Thursday, July 1, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up Front:
8-Bit Twilight Game Shut Down, Makers Slam Summit Entertainment [via NewsFeed] – UPDATE: It’s been saved!
Gadgets:
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over iPhone 4 Antenna [via CNET]
Apple Is Hiring iPhone Antenna Engineers. I Wonder Why. [via Boing Boing]
Amazon Introduces A New Kindle DX With Lower Price [via NYT]
China Partially Blocking Google Searches [via NYT]
Gaming:
I Think Ninokuni Is Japanese For “Wow” [via Topless Robot]
Miyamoto Preparing New Character [via IGN]
The Super Smash Bros. Secret That Took 7 Years To Unlock [via Kotaku]
Ebert Admits He Was A Tool When He Bitched About Games [via Gaming Today]
Culture:
From The NASA Archive: Astronauts Inspect Their Own Butt Molds [via Wired]
Parker & Hardman Are The New Hulk Team [via Comic Book Resources]
The Last Airbender: The Worst Epic Movie Ever? [via TIME]
I Can’t Decide Whether To Let Let Me In In Or Not [via Topless Robot]
News:
Judd Apatow Is Making A Pee-Wee Herman Film [via Topless Robot]
Woman Blames Vampire On Car Crash [via FOX 31]
Wonder Woman Loses Her Patriotic Costume In Favor Of Globalized Duds [via FOX News]
Scream 4 Sees Brody, Shelton & Knudsen As Fresh Blood [via The Hollywood Reporter]
The BBC Says There’s No Doctor Who Movie In The Works [via io9]
FOX News Advocates Shutting Down Public Libraries [via Boing Boing]
Video:
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