Merlin marathon begins at 8 a.m. on Syfy
New episode of V airs on ABC at 10 p.m.
The Daily Dose
Monday, April 26, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news across the Web:
The Simpsons man up: During last night’s Simpson‘s episode, the series showed its support for an animated competitor: South Park. During its 201st episode, South Park was heavily censored due to death threats made against creators Trey Parker and Matt …
Violent Video Game Law To Get Tested in Supreme Court
The debate about how harmful the violence portrayed in some video games might be to children has raged since just about the earliest days of the medium. It’s responsible for the formation of the ESRB and the E/T/M ratings system that’s on most pieces of interactive entertainment software. Now, that debate’s moving to the Supreme …
Gizmodo Editor’s House Raided By Police Over iPhone 4 Fiasco
The question of whether or not Gawker Media’s $5,000 purchase of a misplaced next-generation iPhone would result in legal backlash has been answered by a recent police raid on Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s California home.
The search warrant cited probable cause to search for property that “was used as the means of committing a
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Google Nexus One Dropped From Verizon Lineup
It seems that Google’s own flagship Android phone, the Nexus One, won’t be coming to Verizon after all. The ordering page used to list the handset as “coming soon” to Verizon, although today shoppers are greeted with a message attempting to persuade them to purchase the soon-to-be-available DROID Incredible instead.
It’s …
Legend of the Seeker Canceled, I Mourn
It sure is sad news, but I have to tell you that it looks like Legend of the Seeker has been axed after only two seasons.
(More on Techland: Q&A: Legend of the Seeker‘s Bridget Regan on Corsets, True Love & Being a Badass)
Entertainment Weekly wrote earlier that they’ve heard the news from multiple sources, and though I want to …
Man’s Best Friend: Win a Copy of Dead to Rights: Retribution
You read about it. And, now, you’re itching to pull off a testi-kill. Or, maybe you just want to play a video game where a dog will fetch you a missile launcher. We should all be so lucky, right? Well, two Techland readers will be.
To celebrate the imminent release of their gritty third-person-shooter, Namco Bandai’s giving us …
(Re)Name This Nerdy Literary Movement
So last weekend I was at this books festival in Los Angeles. Wait, it gets better.
I was on a panel with two exceptionally interesting writers, Aimee Bender and Victor LaValle, the whole thing being run by the brilliant Scott Timberg. The idea was that we were all writers who wrote literary fiction with fantasy bits in it, or maybe …
Dr. Horrible Goes 8-Bit, Act lll is Here
The final installment of Doctor Octoroc‘s now-viral 8-bit tribute to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog is out, and I couldn’t be happier. Each part of the game-inspired treatments still captures the charm and humor of Dr. Horrible, right down to the heartbreaking end. Even Penny’s death in 8-bit was hard to watch. (Watch the full screen …