Recording artists longing to see their songs performed on plastic instruments are one step closer to seeing their music dreams come true now that Harmonix’s Rock Band Network entered its open beta today.
The entire process looks pretty intricate: to participate in the network, you’ll need a $99 XNA Creators Club license, authoring …
Rarely do I ever feel compelled to write about swag or promos that get sent to the office. The amount of stuff that gets sent sort of makes me sick considering all the wasted materials and gas needed to make it all happen.
But today is a little different, kids. Today (or yesterday or Saturday), Bethesda sent over this rectangular box …
They Might Be Giants have been making alternative rock music for over 20 years. Perhaps best known for “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” their insanely catchy ode to a nightlight, and their popular cover of “Istanbul (Not Constantinople),” the band has been busy carving out a new niche in the world of children’s music.
Their latest release …
John Granger made his bones as a renegade academic writing about Harry Potter. Having exhausted the Rowling canon, he has now turned his formidable critical faculties on the Twilight series. His new book Spotlight: A Close-Up Look at the Artistry and Meaning of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga is the result.
The revelations it contains …
Poor Marc Webb.
After Sam Raimi and Sony couldn’t manage to just hug it out during pre-production on Spider-Man 4, Raimi bowed out and Sony got to appoint a new martyr director.
Says Webb:
“This is a dream come true and I couldn’t be more aware of the challenge, responsibility, or opportunity. Sam Raimi’s virtuoso rendering of
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Mesmo Delivery TPB
Writer: Rafael Grampa
Artist: Rafael Grampa, Marcus Penna
When the Mesmo Delivery truck rolls into town, a heap of trouble is sure to follow.
Eisner Award-winning artist Rafael Grampá (5, Hellblazer) makes his full-length comics debut with the critically acclaimed graphic novel Mesmo Delivery — a kinetic, …
And we’ve got the covers to prove it.
One night stands? Rescue for hire? Faking his own death? Abandoning children? Click on the link below to see 15 covers of a Clark Kent that is less Superman and more Superdouche.
Click here: [time-flipping-book …
It’s finally happened and I can only imagine the number of jaws that have just dropped.
The NYT has announced that starting in 2011, frequent visitors of the dot com will be charged after they’ve been given a handful of stories for free. Pricing wasn’t announced today, but those of you who don’t subscribe to the print edition …
Contrary to popular belief, the name of Sony’s motion control system will be called just that: motion controller*. Actually, that’s its tentative name until Sony can figure something else out.
Motion Controller will be released in the fall in Japan, Asian regions and countries, North America and Europe/PAL territories along with an …
Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010
Today on Techland: Peter brought us the latest on the Apple Tablet unveil, Steve chatted up the talented Alex Proyas and Matt will probably be in the dog house for a few nights…
Here’s what else going on in tech news around the Web:
Pandora Habitat Lust. An essay in The New York Times lays out just why …