Top Five Uses For Your Kinect Besides Gaming

The Kinect might be Microsoft’s new add-on to their Xbox 360, but many gamers are finding other uses for it. Kinect hacks are growing in popularity and showing that the technology might be useful for more than gaming. Here’s some of our favorite modifications for the Kinect that we think will revolutionize your life.

Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal

It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.

What Went Viral This Week

Here’s what you may have missed the week of November 26, 2010:

Axl Rose Sues Activision Because Slash Is In “Guitar Hero 3″

It’s official: Axl Rose is still bitter. The lead singer of Guns N’ Roses is suing Actvision, the company that made Guitar Hero III, for $20 million because he claims they promised that former bandmate Slash would not appear on stage with him in the video game, according to Variety.

The Amazing, Spectacular Story Behind The Spider-Man Musical

You’d be forgiven for thinking, at various times over the last year or so, that the Marvel Comics/Sony musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark was some kind of strange urban myth instead of a real thing. Directed by The Lion King‘s Julie Taymor, music by U2 and so dangerous that a stuntman broke his wrists [...]

Black Friday (Time to Save on All Those Tech Deals)

The Comic Book Club: Batwoman, Detective and Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali

This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Graeme McMillan, Evan Narcisse and Douglas Wolk talk about Detective Comics #871, Batwoman #0 and the Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali reprint.

Happy 5-Year Anniversary Xbox 360!

It’s been a long five years since we’ve first met, Xbox 360 , and we can’t imagine life without it. Promising game consoles came and went on the market, but we’ve stuck by you through thick and thin – you’re second in popularity among your peers.  Though many said Microsoft couldn’t do it, you helped [...]

10 Fictional Schools To Send Your Children To – To Die

School! It’s where you send your kids when you’ve realized that you don’t love them enough to keep them around all day. But if fiction is to be believed, schools are also magical and exciting places where children learn more than just the basics of geography or math. But with so many schools to choose [...]

Is Netflix Making Cable Obsolete?

Netflix is poised to take over the entertainment industry, according to the New York Times.

NBA Jam Review: Slightly New Look, Same Classic Game

Did you love NBA Jam as a kid? You’ll love this one, plain and simple. The team at EA has done a great job of rebottling the original formula. Aside from some slightly updated graphics and a few new games modes, the physics-defying basketball brouhaha plays just like you remember it.