The Daily Dose
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the Web:
Haters Gonna Hate: Anyone else spend time scrolling down through all 26?
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Human Target renewed: FOX announced today that series Human Target will get a 13-episode second season, probably even a farther stretch from the comic it’s …
Live Blog: Sprint EVO 4G Press Conference
I’m live blogging from my phone so there won’t be any photos until later tonight.
The nerds here are getting very territorial over seats at the press conference. It’s pretty ridiculous.
What can we expect to hear from Sprint CEO Dan Hesse? My guess is pricing and availability for the EVO 4G.
Those of us at the event will be …
Romero Dreams of Back-To-Back ‘Survival of the Dead’ Sequels
George A. Romero loves his zombie films, and apparently he’s got even more visions of the undead tucked away in the corners of his imagination. His newest movie, Survival of the Dead, is slated to hit theaters in May 28. But over at Shock Till You Drop, the director spills the beans that he has hatched a plan for at least two more Dead …
IMAX Traffic Jam, Continued: Iron Man Squeezed Out Next Week
We’ve already endured a rather ugly 3D IMAX traffic jam at the movie theaters. When Alice in the Wonderland came along a couple months ago, and snatched away IMAX screens from Avatar – which was still going strong – we saw the limitations of the current 3D IMAX marketplace. Then there was How to Train Your Dragon and Clash of the …
The Adjustment Bureau Trailer
I didn’t even know about this. Maybe it’s because they didn’t want me to know.
Well the cat’s out of the bag now. Matt Damon and Emily Blunt star as lovers who find themselves at the center of a paranoid conspiracy that tears at the root of our every cherished belief about reality itself. Reality I say. Yes, this is a Philip K. Dick …
HTC Claims Apple Is Infringing On Five Patents
In response to Apple’s lawsuit from March, HTC has just released a press release stating that Apple is infringing on five of the Taiwanese-based company’s patents. HTC has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission asking for a dead stop on the importation of iPhones, iPods and iPads. It’s unclear which patents …
10 Badass Archers
The Hive Mind has very little faith in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, which opens this Friday. There’s something about it that just seems off. Maybe it’s Russell Crowe. Or maybe it’s the fact that this looks exactly like Gladiator. Also, Robin of the Hood sounds wrong and he never once steals from the rich and gives to the poor. This …
EA Announces Bad Company 2 Sales, Looks Ahead for FY 2011
Electronic Arts may not necessarily be the top dog in third-party video game publishing any more, but they’re still no slouch when it comes to moving units.
In earnings summaries for their previous fiscal year, which ended on March 31, EA reported that five releases broke the 5 million mark in terms of sales. Battlefield: Bad …
Cryptids: Will The Colossal Squid Be Your Next Housepet?
Bad news, you guys. It seems that the mysterious colossal squid isn’t as aggressive as we’d all hoped. It’s huge, yes, measuring up to 40+ feet long and living in the deep, deep ocean, but recent evidence has suggested that instead of being an unstoppable, pirate-ship-sinking monster, “It’s more just like a big blob,” …
What’s the Level You Just Can’t Beat?
Last weekend I was supposed to be doing something, and while I was supposed to be doing it I was actually playing GeoDefense. Specifically I was playing Level 13 (out of 14) in the Hard group of levels.
It’s called Twister. It’s shaped sort of like the funnel of a tornado. The little tagline you get before you play it is “I don’t …
Steam for Mac Launches Today
The cake is not a lie! Valve’s popular digital distribution client hits Mac OS X today. As we noted a while back, the debut of Steam for Mac coincides with the launch of Steam Play, the cross-platform support that lets play any purchased game on Windows or Mac machines no matter where you brought it.
Portal will be among the first …