This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss Superman: Secret Origin #6 and Namor: The First Mutant #1.
In a galaxy far, far away in an alternate Star Wars universe, Obi-Wan failed to inform Luke that Leia was his sister. It turns out they did a little more than play tonsil hockey while Luke was recovering from the wampa abduction. Say hello to little Gree-Morr Skywalker.
Hot on the heels of Nintendo’s live-action Metroid trailer last week, Microsoft’s got their own real-people clip to promote Halo: Reach.
Following Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Scott Pilgrim, Image Comics have teamed with ComiXology to launch an iPhone/iPad app for their titles, including Savage Dragon, Youngblood, John Layman’s wonderful Chew and Robert Kirkman and Todd MacFarlane’s Haunt (Kirkman’s The Walking Dead has been available through ComiXology’s own app for some time).
Each week I rush home with my pile of new comics and while they still have that new comic smell (not to be confused with old longbox comic smell) I pour over them and look for the Panel of the Week. This week’s installment features desk chair heroes, the anti Herbie, the Point Break galactic [...]
The Pandigital Novel is a 7-inch e-book reader with a color LCD screen that runs a customized user interface atop Android. While not positioned as an Android tablet, it’s drawn interest from people looking for less expensive alternatives to devices like the iPad thanks to its $200 price tag.
We’re all familiar with the start of the Star Wars movies: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away… But with all the spin-off novels, games and comics, the Star Wars saga actually starts a much longer time ago than you’d think. Like, twenty-five thousand years earlier. Oh, and it continues more than [...]
The first time I laid eyes on a Star Wars film, I was kicked out of the room almost instantly. I was probably nine or ten and had just come wandering in to investigate the noise our surround sound was making. I marched right in firing questions off as I watched two men poke each [...]
Happy Netflix on your iPhone Day!
Boston-based Vitality has developed a prescription pill bottle cap with a built-in wireless chip that reminds you to take your medicine at a certain time every day. If you forget, it’ll call you or text you. If you need a refill, there’s a button inside the cap that’ll call your pharmacy. The whole system works [...]
Month-to-month mobile provider, Cricket, has just launched its first Android phone—the Sanyo ZIO. It costs $250 out the door, but doesn’t require a two-year contract. Furthermore, Cricket is offering a $55-per-month Android plan that includes unlimited voice minutes, text messages, e-mail, and web browsing with no additional taxes or fees. Yum.
