Thanks to being one of the most loved and profitable entities in popular culture over the last decade, Halo has expanded way beyond the gaming space. Books, direct-to-DVD movies and toys aplenty have all spun off of Bungie’s seminal sci-fi FPS. Marvel and Microsoft have put out a bunch of Halo-centric comics over the last few years and …
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Your Wednesday Morning Chill-Out Video: MGMT, “Congratulations”
The Awl described it as The Sheltering Sky set on Tatooine. I would’ve gone more with Eraserhead. Either way I felt strangely compelled.
Red Bull Stratos: How Do You Document a Freefall From 120,000 Feet Up?
Felix Baumgartner is expected to jump out of a gondola from the Earth’s stratosphere – roughly 23 miles or 120,000 feet high. The Red Bull Stratos Project was first announced in January but a jump date wasn’t announced until recently. Baumgartner, a professional skydiver and BASE jumper, will not only break the free fall record …
TIME’s 50 Best Websites: The Mobile Edition
Today, TIME rolled out its picks for 2010’s 50 Best Websites. This year’s crop proves itself a quintessential part of the Web, whether you’re researching, shopping or simply just browsing. But, as more and more users take their Internet usage on the road, we’ve become increasingly in tuned to the way our favorite sites translate to …
Interview: Tom Taylor on Writing “Star Wars” Comics
Tom Taylor is a young Australian dramatist who’s just started writing comics in the past few years, but he’s already making a splash, writing The Authority and several indie graphic novels. American audiences probably know him best for his Star Wars comics, though; we talked to him about his upcoming plans for a galaxy far, far away.
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Google Earth For Android Lets You Explore the Ocean
While we debate over whether or not Google is scheming to do evil things with Verizon, there’s no denying the simple fact that checking out what’s underneath the surface of the Earth’s oceans on your mobile phone isn’t cool.
The latest version of Google Earth (v1.1) for Android allows you to “look around” and see what’s …
All Doug Liman Needs Is Kill
Director Doug Liman may have flirted with SF action movies before – I’m one of those who prefers to pretend that Jumper doesn’t really exist – but now that he’s been confirmed as the director of All You Need Is Kill, based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2004 novel, I’m hoping he’ll bring his full-on Bourne Identity kinetic energy to the …
Q&A With Jedi Path Author Daniel Wallace
Techlander Mike Williams came across the Amazon page for The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force by Daniel Wallace a month or two ago, so we tracked down the author to ask him about it. And here’s what happened.
What’s your earliest memory of Star Wars?
Daniel Wallace: I saw the original in the theater. But only …
Nerd Supergroup Team To Make Locke & Key TV Show
Clearly, it’d take something pretty impressive to team Steven Spielberg, Fringe co-creators (and Star Trek and Transformers screenwriters) Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles showrunner Josh Friedman on a new project. And, apparently, Joe Hill’s IDW horror/fantasy comic Locke & Key is that …
Star Wars Tai Chi Taught By Darth Vader
And here we thought Star Wars yoga would be the new craze.
Qi or Chi: the Chinese word meaning ‘life force’ – an energy created by all living beings. A Tai Chi master’s strength flows from this FORCE.
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Finally: A Decent Quality Walking Dead Trailer (And Premiere Date)
Finally, it’s here. Nearly a month after its debut at San Diego’s Comic-Con, the debut trailer for AMC’s The Walking Dead has found its way online – in a decent format. Previously, we were left to squint into a bootleg video, all while awaiting a release from AMC. (“Oh, surely it’ll be any day now.”)
Well, it’s here, and now that I …
Comics on Our Pull List 8/25/10
When I hit Midtown Comics tomorrow I’m going to be picking up a lot of Issue Number One’s. Feels like more than usual. Here’s three of them right here. Three number one’s and a couple more books that I believe will be worth the time and effort (well, it’s not that much effort). Be sure to check back later in the week for Comic Book Club …