New epsiode of True Blood airs on HBO at 9 p.m.
New episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC America at 9 p.m.
Party Up with Yuji Horii, Creator of the Mega-Popular Dragon Quest, This Weekend
Dragon Quest’s a prime example of a game series that’s a blockbuster phenomenon in Japan, but is hardly known here. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies, the newest entry in the RPG series, comes out this Sunday for the Nintendo DS and the series creator Yuji Horii will be appearing at the Nintendo Store this weekend to …
The Comic Book Club: “Batman: Odyssey” and “Scarlet”
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, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss the first issues of Neal Adams’ Batman: Odyssey and Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s Scarlet.
DOUGLAS: I’ll say this for Batman: Odyssey: it …
YouTube Can Now Handle a Whopping 4K Video Resolution
Sweet fancy Moses, YouTube can now display full-resolution video shot on 4K cameras from the likes of Red Digital Cinema. That kind of footage is a bit rare, as YouTube’s demo playlist only contains four clips, and as the blog post suggests, “the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet.”
The resolution is 4096×3072, which is …
Everything You Need To Know About Eureka Before Tonight’s Premiere
By now, you’ve seen our exclusive clip from tonight’s premiere of the new season of Syfy’s Eureka, and may be thinking “That looks great! But I’ve never seen Eureka before. Can I just start watching tonight, or do I need to know things first?” Don’t worry about such things – The answers are right here for you.
So Eureka Is… : A …
Asus 1215N Netbook Packs Dual Core Atom CPU, Sub $500 Price
Asus has pulled some noteworthy tricks in the interest of pushing out netbooks that pack a little more power than competing machines—namely, stuffing desktop-specific Atom CPUs into netbook form factors. It did so with the 1201N, which used a dual-core Atom 330 CPU and is poised to do it again with the 1215N, which will feature a …
Is Chris Columbus The Right Man To Rediscover Superman?
Rumors are flying that Chris Columbus – the man who brought both Harry Potter and Home Alone to the big screen – may be the director of the Christopher Nolan-produced, David Goyer-written Superman movie reboot. An unnamed source told fansite Superman Homepage that an offer has already been made to Columbus to helm the 3D revamp for the …
Panel of the Week 7/8/10
We all made it to Thursday this week. Congratulations everyone. Now it’s time for Panel of the Week. This week we’ve got terrifying Irishmen, Sookie’s worst nightmare, pro-level spooning, bat role reversal, and uvula abuse. It’s a full plate. Let’s get started.
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #10
Many a shrinking super hero has been …
Sorry Facebook Movie, No Actual Facebook For You
The downside to producing a film about the most-used social networking system of all time? Being blacklisted by said social network.
David Fincher’s upcoming The Social Network, an unauthorized story about the creation of Facebook, is unable to market the film on the site itself. According to a Slash Film post, the film violates …
Chris Nolan Wants To Do Bond: Someone Make This Happen
The most recent Bond movie may just have been canceled due to studio bankruptcy, but here’s an argument for fixing that sooner rather than later: Inception and The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has admitted that he wants to make a James Bond film.
Speaking before the world premiere of Inception, Nolan said,
I’ve loved the
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