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The Greatest Thing You Will See On The Internet All Day
I have no explanation. You should simply watch the video. More »
Cultural censorship
Those of us looking forward to EA's survival horror game Dead Space were given a shot of good news on Thursday...as long as we weren't in Germany, Japan, or China. The release date for the game in North America has been moved up to October 14th in North America (and October 20th for the PC release) and October 24th in Europe. We've got the original announcement, plus some analysis.
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Dead Space's Worldwide Launch Strategically Dismembered by Germany, Japan, China
Those of us looking forward to EA's survival horror game Dead Space were given a shot of good news on Thursday...as long as we weren't in Germany, Japan, or China. The release date for the game in North America has been moved up to October 14th in North America (and October 20th for the PC release) and October 24th in Europe. We've got the original announcement, plus some analysis.
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x-ray vision
Human Vision Evolved to See Through Objects
So many of our superheroes are animal-themed because we perceive non-primates as having remarkable powers. Ants have their super-strength, bats have flight and sonar, and canines have sharp teeth and the ability to detect an open bag of kibble from half a mile away. But a recent study reveals that, from the perspective of the animal kingdom, humans have a superpower of our own: βx-rayβ vision. More »
Political science (fiction)
Is This The Robotic Truth Behind Sarah Palin?
Sarah Palin! She's what's been keeping the media occupied all week, and not because she happens to look like the cancer-ridden President of the 12 Colonies. No, it's been her cheery demeanor, her undeniable sexual appeal and dedication to family matters. She's the perfect Republican VP pick for everyone; rallying the base, confounding the opposition and sucking up attention like a news vacuum. But can anyone be that perfect, or have we met the first Stepford Candidate? More »
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Latest by SamVed: @jordanswogger: "This country was founded under Christianity, and that's where its foundation should stay" This, of course, is non-sense. I want more »
Embrace change
They may have already taken over Twitter, but anyone reading this week's Marvel comics will have seen that the Skrull brand of alien passive-aggressiveness has started infecting the offline world as well. Should we embrace change, if change is defined by allowing ourselves to be overrun by alien invaders who wish to save us from ourselves? We talk to the person in charge of the campaign - as well as the awesome "hands across the universe" print ad - below.
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Our New Alien Overlords Just Want To Help
They may have already taken over Twitter, but anyone reading this week's Marvel comics will have seen that the Skrull brand of alien passive-aggressiveness has started infecting the offline world as well. Should we embrace change, if change is defined by allowing ourselves to be overrun by alien invaders who wish to save us from ourselves? We talk to the person in charge of the campaign - as well as the awesome "hands across the universe" print ad - below.
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ghostbusters
Ghostbusters Video Game Crosses The Continuity Streams, Disappears?
Does the announcement of the new Ghostbusters movie kill the previously-announced Ghostbusters video game? That's a rumor that's going around following Thursday's news that the silver screen will, once again, be filled by men who ain't afraid of no ectoplasmic personification of the recently-and-otherwise deceased. But is the movie really the reason the game has disappeared and, if we're honest, wouldn't we rather have a movie than a game? More »
large hadron collider
Particle physics professor Brian Cox of the University of Manchester has pretty much the final word on Large Hadron Collider fear-mongering with the above quote. What prompted such an outburst? Death threats against scientists working on the LHC. Perhaps an even better question - what does "t***" stand for?
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Anyone Who Thinks the LHC Will Destroy the World is a T***
Particle physics professor Brian Cox of the University of Manchester has pretty much the final word on Large Hadron Collider fear-mongering with the above quote. What prompted such an outburst? Death threats against scientists working on the LHC. Perhaps an even better question - what does "t***" stand for?
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Lost
Lost Star Makes Self-Loathing Into Career Suicide
If you've become disappointed with ABC's Lost to the point where you've stopped watching the show, then take some small level of comfort in the fact that you're not alone; even one of the show's stars has been driven away from the series, and he can even remember at exactly what point he decided that he realized that he could never watch another episode. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr. Charles Widmore himself, Alan Dale. More »
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight To Become An Annual Event?
Now that The Dark Knight has broken another box office record and become the highest-grossing first run Imax movie ever, theater-owners are wondering what to do for a follow-up. They've come up with what they think is a pretty good suggestion: More Dark Knight. More »
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Best Semi-Naked Superhero Transformation Scene with Onigiri [NSFW]
If you've seen the Cutie Honey anime, you know that Honey fights for love — and she does it generally by showing her underwear, as well as brandishing a sword with her super-strength. This 2004 live action Cutie Honey movie showcases the best of the anime with its goofy tone and supervillains who dance and sing J-Pop. But the best part is Honey herself, who transforms into Cutie Honey by yelling "Honey flash!" Unfortunately, in this scene, she doesn't have enough energy to transform. So she has to run through the streets semi-naked, chomping on onigiri until her stomach is full and the "honey flash" stops having a double meaning. [Cutie Honey via IMDB]
Rant
Take Your Greasy Fingers Off The Reboot Button, Hollywood!
So the new Star Trek movie isn't exactly a reboot, or a prequel. It's more like a "preboot." And the recent Incredible Hulk was sort of a sequel to Hulk, but sort of a reboot. So everyone described it as a "requel." What's wrong with the world when we need to speak crazy jargon just to understand what's going on with our favorite stories? It's all part of a deliberate strategy to confuse hardcore fans on purpose, but keep the casual audiences from noticing. More »
Live-action video games
Europe's Rosetta space probe just flew past the Steins asteroid earlier today, and here's an artist's impression of the event. The plucky little probe flew into an asteroid belt and did a close flyby of Steins, which is a rare E-type asteroid. The data from the flyby will give us way more insights into the evolution of our solar system by allowing scientists to examine matter dating from different eras. Click through for another asteroid flyby image, plus an impression of Rosetta reaching its final destination in 2014: the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. (And then Rosetta will follow the comet around the sun.)
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Europeans Play Asteroids β For Real!
Europe's Rosetta space probe just flew past the Steins asteroid earlier today, and here's an artist's impression of the event. The plucky little probe flew into an asteroid belt and did a close flyby of Steins, which is a rare E-type asteroid. The data from the flyby will give us way more insights into the evolution of our solar system by allowing scientists to examine matter dating from different eras. Click through for another asteroid flyby image, plus an impression of Rosetta reaching its final destination in 2014: the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. (And then Rosetta will follow the comet around the sun.)
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The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week
Too busy building your Liberal dystopia? Don't worry, we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. More »
Chrome
Chrome Logo Inspired by Cheesy Scifi Movie Sequel?
Sure the new Google Chrome browser is cool, but it turns out that the Chrome logo comes from the lamest place possible: The cheesy sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey. We've told you before how we feel about 2010, and now the folks at Neatorama have discerned that the Chrome logo is in fact based on the worst part of the film. That's right, I'm talking about HAL 9000's friendlier, gentler, bluer and LAMER little sister, SAL 9000. More »
Marshal law
America's Future Hero Killer Returns
In a world filled with super-heroes, only one man stands against authority figures abusing their power in ways that we can't even imagine: Barack Oba - No, wait, I mean Marshal Law. That's right, the anti-hero from the 1980s with the fetish for zippers and the need to kill super-heroes is back just when we needed him the most. More »
Next Avengers: Heroes Of Tomorrow review
If you're looking for brutal superhero slaughter in your wholesome kid-friendly entertainment, then the direct-to-DVD Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow is for you. Next Avengers, which just came out on DVD, is full of adorable kids whose parents (the Avengers) were disembowled by the android Ultron, and now he's coming for the kids. It's a surprisingly entertaining romp, in the tradition of Batman Beyond. Spoilers below.
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The Next Avengers Serves Up Justice With A Side Of Adorable
If you're looking for brutal superhero slaughter in your wholesome kid-friendly entertainment, then the direct-to-DVD Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow is for you. Next Avengers, which just came out on DVD, is full of adorable kids whose parents (the Avengers) were disembowled by the android Ultron, and now he's coming for the kids. It's a surprisingly entertaining romp, in the tradition of Batman Beyond. Spoilers below.
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Spider-man
