyver Weekend USA Via Mythbusters! The Art of Picking a Lock With a Light Bulb

Talk about some brilliant TV scheduling.

Google Doodles Pac-Man On His 30th Birthday

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man. Well, it’s technically tomorrow May 22, which it is in Japan right now, so we’re going with that since it’s a Japanese game. Anyway, the Google Doodles team wanted to do something special and they certainly delivered.

HP: No WebOS on Netbooks, Slate by October

Though HP has confirmed that it’ll load Palm’s webOS on tablet PCs and even printers, Monty Wong of HP Taiwan has said that the company’s netbooks will not be running the mobile-friendly operating system “since netbooks are more similar in functions with traditional computers,” according to DigiTimes.

Emanata: Eight Questions for Comics Creators

I declare today that the creators of every comic book must be able to answer these questions, or at least make work that shows they’ve considered them all.

Only 6 Questions Left MacGruber! The Will Forte Interview

Turning any SNL sketch into a movie is a tricky proposition, taking something short and tailored for a live television audience and twisting it instead into a feature-length satire that can hold up without a foolproof laugh track.

Shrek: The Final Chapter in theaters

LOST creators Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live

MacGruber in theaters

New episode of Stargate Universe airs on Syfy at 9 p.m.

The Daily Dose

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Is Marvel’s Avengers Movie Heading Into Orbit?

Is Marvel’s movie universe about to skip over the dull parts of each character’s history? A new rumor about the villains in The Avengers suggests that Iron Man, Thor and Captain America’s movie incarnations will leap eight years’ worth of stories in a single bound, and into the middle of an intergalactic war.