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The Daily Dose
Monday, May 17, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Zombies take Manhattan: To promote George Romero’s upcoming Survival of the Dead, the Lower East Side teemed with zombies on parade Saturday. Take a peek:
[via DNA Info]
Fall TV, cometh: The fall schedules for NBC and FOX are out. Check …
Welcome To Techland, Graeme
Techland is expanding!
Today is Graeme McMillan’s first full day with Techland. He joins us from other Internet haunts like io9 and Newsarama. Be nice and say hello. But just for today. You can be a jerk to him starting tomorrow.
Graeme will be covering the Culture space alongside Steve and Allie, but don’t be surprised to see …
Time Warner To Courts: Do We Really Have To Fight Pirates?
File under “Inexplicable legal actions seemingly born of laziness”: Time Warner Cable is asking a US court to quash legal action against online piracy, because it doesn’t have the bandwidth to look up more than 28 IP addresses a month.
According to the Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. blog, TWC has filed a third party motion to quash a …
+1 to Health: American Heart Association Gives Nintendo Stamp of Approval
Video games get a bad rap as a sedentary, unhealthy pursuit. It’s one of the reasons the medium fights for respectability and probably one of the reasons the President calls out video games as often as he does.
Whatever you may think about the Wii, Nintendo has changed the way people think about what it means to play a video game. …
Will We See 24 Million Next Generation iPhones This Year?
DigiTimes is reporting that Foxconn will apparently ship 24 million iPhone 4G units this year alone—4.5 million shortly after Apple officially announces the phone on June 7th and another 19.5 million throughout the rest of the year.
Of course, none of this is official since as far as Apple’s concerned, the new iPhone doesn’t …
Swag of the Day: Limited Edition Crysis 2 Art
Case of the Mondays? Well, we’ve got some free stuff to give away to cheer you up.
Up for grabs is a limited edition (70/150) aluminum diebond art print signed by Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli. It’s pretty wicked. Be sure to check out our preview here.
How do you win?
Have you been to NYC lately? Any horror stories? Or tell us about …
Steve Jobs vs Porn
Valleywag‘s Ryan Tate had one too many drinks the other night and while he was watching 30 Rock a particular Apple iPad ad sent him over the edge. The following is an e-mail exchange between Tate and Jobs. The gist being that Steve and co. are only trying to protect our freedom against porn. And Flash. It’s interesting to see how …
The Daily Dose
Friday, May 14, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
HAHA: Heroes has been canceled. (Cue: Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead) I’m a bit sad that I won’t be able to roll out our brilliant Heroes Suckwatch column idea, but at least one deserving show got the ax this year (though some rumors point toward NBC …
Get On Board, Together: Techland Reviews Skate 3
Skate 3
EA
Developer: EA Black Box
Playstation 3, Xbox 360
ESRB rating: T for Teen
System reviewed on: PS3
Five years ago, if you’d tried to tell me that a series other than Tony Hawk Pro Skater would be ruling the roost in the skateboard video game category, I would’ve laughed at you and gone back pulling off …
The Daily Dose
Thursday, May 12, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Vamps in 3D: Dario Argento is set to start filming his upcoming film, Dracula, in 3D. The film aims to be a faithful translation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Shooting will begin in January and take place in Italy.
[via Slash Film]
Who needs a …
Hammer’s Cocked. Ready to Pull the Trigger?: Red Dead Redemption Launch Trailer
We’ve done a few reports on Red Dead Redemption here at the ‘Land and it’s safe to say that we’re excited for Rockstar’s upcoming open-world Western. If you haven’t yet been similarly moved, then this trailer should do ya. Giddy-up.
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