5 More Songs For DC Comics’ 75th Birthday Celebration

As part of its 75th birthday celebrations, DC Comics announced today that they’re releasing an album called The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection, collecting 31 pieces of music from various movie and TV adaptations of DC properties for your listening, uh, “pleasure.”

App of the Week: CardStar

You might not consider yourself a coupon-clipper but let me ask you something – do you hate saving money? Didn’t think so.

New ‘Priority Inbox’ Feature Sorts Important Gmail Messages

Google will soon be rolling out an optional feature called Priority Inbox for Gmail users. Basically, it splits your inbox into three sections: the topmost section containing important and unread messages, the middle section containing messages you’ve starred, and the bottom section containing other less important messages to read later.

Two Minute Video: Laptop Buying Tips

Whether you’re a soon-to-be college student looking for a new laptop or a grown adult looking to cash in on the bevy of laptop deals that retailers will be offering during the coming weeks, here are some quick and simple tips to keep in mind when shopping for a portable computer.

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Google Chrome Experiments With The Wilderness Downtown

It’s about time that someone created a film that enhanced your watching-videos-at-work experience.

The Future of Hasbro’s Star Wars Line Involves “Lots and lots of Ewoks!”

Just because Gary Kurtz said George Lucas took the Star Wars franchise in a different direction after ESB because of its lucrative licensing deals doesn’t necessarily mean we’re opposed to the molded action figures of our youth. I, for one, got sucked into the original trilogy because of them. I still remember the Kenner box [...]

Spot the Gadgets in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

In honor of Star Wars Month, I volunteered to painstakingly watch all six Star Wars movies and compile a list of gadget-like devices I spot in each one. I can promise you I will miss a few and I won’t know what some of them are supposed to be called, but I’ll be damned if [...]

A Brief History of DC’s War Comics

This month, DC is publishing one-shot revivals of five of their old war series: Our Army at War, Weird War Tales, Our Fighting Forces, G.I. Combat and Star-Spangled War Stories. There aren’t many ongoing war comics being published these days–and all-ages war comics are a thing of the past–but from the ’50s to the ’80s, [...]

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Whips It Good

Certain franchises get the benefit of a permanent glow around them, by virtue of having notched continued success over a long period of time. Nintendo’s Mario games are the arguably platinum standard and the character’s ability to be dropped into a bunch of different gameplay idioms goes a long way to making him so beloved.

10 Star Wars Comics You Should Read

With hundreds of collections – and multiple time periods and casts – to choose from, it can seem a little overwhelming to know where to start with Star Wars comics. Luckily, we’re here to help. Here’re our choices for 10 Star Wars Comics You Should Read… and in (roughly) chronological order, too!