DOUGLAS: On to Daredevil: Black and White. I also don’t entirely understand the impulse behind publishing these pulpy b/w one-shots with filler-y comics stories and fake-aged covers and a prose story in each one. Does what Marvel saves on printing costs (for a vague impression of their old overstuffed black-and-white magazines) make …
Calling All Nerds: Come Take Our Star Wars Yoga Class In NYC
Tomorrow, the hilarious Matthew Latkiewicz and I will be in NYC’s Central Park where he’ll lead a round of Star Wars yoga. If you’re willing and in the New York City area, come join us between 1:30 & 3:30 on the lawns around Cop Cot (south side of the park around the 6th Avenue entrance).
Can’t make it? That’s okay, we’re documenting …
Shark Week on Discovery
Fringe Is The New Lost, And Here’s Why
Not content with introducing mainstream audiences to the concept of the multiverse last season, Fox’s Fringe is about to take its Parallel Earth storyline to the next level – and, in the process, one-up Lost‘s flashsideways narrative from that show’s final season.
Talking to Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello, star Jasika Nicole …
Apple Rumors Suggest New iPods, Smaller iPad, and More
Ah yes, more Apple rumors. About as dependable in frequency as they are undependable in accuracy, they must all be reported no matter what. This latest round comes from iLounge, who cites a “highly reliable source” while cautioning us to “take this report with the requisite grains of salt.” They do pretty good work over there at …
Acer Taking a Second Stab at Hybrid Android/Win XP Netbook
Back in October of last year, Acer went down a seldom travelled path by serving up a 10-inch netbook (shown above) running both Windows XP and Android. It received lukewarm reviews early on, with most of the criticism stemming from the lack of access to the Android Market and a dedicated Gmail app. It ran Flash, though, and seemed to …
Weird: Movie Bloggers Accuse Movie Blogger Of “Blackmailing” Studio
If you didn’t already think that blogging was a particularly cut-throat, dog-eat-blog world, then perhaps this more-than-slightly-odd story will change your mind: Alex Billington, founder of FirstShowing.net, has been accused of “blackmailing” Universal to gain entry into a preview screening of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World at Comic-Con …
Will Google and Verizon’s “Deal” Change the Web? [Updating]
Over the last 10 months Google and Verizon have been working on a deal that could change the way we consume and peruse the Web. The deal would allow companies like Google, a content creator, to pay an ISP like Verizon to deliver its content to users much faster than any other content provider.
According to the NYT, the Federal …
Poll and Contest: What Other Bat-Characters Should Show Up in Arkham City?
With the announcement of Arkham City, we can expect to see a whole new batch of characters from Gotham City to show up in the upcoming sequel. So, gamers and Bat-fans, who do you want to see in the game?
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Place your bets on who’ll win each category and the first commenter to guess …
The Dark Knight’s Return: Arkham Sequel Out in Fall 2011
Things have been quiet in Gotham. Too quiet.
Batman: Arkham Asylum blew everyone’s minds last year as the surprise hit was unanimously anointed the Best Superhero Game Ever by critics and players. The game delivered a playable Batman who used deduction, brutal combat and unparalleled stealth in a seamless fusion of gameplay.
A …
The Great Depression in Color
A series of photos taken by the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information form 1939-1943 have been published by denverpost.com and are said to be “some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression” in rural America. The photos were originally shown in a 2006 exhibit titled “Bound for Glory: …
Microsoft Hardware to Reveal “Mouse 2.0” aka Arc Touch Mouse
It seems the cat is out of the bag. Neowin is reporting that the surprise the Microsoft Hardware team has been teasing on Twitter is what Microsoft Research is calling “Mouse 2.0”.
Come September, Microsoft will announce the Arc Touch Mouse. A research report that was released in October of 2009 details the team’s goal of …