Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Shark Fact Of The Day:
The largest great white shark ever documented was 21 feet long and weighed an estimated 7,330 pounds.
Up Front:
First Video From The Scott Pilgrim Animated Short Produced By Adult Swim [Slash Film]
Gadgets:
UAE Blackberry Ban Includes Visitors And Tourists [Gizmodo]
FBI Flashes Badge At Wikipedia, Ignores Internet [Fast Company]
Android Beats iPhone With New Subscribers [NYT]
NASA’s Robotic Spaceman Has A Twitter Addiction [Kotaku]
Gaming:
Sims To Go Medieval In 2011 [G4tv]
StarCraft Is Fastest Selling Strategy Game Of All Time [Kotaku]
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World‘s Zombie Mode (And Code) Revealed [Joystiq]
Culture:
In Praise Of Inception [Lazenby]
Cosplaying Kids: The Adorbz Is Strong With These Two [The Daily What]
Inception Ripped Off A Scrooge McDuck Comic [Boing Boing]
Can The Twilight Books Stop A Bullet? [Buzzfeed]
Read The First Chapter of Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion [Slash Film]
News:
Dexter Alum Courtney Ford Joins Vampire Diaries [EW]
Release Date Set For Part Two Of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn [Slash Film]
Bond, Superman Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz Dies [The Hollywood Reporter]
Inception Wake-Up Call: X-Men: First Class Director Jettisons Similar Scenes [LA Times]
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SALE: Classic Luke & Leia Shirt ($8, Think Geek)
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