Umm…what? We’re not entirely sure what Google is trying to get at with this Google Mobile ad, but listening to someone say “pizza” for over 10 minutes has to be one of the most annoying things of all time. Watch for yourself and click on the following at the designated splits for a little reprieve:
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The one constant of the Marvel movies to date – well, except The Incredible Hulk, but I think Marvel would rather forget that one existed, in many ways – has been Clark Gregg’s SHIELD Agent Coulson, who’s gone from being a background character in the first Iron Man to taking center stage in Thor and being introduced at Comic-Con as one …
With Iron Man now one of the most well-known superheroes in the world, thanks to two successful movies – the second of which is released on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow – what better time to unveil the closest thing real life has to Tony Stark’s famous suit of armor? That’s the thinking that took me to Salt Lake City last week, to see the …
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Windows 7 Home Premium 3-pack upgrade: $149.95 (Amazon.com)
Got three computers that need upgrading? Or two friends that each have one computer that needs upgrading? Or one friend that has two computers and you have one that nee—you get the idea. Amazon has a three-pack of
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If your problem with previous cinematic versions of Marvel’s incredible Hulk has been that he just didn’t seem like the same guy as that puny Banner, then maybe you’ll dig the Hulk you’ll get to meet in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers… because it’ll be Mark Ruffalo himself.
Well, okay, not exactly. Despite Ruffalo’s claims that he’ll be …
Comic fans can expect a new superhero this year in a young Muslim boy.
The new title from publisher Liquid Comics will launch in early November and feature a young Muslim boy in a wheelchair who discovers he has superpowers. Authored by a group of disabled children from the U.S. and Syria who were brought together last month in …
Look, we can’t knock them all out of the park. There are going to be weeks like this. Weeks where you take that third trip down the racks and wonder, almost aloud, is this all there is? Is this all the reality escaping fuel I can roll around in? Well, maybe it’s time to branch out. Switch brands. Get into that new genre. Live.
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Paolo Bacigalupi, in case you don’t know, is one of the most exciting SF writers working right now. His first novel The Windup Girl won both the Hugo and Nebula awards this year. It’s radical and amazing. It would be a good idea for you to read it.
I recently saw Buried and though I immediately told everyone to see the film – and will continue to do so – there are a couple things that bothered me after I saw it. The movie has some interesting tricks to keep the viewer engaged, including building different coffins with varied dimensions to get interesting angles for filming and a …
In college I wrote this paper about our society’s growing fascination with torture porn and fake snuff films. I watched the worst of the lot, including the Guinea Pig films, Cannibal Holocaust and August Underground, for research. My professor, who probably thought I was crazy, gave me a B on the paper, commenting that although it was …
In lieu of my regular non-existent contribution to Techland, classic Simpsons writer and lovable polymath Mike Reiss has something he’d like to get off his chest:
One of the frustrations of writing children’s books – besides the fact that no one buys them any more – is that you’re competing with celebrity authors. …
Dark Horse Comics has relaunched a handful of the old Gold Key Comics titles in the past few months, including Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom. This new version is written by Jim Shooter, the comics-industry vet who previously revived Solar in the ’90s as part of the Valiant Comics line. Courtesy of Dark Horse, we’ve got an exclusive …
