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 …
Reviews & Features
Two Minute Video: Visions of a 3D Point and Shoot Camera
The Finepix Real 3D W3 is Fujifilm’s second stab at a consumer-friendly point and shoot camera that takes 3D photos. While the first version met with less-than-favorable reviews last year, the W3 has slimmed down a bit and gotten a little easier to use so it should fare better this time around.
It’s still a niche product for a niche …
ReadySteady Stabilizes Pocket Camcorders, Doubles as Tripod
The $30 ReadySteady camcorder stabilizer is a little smaller than a hockey puck. It’s made of two high-quality, sturdy aluminum halves that house a flexible seven-inch rod that screws into your camcorders tripod mount.
When you want to use the ReadySteady, you untwist the two aluminum halves, remove the gooseneck tripod rod, twist the …
Four Relaunches And A Funeral: What DC’s Wildstorm Line Has Been Through
Possibly the most depressing thing about the closure of DC’s WildStorm imprint, announced yesterday, was that it didn’t really come as a big surprise. Purchased by DC in 1999, the imprint has found itself casting about for an identity since then, with multiple relaunches, makeovers and false starts along the way. Here’s a quick guide to …
13 Thoughts On Warehouse 13 2.12: Reset
Well, that didn’t end the way I was expecting. “Reset” might not have lived up to its title – I’m not even sure what, exactly, the title refers to (HG wanting to reset the world with another ice age?) – but it did provide a surprisingly satisfying conclusion to the season. Here’re 13 thoughts about the final episode of Warehouse 13’s …
The Event: Haven’t We Seen This Before?
Last night’s premiere of The Event demonstrated two things: Firstly, that networks will do anything to find “the next Lost,” and secondly, that apparently the makers of The Event have decided to only hire actors that I have seen in other things. How else can you explain the fact that Lauren Graham’s last TV boyfriend (Jason Ritter, fresh …
NHL 2K11 Review: Happiness is a Wii Classic Controller Away
NHL 2K11
2K Sports
Developer: 2K Sports
System: Nintendo Wii
ESRB rating: E 10+ for Everyone (Mild Violence)
The idea of using the Wii to play serious professional sports games should pretty much be out of everyone’s system by now. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s just that the Wii versions of games like Madden aren’t …
Techland Interview: Alex Trebek
Jeopardy host Alex Trebek has been dishing out answers in the form of questions since 1984. Trebek recently made a guest appearance in an online episode of NBC’s FCU: Fact Checkers Unit. Who better to check facts than the Father of Facts, himself?
In an interview with Techland, Trebek discusses his career, his thoughts on technology, …
The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 3
Previous parts: The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 1, The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 2
Evan Wells from Naughty Dog talks about where he thinks Sony went wrong with the Playstation 2 and Playstation 3-as well as his own initial skepticism to 3D game development–in the last part of my interview with him.
Are there …
The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 2
Read part one here: The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 1
In this section of my talk with Evan Wells, he speaks ill of a long-dead console, Sony’s PSP conundrum and the way that technology inspired Naughty Dog’s successful Jak & Daxter franchise.
Do you remember the first time you saw the Playstation? Or did you hear …
18 iPhone Games To Keep You Occupied
Who doesn’t love lists? Certainly not this guy!
If you have an iPhone and have been itching for something new to play on your next cab ride, road trip, or bicycle ride, do we have a list for you! After hours and hours of focus group testing, we’ve compiled a list of 18 games that are worth the bandwidth and/or your hard earned …
The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 1
If you ask any ten people what the best series on Playstation 3 is, odds are that eight of them will say the Uncharted games by the Naughty Dog development house. The first game starring wise-cracking treasure hunter Nathan Drake was the exemplar of the kind of stunning visuals that the PS3 could deliver. The second game–Uncharted 2: …