If you plan on attending any of the Marvel Comics panels at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, here’s a question you may want to consider asking: Why does the company not seem to have any idea what to do with Wolverine?
I ask because not only is the character getting killed off so that his soul can go and get into a few fights in Hell …
There are scores of fascinating, enigmatic characters in Inception (read our full review), but there is only one architect.
And I sort of love the fact that it’s Ellen Page.
For years now, I’ve been watching the young actress choose parts that would make other young starlets balk. She played one of the most vindictive teenie …
Yes, I know that Toy Story 3 is making Disney a lot of money, and that it gave Pixar their most successful opening weekend ever and everything, but the news that Tim Allen is already under contract for a Toy Story 4 fills me with something approaching dread. Can’t three movies be enough? If a trilogy is good enough for The Lord of The …
If the title character of author Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao were a real person, he would probably read Techland — Oscar is well versed on Lord of the Rings, the Fantastic Four and all things nerdy. Alongside pop culture sits the Dominican Republic and its former dictator Rafael …
Apple Inc. will be holding a press conference this Friday at 1PM ET in Cupertino at its headquarters to address the iPhone 4. Calls and e-mails from Apple PR to various news outlets began last night around 8PM ET.
Before the July 4th holiday weekend Consumer Reports issued a report stating that the reception issues suffered by …
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Microsoft Exec Mocks iPhone 4, Dubs It Apple’s Vista [Computerworld]
The Trouble At Twitter Inc. [Gawker]
Every Week Apple Doesn’t Act On iPhone 4 Antenna Could Cost $200 Million [Apple Insider]
US Government Lifts Lid On …
Here’s my pet peeve about video games set in Russia. So you know that letter they always use as an R, to make things look all Russian? This one — Я?
That is not an R. It is pronounced “ya.” So if you know any Russian, and you’re playing a game like Singulaяity, set on the secret island of Katoяga, it starts to get on your …
Welcome back to the Scott Pilgrim Book Club. We’re psyching ourselves up for Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (due out next Tuesday) and the Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World movie (due out August 13) by discussing each volume of the series over the course of six weeks. This week, Douglas Wolk, Graeme McMillan, Mike Williams, …
This ad for London Dungeon‘s Bloody Mary Tudor exhibit has been banned from tube stations after it sparked complaints for scary the bejeebus out people. During her five-year reign as Queen of England, Mary burnt more than 300 people alive. Think that’s scary? What would a zombie Queen Mary be capable of? Eek.
[via The Daily What]
This is just silly.
We told you about Wicked Lasers’ S3 Spyder Arctic the other week and now the cease and desist letter that was sent to the Hong Kong-based laser manufacturer is now on the auction block over at eBay. With six days left, the current bid for the authentic letter from David Anderman is $192.50.
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Hulu’s pay-for-play service launches today on Sony’s PlayStation 3 platform. However, only a small group of PlayStation Plus subscribers will have access to Hulu Plus. Everyone else will have to request an invite after they’ve downloaded the app. General availability for all other PS3 owners is “expected in the coming …
