The Daily Dose
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up Front:
Megan Fox Engaged To Brian Austin Green, Rep Confirms [via MTV]
Gadgets:
Apple Sells Out iPhone 4 Pre-order Units, Despite Hiccups [via The Apple Blog]
Verizon To Unveil Next Droid June 23 [via CNET]
YouTube Cloud Editor: Is This …
Toy Story 3: The Old (and New) Faces of Pixar’s Family Reunion
The cowboy and the spaceman. The piggy bank and the green dinosaur.
They are some of the most familiar movie characters of all time, thanks to Pixar hits Toy Story and Toy Story 2. And with the third title hitting theaters Friday, the whole gang’s back – along with a few newcomers too. Namely the meanest pink teddy bear you’ve ever …
Hands-on with the Kinect
The big story on Day One of E3 2010 was the Xbox 360’s motion capture gaming device, the Kinect. Eager crowds jammed their faces up to a row of Plexiglas chambers, as demo guys showed off new titles for this ground-breaking entertainment experience.
One of the most impressive titles was Kinectimals. A demo guy stood in front of …
I Kissed A Vampire: A Rock Musical
Though I’m still waiting for someone to reveal this all as one big joke, it looks as if I Kissed A Vampire really exists. Even more than that, it just had its own film premiere in Los Angeles.
(More on Techland: Zombie Prom: A Sing-A-Long Love Story)
Based on the web series by the same name, (There’s a web series, too?!) the campy …
Dark Horse Comics Partners With Old Media, Television
It’s the promotional partnership that you didn’t see coming: Oregon’s Dark Horse Comics has teamed with USA Today and Toshiba for a new program called Dark Horse: High-Def to promote Dark Horse comics across multiple media. Launching today with an 8-page preview of crime novelist Janet Evanovich’s comic debut, Troublemaker, at USA …
Origins: Chris Roberson
In “Origins,” comics creators talk about their formative experiences with comics. This week, Chris Roberson, the writer of Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust and iZombie, is in the hot seat. (And scroll down for an exclusive preview of Dust to Dust #2!)
What was the first comic …
Swype Beta Free to Android Users For a Limited Time
A beta version of Swype’s very-excellent software keyboard interface has been made available to Android users for a limited time—“probably a few days”—according to the company’s website.
Swype takes the traditional on-screen keyboard model and tweaks it a bit to allow “one continuous finger or stylus motion” instead of …
Apple’s iPhone 4 Ship Date Gets Pushed to July 14th
If you haven’t been following the iPhone 4 preordering fiasco, here’s a quick recap. Yesterday was the first day the phone could be preordered and the first units out the door were to arrive by June 24th. AT&T and Apple’s ordering systems were quickly overloaded, leading to mismatched customer account information, credit card …
Nintendo Announces Zombies In 3D With New Resident Evil: Revelations
Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too …
Talking Digital Comics With ComiXology’s David Steinberger
With the creation of iPhone/iPad apps for both Marvel Comics and indie publisher Boom! Studios so far this year, New York-based comiXology seems to be stepping into the position of the company most likely to help publishers transition into the world of digital comics. I spoke to the company’s CEO, David Steinberger, earlier this week …
E310: TRON:Evolution Trailer
Evan I won’t be getting our hands on TRON until later today but here’s the latest trailer to whet your appetite. The Disney booth is pretty amazing and we’ll have photos to share shortly. It should be noted that this trailer doesn’t show any actual gameplay.
More on Techland:
Behold the Tron Legacy Light-Ride
New Tron Legacy …