The folks at Paramount and Sony have been generous enough to grant TECHLAND with 30 PlayStation Network download codes for D-A-C. Because this our first contest on TECHLAND, let’s make it an easy one. Just leave a comment and tell us who your favorite Star Trek character is and why. Said character can be from any Star Trek movie or …
T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 Review
Every few months RIM manages to bring to market a new BlackBerry that remedies minor flaws to the OS from previous iterations with updated hardware that’s both gorgeous and functional. The Bold 9700 is no different, but the latest flagship model still isn’t what it should be while managing to be the best BlackBerry to come out of …
The Winter of Thor. Filming starts in January!
Marvel is steamrolling ahead with it’s big-time big-screen adaptation of “Thor,” all eyes fixed on a May 2011 release.
According to Production Weekly, director Kenneth Branagh is set to start filming in Los Angeles in mid-January, before shifting production to Santa Fe, New Mexico for a March-April stint.
Starring Chris …
Nintendo (Finally) Offers Demos Of WiiWare Titles
If you download game demos as much as I do, then you’ll be glad to hear that Nintendo is giving us free demos for its WiiWare titles. Starting today, the company is letting players test drive brand-new title Pokémon Rumble (above) as well as older games BIT.TRIP Beat, Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits …
Assassin’s Creed 2: Inspired Design Trailer
The second coming of Ubisoft’s monster hit Assassin’s Creed is almost upon us. It hits stores tomorrow and while I’m writing this I’m also busy getting through our review build. It’s pretty epic and I’ll probably end up playing through the night. Rough life, right?
The ‘Inspired Design’ video follows the creative team …
Fantastic Mr. Fox – the Comic Book?
Wes: Why did you hold out on us?
Techland sat down with the “Fantastic Mr. Fox” director last Thursday, for a feature that’s going up on these pages in just a few days, but we must not have known the magic word to get him to divulge his biggest story yet from the set – for fans of comics, that is.
Anderson told MTV that in …
Kirkman Talks Image United
In the summer of 1991 I didn’t even know what a comic book store was.
I’d been reading comics for a little over a year by that point, but I’d been purchasing them at gas stations, drug stores and my small town Wal-Mart. I was 12 years old. When my mother drove by The Comic Interlude, I almost jumped from the moving vehicle. I …
Raising a Nerdy Child: iPhone Games
(This is part 2 of an irregular series about my attempts to turn my daughter into a complete dork.)
And so the change begins. My daughter is deep into her first video game addiction.
Yeah, OK, it’s just Bejeweled 2. And in spare moments I shake my fist at the sky and yell, “I will not raise a casual gamer! Do you hear me! Hardcore …
Chuck Returns Early. You’re Welcome.
Confirmed! Straight from Zachary Levi’s mouth to your eager ear: It looks like “Chuck” is going to be back early!
Lorrie Lynch is reporting over at USA Weekend that one of her colleagues was talking to our favorite TV nerd-spy, about (of all things) the new “Alvin and the Chipmunks” movie, and he confirmed it’s a “pretty …
Official Craigslist App Coming To BlackBerry and Only BlackBerry
I’m not entirely sure how I missed this news earlier. Oh wait, yes I do, I’ve been busy building out TECHLAND! Anyway, Movela and Pyxis Mobile are building a RIM exclusive Craigslist Mobile App for the BlackBerry platform. The $5 app will allow BlackBerry users to peruse any and all Craigslist ads. Take that iPhone and Android …
Hitman Monkey Officially Revealed By Marvel
A new Marvel character has been revealed today and his name is Hitman Monkey. Yes, he’s a Japanese macaque that happens to be a hitman. Executive Editor Alex Alonso describes Hitman as a “soulful, tortured, jazz-loving 30-pound engine of destruction.” Oh, he’s also the monkey equivalent of Chow Yun Fat from ‘The Killer’ but …
Twitter to Axe Suggested User List
I’ve never been one to take Twitter’s suggestions as to who to follow. I follow who I want, when I want. It appears as though their much-vaunted “suggested users” list is going the way of the dodo, says the AP out of Malaysia. Speaking at a conference in Putrajaya, Biz stone announced that the list would be “going away” and …