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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Today in Techland: Peter brought us all the specs of Google’s Buzz – a new system that attempts to be Twitter/Facebook/Flickr/YouTube/Wave/GChat all in one. Mike Williams talked comics we’re reading this week, and Steve caught up with Wolfman director Joe Johnston. It’s turning out to be a good week.
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Episode 14: The Buzz About Google Buzz, BioShock 2, Christopher Nolan News
Peter Ha explains what Google Buzz is and talks about how he can’t stop playing BioShock 2 while Steven James Snyder fills us in the latest Christopher Nolan Batman Superman news.
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 …
Nolan Readies For Batman 3 & Superman Reboot
Because if Christopher Nolan can’t do it, clearly no one can.
Deadline Hollywood is reporting that some super-sized projects are on the way for Christopher Nolan. Aside from prepping for Batman 3, Nolan is now said to be aiding in the attempt to resurrect the Superman franchise.
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Go Figure: BioShock 2 Midnight Launch Edition
Over 70 Best Buy and 2,500 Gamestop stores opened their doors at midnight early this morning to give gamers the chance to be the first to buy BioShock 2 and, to a lesser extent, Dante’s Inferno.
(More on Techland: BioShock 2 Review: I Need A Nightlight to Sleep)
I was at Gamestop unit #3877 to soak in the atmosphere. The …
Google Buzz = Facebook + Twitter + Flickr + GChat + YouTube + Wave
Today in Mountain View, CA, Google revealed Buzz, a Twitter- and Facebook-like social networking feature that’s been integrated into Gmail that also extends into Android devices and iPhones. It does a little more than inform your followers or friends as to what you’re eating for breakfast, though. Buzz allows you to share links, …
Don’t Call It Modern Warfare 3: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Announced
Ubisoft is heading back into the battlefield this holiday season with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. It’s essentially a sequel to the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter games, which made modern warfare cool before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare did, and it’s about time. The first two GRAW games (the image above is from GRAW2) …
The Wolfman and the Director: ‘We All Have a Dark Side’
The Wolfman isn’t the first thriller to take on the “beast within.” For that matter, it’s not even the first werewolf thriller to be called The Wolfman (see: 1941). Yet in some strange way, that’s precisely what I found so refreshing – even fulfilling – about the movie. This is familiar territory. It’s Old School – so much so, …
Comics on Our Pull List – 2/10/10
It is going to be another great week for comics. We have milestone issues, story arc wrap ups, and over seas hijinks. Both the “Enders Game” spinoff series “Command School” and the “Invincible” spinoff series “Atom Eve and Rex Splode” are wrapping up. Dick Grayson faces his worst nightmare while in London. The Punisher and the Kingpin …
New Muppets: The Ballad of Beaker
The latest from the Muppets. I should have known Beaker was a prog rock guy:
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Nice Trogdor reference.
I offer this as reparations for having dissed The Dark Crystal on Twitter.
Things I Didn’t Know Existed Until Today: ZoomIt
Welcome to another edition of “Things I Didn’t Know Existed Until Today.” This week I’m taking a look at the ZoomMediaPlus zoomIt app-enabled accessory for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It’s similar to the AirStash, but streams content directly off a plugged in SD card. This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for, people!
A …