The perfect storm of nerdom known as Star Trek Online went live today. It’s a massively multiplayer online game set in the Star Trek universe (the one that existed before last summer’s rebooted film) that hopes to pick up where the last MMOG based on a beloved sci-fi franchise, Star Wars Galaxies, began to tune out its audience a few …
Episode 11: Nerdy Oscar Noms, Looking Forward to Technotise
Techland’s Peter Ha breaks down what Oscar nominations Avatar and District 9 pulled in and explains why he’s hoping comic Technotise will end up on the silver screen.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Peter and Time.com’s Caitlin Thompson. Click on the player above to listen.
LOST Season Six Rumor Roundup
We know you’ve been Googling LOST for weeks now, trolling for hints of the fate of the Oceanic 815 survivors in the show’s final season.
So here is the best of the LOST season six rumor mill – all laid out to help satisfy that craving until tonight’s big premiere. Happy snacking.
Season Six:
“I don’t think in the end there’s …
Google Updates Nexus One, Unlocks “Pinch-To-Zoom”
Holy crap! Google is pushing out an update to all Nexus One owners this week that unlocks a bevy of features including pinch-to-zoom in Maps, Gallery and Browser. Google Goggles will magically appear as an embedded app, too. Google is also addressing 3G issues. Maps is also being updated with the following features/fixes:
• Starred …
Casting Call: Imagining A Live-Action Mass Effect Movie
Now that Mass Effect 2 is a critical (a stellar 96 score on Metacritic) and commercial (over 2 million copies sold worldwide in its first week) blockbuster, buzz about a big-budget movie version is sure to heat up. Even though there’s a “tremendous amount of interest” in Hollywood for a live-action Mass Effect, don’t expect to …
Harry Potter the Super Bowl Commercial?
Universal Studios is taking its Harry Potter theme park campaign to the Super Bowl with this 30-second peek into the park’s wizarding universe – rumored to cost Universal a stiff $310 million to construct.
The Orlando-based park is set to open this spring, though specifics have been pretty hushed, but here’s what we do know for …
International “Kick-Ass” Trailer Released In The Shape Of A Giant C*$k
More of the same, but still pretty kick-ass, right? April 16 can’t come soon enough.
Kick-Ass: “How do I get a hold of you?”
Hit Girl: “You just contact the mayor. He has a special signal he shines in the sky. It’s in the shape of a giant…WATCH THE TRAILER!”
[vodpod …
Displax “Skin” Will Turn Any Surface Into An Interactive Multi-touch Wonderland
We’re inching closer and closer to Minority Report status and Displax could be the company to put us over the edge. The multi-touch technology from the Portuguese company is made from a transparent polymer film that can be applied to glass, plastic or wood, which then creates an interactive surface. The company says the film can be …
Google Chrome OS Tablet Cometh
Google can deny it all they want, but they are getting into the hardware business. It started with the Nexus One earlier this year and will continue with the Google Chrome OS netbook(s) that are slated to launch in Q4. And now we have the Google Chrome OS tablet.
Google’s Senior Software Engineer Glen Murphy posted a handful of …
Comics on Our Pull List – 2/3/10
The Marvel Event Machine keeps on rolling in this first Wednesday in February. As you can read below Siege #2 is promising the death of an Avenger. The only problem with that is there are currently 45 Avengers spread across a half dozen teams. The rebooted Ultimate universe continues to grow with Ultimate X #1. The giant World of New …
Oscar Overload: The Avatar-District 9 Brawl Begins
It wasn’t all that long ago that we dared to speculate that 2010 might be the year when sci-fi finally returns to a place of prominence at the Oscars ceremony.
Well, the nominees were announced just a few minutes ago and it’s official: Our cup floweth over. Consider today the Academy’s formal apology to you and me, and every other …
“Calvin and Hobbes” Creator Grants First Interview In 20 Years
I can’t stop muttering “holy crap” over and over again. Why didn’t anyone tell me that the USPS would be issuing Calvin and Hobbes stamps this coming July? My birthday is in July so I expect all of you to send me fan/hate mail with said stamps. I’m serious, people.
Like many of you, I couldn’t wait for the Sunday …