It’s been forthcoming for years now, but Sony Online Entertainment has finally confirmed that the MMORPG DC Universe Online will be released for the Playstation 3 and PC in November 2010. The information comes from IGN, although the details (When in November, for example) remain sketchy… but what else would you expect from a game …
DC Universe Reclaims Swamp Thing, Begins To Unravel Vertigo?
DC Comics’ Vertigo line may be about to lose the character that started it all, as rumors claim that Swamp Thing will soon be returning to the mainstream superhero DC Universe line.
Bleeding Cool is reporting that Swamp Thing is just one of a number of characters that will be returning to the core DC line after the decision was made …
Exclusive Preview: Deadpool Pulp
For the last year or so, Marvel’s been releasing a set of “Marvel Noir” miniseries, reimagining their characters in a ’30s setting. Now the Luke Cage Noir writing team of Mike Benson and Adam Glass are turning their attention to another era, and another character–the insane (and insanely popular) assassin Deadpool. Deadpool Pulp, drawn …
Mario Kart RC Cars Let You Virtually Shoot Other Players
Hot damn. This remote control Mario Kart set not only lets you race your favorite characters around on your kitchen floor, but the controllers feature built-in virtual projectiles and power-ups in the form of shells, banana peels, mushrooms, stars, and more.
The karts apparently have built-in sensors, so when you get hit from …
Cutout Concept Makes a Phone Part of Its Own User Manual
As smartphones get smarter, they get more complicated as well. But when’s the last time you sat down and read the instruction manual that came with your new phone? Never?
This “Out of the Box” concept from Clara Gaggero proposes the idea of a user manual with a cutout section for your phone. So you drop your handset inside and …
Happy 20th Birthday, Total Recall
It’s the twentieth anniversary of the release of Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoven’s appropriately subtle science fiction tale of a man whose dreams reveal a forgotten history and connection to Mars. But, while the movie may be best remembered for the line “Consider that a divorce” and watching people’s heads react to …
In Which I Almost Get Iced, Bro
Last Friday I did something I rarely do – take time off. I figured it being a long weekend and all, I might take the extra day to unwind and get some “perspective”. Well, I didn’t really take the day off. Instead, I went to the Cnet offices in Manhattan to sit down with Jeff Bakalar, Justin Yu and the lovely Natali Del Conte on …
They Should Make It: Give Mobile Companions Another Whirl
It’s been nearly two and a half years since Willy Yonkers introduced his iPholio concept. It’s a simple idea wherein a touchscreen smartphone—in this case, an iPhone—snaps into a netbook-size chassis right where you’d ordinarily find a trackpad. The phone would act as the computer’s trackpad and would run the phone’s …
BP Killed Aquaman
Those bastards.
Also, if you’re not following the fake BP PR twitter account you’re doing it wrong.
[via Aquaman Shrine]
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Coming to the PC this Fall
Fact: the Star Wars franchise is a cash cow.
Fans of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series will be delighted to hear that Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts will be collaborating on the forthcoming Clone Wars Adventures that launches on the PC this fall alongside the release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season three.
The …
Exclusive Preview: I, Zombie #2
The TECHLAND comics crew was mighty enthusiastic about the first issue of I, Zombie–also known as iZombie–Chris Roberson and Michael Allred’s new Vertigo series about a perky girl detective (who has to eat brains to survive) and her monstrous pals. We’ve got an exclusive preview of the first few pages of #2, along with its cover; the …
Computex: Windows 7 and Android Tablets from MSI, Asus
The future-splosion known as Computex is underway in Taipai, Taiwan this week and in the interest of not inundating Techland with post after post about every single tablet, netbook, and other bits of technological wonderment, I thought I’d include everything in a daily roundup for those of you interested in this kind of stuff. …