This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Lev Grossman, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man and Ultimate Avengers 3 #1.
DOUGLAS: As a series, The Unwritten has never quite done it for me, even though it’s …
New Android goodies from Google today. First, there’s the Chrome to Phone extension. You install it in Google Chrome and when you find a link, map, phone number, YouTube video, or selection of text on the web, you can send it off to your Android handset and it’ll open in the appropriate application immediately. Pretty …
With the release of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” imminent (it’s tomorrow!), Techland’s staff has been chatting pretty much constantly about how totally into it we are. Here’s what Steve Snyder, Lev Grossman, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan and Evan Narcisse have to say about it.
STEVE: Am I the only one taken aback by the critical …
Mimoco has announced its Series 6 Star Wars flash drives. There are four new ones, all based around The Empire Strikes Back and running between $30 and $90 depending on capacity.
Choose from Yoda, Hoth Luke, Snowtrooper, and the very awesome Wampa. Aside from holding your files, the drives come preloaded with character-specific desktop
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Word has been abuzz that Irrational Games–the development studio centered around creative Ken Levine that made the 2K Games best-seller BioShock–would be announcing its long-brewing new game very soon. Of course, anticipation has been high.
BioShock undeniably stands as one of the must-play video game experiences of the last five …
Plenty of people use Gmail without really leveraging some of the more advanced features. Here’s a quick list of 10 useful tricks that don’t require any advanced hacking or wizardry. Enjoy.
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Liquidmetal is no stranger to the consumer electronics industry. The stronger-than-titanium-alloy material has been used in SanDisk flash drives and MP3 players as well as for high-end phones like the fancy-pants Vertu. It’s also been used in jewelry, medical devices, sporting goods, as a coating for industrial machinery, and even in …
Google’s “Gesture Search” has been available for Android smartphones for a while now, but the company just updated the app to include a feature that allows users to “double flip” the actual handset in order to initiate a search.
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You simply flip the phone’s face away from you and …
Christopher Caleb and I seem to share a disgustingly over the top love of Star Wars but he is far more dedicated than I.
Chris built a GPS version of the targeting computer used in Luke’s X-Wing, you know, for the Trench Run with Adobe Air for Android. Just watch the video. This is another fine example of why Android kicks …
Wondering what the R2-D2 version of the Motorola Droid 2 for Verizon looks like? Wonder no more because it was captured last night at Celebration V in Orlando. What do you think of it?
Update: The R2-D2 Droid 2 will become available September 30.
(Have Fun and Help Out Sick Kids While at Celebration V With Lego)
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A day after two separate shark encounters while out SUP (stand up paddleboard) surfing, big wave surfer Chuck Patterson decided to go back in the water the next day. Crazy, right? This time he armed himself with a GoPro HD to capture everything on film. And that he did. According to Chuck, the second shark, a ~7-foot Great White aka …
