Welcome, everyone, to the Scott Pilgrim Book Club. For those who missed our earlier announcement, we’re revving up for Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour (due out July 20) 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, Techland’s …
Hilarious New Web Series: F*#% Me, Robert Pattinson!
The Twilight fervor is once again in full swing, which means the inevitable presence of Team Edward t-shirts and the media’s capitalization of the name Robert Pattinson. (Guilty: Edward Cullen, Loser, And Nine Other Worst Movie Characters Of All-Time) With the third installment of the franchise out today, vampire saturation is at an all …
Evolution of the Game Controller
PSA: Sony Recalls 233,000 VAIO Laptops Due to Burn Hazard
There’s been a recall issued for Sony VAIO laptops in the VPCF11 series (shown above) and the VPCCW2 series (shown below).
These particular models would have been sold at Best Buy, Costco, Frys, Amazon, and directly from Sony between January and April of this year for prices between $800 and $1,500.
According to the recall, …
Spider-Boy Scales Wall With Vacuum Cleaners
Marc Webb, take note: You may have found your Spider-Man.
A 13-year-old boy from the UK has built a Spidey-inspired contraption that allows him to scale walls, much like the comic book hero himself. Hibiki Kono spent five months finessing his invention, two wooden suction pads attached to two 1,400-watt Tesco Value vacuums. …
Hulu Plus Requires PlayStation Plus Subscription
Surprise!
Hulu Plus may be coming to the PlayStation 3 next month but it won’t be making its way to every console. It appears as though Hulu Plus requires a PlayStation Plus subscription, which went live yesterday. But it shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Netflix is available for free on the PlayStation 3 while Microsoft requires …
Angst in the Machine: Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC review
Two entries in, the Mass Effect franchise is proving to be one of the most interesting storytelling experiences in modern video games. Part of that comes from the unique customization that comes from how you play and the choices you make at all those crucial moments in the main games. Your Commander Shepard avatar is singularly your own …
Leaked Apple Docs Explain How to Handle iPhone 4 Reception Complaints
If you’ve been experiencing less than optimal signal strength with your new iPhone 4, your options thus far are to hold it differently, find some tape, or call AppleCare for a solution.
Calling AppleCare doesn’t look like it’s going to be all that productive, though, as documents apparently leaked to The Boy Genius Report explain …
Edward Cullen, Total Loser, and the Other Worst Movie Characters of All Time
There are flawed movie characters. One-dimensional movie characters. Incomprehensible movie characters.
But every once and a while you get a hero so soulless, heartless and expressionless that you can’t help but write him off. A guy you want to punch more than hug, who you heckle in hopes that he fails.
Edward Cullen is such a …
Wonder Woman Undergoes Reboot, Redesign
With today’s release of Wonder Woman #600, writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist (and DC Comics co-publisher) Jim Lee have given Diana Prince her first major makeover in decades. The new look for Wonder Woman comes as a result of a storyline that sees the character’s history rewritten by divine intervention in a move sure to anger …