Before The Movie, Witness Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour

The movie may be due in August, but Bryan Lee O'Malley is bringing the original (and best) version of Scott Pilgrim to a close a month earlier, with the just-announced release of final book Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. More »

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By Graeme McMillan

#blazblue

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Keeps 2D Fighting Alive This Summer

Fans of the two-dimensional fighting game will get their fisticuffs fix with the release of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this summer, the follow up to last year's BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. [Kotaku]

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#lazysundays

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

What else? God of War III was released this week and, despite my initial apathy toward playing through another God of War game, I'm excited. That's why I'll be trading in a bunch of games this weekend. [Kotaku]

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#madscience

First Quantum Effects Seen in Visible Object

Does Schrödinger's cat really exist? You bet. The first ever quantum superposition in an object visible to the naked eye has been observed. More »

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#list

Review Round-Up: Yakuza Greed, Street Fighter Max

With the use of some red ink and some blue ink, we reviewed some video games this week. Links to the results are below. How'd we do? [Kotaku]

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#gallery

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05:46 PM

#crime

Diary of a Madman: Meet Justin Massler, Ivanka Trump's Stalker

A 27-year-old Reno native named Justin Massler was arrested yesterday for stalking Ivanka Trump. News reports have described Massler as an obsessed fan with "a crush" on the socialite/heiress. His vicious tweets and violent comics suggest otherwise. [Gawker]

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#events

To Do In Atlanta: Momocon - Anime, Comics, Gaming, And Kotaku

If you're in the Atlanta area this weekend, you'd be remiss if you didn't stop by MomoCon, the largest free admission fan convention in North America, featuring anime, manga, gaming, comics, and a special Sunday panel session with yours truly. [Kotaku]

05:30 PM

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By Mike Fahey

#awrinkleintime

A Wrinkle In Time Finally Gets Vengeace For Crappy Disney TV Movie, With A Real Feature Film

Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time is getting another shot at the big screen with an adaptation by Jeff Stockwell (Bridge to Terabithia). Let's hope this time they properly adapt Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which. [THR]

05:20 PM

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By Meredith Woerner

#tvguided

Here, Try Some Meth, You'll Like It

In case you have broken legs or are allergic to joy or something and you can't leave your house this beautiful weekend, we suggest you catch up with Breaking Bad in time for the third season premiere on Sunday. [Gawker]

02:20 PM

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By Richard Lawson

#moviereview

The Health Care Industry Apocalypse In "Repo Men"

With health care a source of fierce debate in America, a movie like Repo Men was bound to be made. A bloody satire of the marriage between medicine and capitalism, it's about repo men who collect on overdue artificial organs. More »

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By Annalee Newitz

#innovation

PixelJunk Expansion Channels Demon's Souls, Of All Things

The stylish, HD-retro PixelJunk games are among the highlights on the PlayStation platform. But another cult favorite, Demon's Souls, beat the series to its latest clever innovation. [Kotaku]

05:00 PM

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By Stephen Totilo

#strategy

FarmVille How To: The Tips and Tricks of The Farming Masters

With around 82 million players worldwide, odds are at some point you're going to be playing the hit Facebook game, FarmVille. Kotaku went directly to Zynga's FarmVille team for tips and tricks on harvesting your way to the top. [Kotaku]

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#worldonawire

Fassbinder's Ground-Breaking Virtual Reality Crime Movie Showing In New York

Computer-generated simulations of people start getting out of control in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World On A Wire, which anticipated The Matrix 26 years early. This film has only showed in the U.S. once, but it's coming to New York. More »

04:27 PM

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#preview

ModNation Racers Was My Favorite Low-Expectation Game Of The Show

I care little for kart-racing games and seldom generate any user-generated content. So, to be honest, I did not rush at the chance I was given last week to play ModNation Racers at Game Developer's Conference 2010. My mistake. [Kotaku]

04:00 PM

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By Stephen Totilo

#torchwood

What's Happened To Torchwood?

Torchwood achieved critical acclaim and blockbuster ratings for "Children Of Earth," but since then? No news. Now BBC Wales left Torchwood out of a list of its productions. And John Barrowman dodged Torchwood questions. What's going on? More »

03:47 PM

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#recaps

Click here to read <i>Real Housewives of New York</i>: How to Be Naked

Real Housewives of New York: How to Be Naked

Last night's Housewives was all about the settling of scores, of clearing accounts, making payments. Last night we saw no cases closed, but many new ones opened. [Gawker]

12:37 PM

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By Richard Lawson

#paxeast

Puzzle Quest 2 Playable At PAX East, And So Are We

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the game that launched the puzzle-RPG genre, Puzzle Quest, will be playable at PAX East next weekend, if you can manage to pry us away from the controls. [Kotaku]

12:30 PM

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By Mike Fahey

#polls

Vote For the New Word for 'Hipster'

You hipsters really came through. We asked for a new slur to replace "hipster," and nearly a thousand of you (presumably unemployed) commenters made suggestions. Jesus. We've narrowed it down to 20. Cast your vote below. [Gawker]

12:24 PM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#flashforwardrecap

Everything We FlashedForward To Is Wrong!

Everything we thought we knew turns out to be wrong in the return of ABC's FlashForward - Well, except for that whole part about Joseph Fiennes being an impossibly wooden actor and it not being a very good show. Spoilers! More »

12:14 PM

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By Graeme McMillan

#apple

Apple Bans Game, Days After Developer Publicly Trashes App Store

Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple's app store "awful" and "horrible." This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. [Kotaku]

12:00 PM

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By Stephen Totilo

#crime

SF Author Peter Watts Found Guilty Of Felony "Resistance" Against Border Guard

A jury finished deliberating in the contentious Peter Watts case. The Canadian author of Blindsight was beaten by US border guards when returning home several months ago. The guards claim Watts assaulted them, and today a court found Watts guilty. More »

11:53 AM

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By Annalee Newitz

#sex

Which Group of Science Fiction Fans Has The Best Sex Advice?

Star Wars fans can tell you how to have sex in a storm trooper uniform, and True Blood fans can teach you all about rolling in grave dirt. But Joss Whedon fans have the most sensible, practical advice. More »

11:36 AM

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By Annalee Newitz

#friendlyfox

Bill O'Reilly Is Now a Happy, Moderate Obama Lover

The LA Times profiled Bill and found that he's mellowing in his old age. He's even happy that Glenn Beck has stolen his thunder as a liberal hate figure. "I'm just a human meat shield for the guy," responds Beck. [Gawker]

11:32 AM

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By Ravi Somaiya

#betawatch

Now Everyone Can Be A Lord Of Ultima

EA's web-based strategy revival of classic RPG series Ultima has entered open beta, with thousands of players fortifying their towns for the inevitable invasion by everyone imaginable. Will you join the fray? [Kotaku]

11:30 AM

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By Mike Fahey

#madeconomics

The Vertiginous Peaks And Perilous Chasms Of The Stock Market

Check out this weird-looking mountain range, with its shapes contrary to geology. Is it the result of a freak earthquake? No, it's how the dot-com boom looks in mountain form. Artist Michael Najjar modeled world stock indexes as Argentinian mountains. More »

11:25 AM

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#review

Street Fighter IV iPhone Review: A Party For One

Street Fighter IV was an exuberant return to the days of classic arcade fighters. It was a game designed specifically to reel back in aging gamers who once dropped pounds of quarters on virtual tournament in arcades around the world. [Kotaku]

11:00 AM

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By Brian Crecente

#recaps

Click here to read <em>Project Runway</em>: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood

Project Runway: These Are the People in Your Neighborhood

Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision of arranged design marriages. The delusion they always end in divorce. The vision of New York City. The delusion it's always beautiful. Plus, a special announcement! [Gawker]

10:56 AM

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By Brian Moylan

#ghostbusters

Will Ghostbusters 3 Ever Actually Happen?

Original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman is rumored to be getting forced out of his own franchise, in favor of a younger director. Too bad his contract won't let Columbia make a new Ghostbusters without his say-so. More »

10:30 AM

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By Meredith Woerner

#screengrab

The Zombie Apocalypse Survival Flow Chart

Will you die now, or survive to die in the sequel? The suspense (and zombies) is killing us, as seen on Game Informer. [Kotaku]

10:30 AM

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