By now, you’ve probably seen this strange video of Kirsten Dunst running around Tokyo clad in a tutu and offensive Japanese stereotypes.
Yes, I’m sure Mary Jane lovin’, anime fantisizin’, middle aged men everywhere are having the best day of their lives, but please excuse me as I have a WTF? moment.
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The other day I read an interview with Terri Tatchell, the co-writer of District 9, in which she mentioned that she was thinking of adapting a short film for her next project. The film is called Terminus. It’s on YouTube.
At the time I thought to myself, is this a post? I flipped a mental coin. I missed the catch and the coin rolled …
John Carpenter baby!
It was only a few weeks ago that I was rushing to a Lower East Side movie theater for a special midnight screening, drunk out of my mind with @gilbertcruz, sucking back on grandpa’s old cough medicine as we cackled and giggled through The Thing. Note to self: Never cross Kurt Russell in Antarctica.
Anyone who …
Peter Ha explains why Apple decided to ban a slew of their apps this week for being too sexy and discusses the rumors that Comic-Con might be moving to Anaheim.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland contributors and Time.com’s Caitlin Thompson. Click on the player above to listen.
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Listen well, gamers, so you don’t say you forgot him
To this here review of P.B. Winterbottom.
Started as a student project, this compiling of code
Now it’s become a proud Xbox download.
‘Tis the Odd Gentlemen behind this game so perverse
And you’ve probably guessed that they tell their tale in verse.
The Gentlemen …
We currently have two products in the lab that need to be tested – Casio Exilim EX-G1 (a camera) and Casio G’zOne Brigade (a cell phone). Both products are of the rough and tumble variety, so our goal is to break them. How should we do it? Everything will be caught on camera so sky’s the limit.
In a not so surprising move, Warner Bros. announced this morning that they’ve acquired a majority stake in London-based Rocksteady Studios. The same studio that produced last year’s massively popular hit, Batman: Arkham Asylum. While WB did not divulge how much of the studio it acquired, Eidos revealed to Develop that they retain a …
The direct-to-DVD animated feature Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths comes out today. It’s written by former Justice League of America writer Dwayne McDuffie, and features a bunch of plot points–and Easter eggs–that allude to comics of the past.
Here’s a guide to some of the movie’s source material:
New comics are just one day away. The Blackest Night drought of January has finally come and gone. Issue seven is here with all its ring deputized glory. The Ender’s Game series produced a surprising number of books but Pasqual Ferry is drawing one more about the war hero Mazer Rackham and I’m going to buy it. What happened to Thor after …
When I’m not wearing my Techland goggles, I’m just your average film buff. Or maybe that should be film snob. Either way.
And right at the top of my list as one of 2009’s best films is The Hurt Locker, the awesome, exhilarating day-to-day chronicling of a year in the life of a bomb-defusal unit in Iraq.
I’ve been waiting on …
Borderlands reloads with new downloadable content this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is the third add-on pack for Gearbox’s post-apocalyptic FPS and raises the game’s level cap to 61. Gearbox billed their game as a role-playing shooter when it came out and all the loot the FPS throws at you makes it the video game …
Over the last few days Apple has inexplicably pulled a number of apps thought to be offensive or a wee bit too titillating. This isn’t the first we’ve heard of such a stunt but the latest purge has left many baffled. According to Apple’s Phil Schiller, a flood of complaints from women and parents triggered the removal of many apps …
