Michelle Castillo

Michelle likes zombies, viral videos and cheesy science fiction television and movies - but not in that order. She's an overall pop culture junkie and happiest when overanalyzing minute details of things that don't really matter. She's previously covered arts and entertainment for MSNBC.com, EW.com, the Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Reporter.

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Jeopardy Computer Pits AI Skills Against Humanity

Meet Watson: a computer with artificial intelligence capable of understanding the nuances in human speech. Watson is so smart – and so knowledgeable about humanity – that it is going to take on the grand champions of Jeopardy, America’s favorite quiz show. But more on that later.

What Watson means in the greater scheme of things is …

Gaming Tip Sheet: “DC Universe Online”

For those of you who want to get some inside tips on DC Universe Online, the new MMORPG that allows you to play as a superhero or supervillain, we spoke to DCUO Game Director Chris Cao. He was more than willing to oblige, giving us a range of things to think for newbies or a seasoned veterans of games like these.

Remember The …

PSP2 To Come Out By the End of 2011?

People might be hyped up about the Nintendo 3DS right now, but sources say that Playstation is ready to take on the masses with their own handheld device. MCV reports that insiders have told them that the PSP2 will be announced at a January 27 press conference in Tokyo and could be in stores as early as October 2011. Sony mentioned the …

Should Customers Have The Right To “Hack” Their Consoles?

For every video game console, there’s been dozens – no hundreds – of gamers who’ve tried to hack the system. The ability to mod your own device is part of the fun for some avid players who want to be available to install other operating systems, run homebrew (user-produced software that runs on systems not meant to run consumer-created …

After A Brief Break, Spam Mail Is Back in Your Inbox

If you’ve started to notice more junk mail in your email inboxes, it’s not just you: Reports are showing that spam has returned. For some reason, the world’s number one source of those annoying unsolicited emails, Russian Rustock, just decided to give you a break on Christmas Eve, according to the New York Times. After a brief hiatus …

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